Markets & Main Streets: Rural housing challenges
Without affordable housing, young people cannot afford to be here. Nowhere in the state is the need to attract younger populations more of an economic priority than in rural communities.
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Nominations are still open for the 24th Annual Business Excellence Awards. For over two decades, NH Business Review has honored the imagination, industriousness, innovation, and achievements of local business owners and operators. Help us recognize excellence across nine different categories this year.
Submit nominations by Friday, July 31, 2026.
Cook on Concord: Filing period is over
Now that the filing period for political office is over, things have become a little clearer. Who is running and who is not, and choices facing the voters have become focused.
The Bottom Line: F.L. Putnam, Connection and Skillsoft
A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide
Defense co. creates stay, work, play in one site
New Hampshire entrepreneurs Ken and Grace Solinsky are experienced in creating businesses. On July 7, they cut the ribbon on something much more — an industrial, residential, child care, retail strip, all rolled into one.
Take 5: Workplace effort, housing affordability and AI economy
NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics
Benchmark at Rye completes expansion
Benchmark at Rye, an assisted living and mind and memory care community, opened a new 60,000-square-foot addition at its Route 1 campus, welcoming its first residents on May 1.
Full STEAM ahead for ArtLab
The Currier Museum of Art is expanding ArtLab, its hands-on, after-school STEAM partnership with Nashua Public Schools, after a pilot year that reached 58 students at four schools and connected classroom learning with art on view at the museum.
Legislature’s session changes housing, child care, tax policies
The Legislature wrapped up its session last month with the passage of a wide variety of bills, some of which have already been signed into law.
Q&A with Wire Belt CEO Jonathan Greer
A company whose products are essential to manufacturing and food production worldwide is headquartered in a former Walmart building in Bedford, New Hampshire.
Confidence in economy waning, companies cautious
New Hampshire businesses seem to be hitting the summertime blues. Over a two-week period ending June 28, the percentage of businesses describing their performance as above average or better tumbled 5 points, and only 47% of businesses said they were…
NH Business Notebook: Boston’s financial dynasty
Before you judge a man you’re about to write about, you might want to walk a mile in his shoes. While conducting research for the book that would become “House of Fidelity,” Justin Baer…
Dartmouth professor honored for developing ‘camera-on-a-chip’ that powers smartphones
Eric Fossum co-invented technology that grew out of research at NASA
Navigating your financial journey in wealth and trust planning
Whether you are planning for long-term growth, managing income needs, or preparing the next generation, wealth management often involves balancing multiple priorities.
Firing up the fans
When New Hampshire Fisher Cats General Manager Taylor Fisher was hired on Halloween of 2024, his bosses at Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH) advised him to use his first year on the job to observe and evaluate the organization, and figure out what needed to be tackled.
NH’s ‘Optics Valley’
Precision optics is likely one of the biggest manufacturing sectors in New Hampshire that most Granite Staters have never heard of.
Child care and state-owned land updates coming to NH Zoning Atlas
The New Hampshire Zoning Atlas continues to deepen its knowledge and utility with two updates having to do with child care and state-owned property. The child care element seeks to reflect changes to local regulations for both family and center-based care as a result of the latest legislative action on the issue.
NH home prices buck spring-to-summer trend
In a departure from a 10-year trend, the June median price for a single-family home in New Hampshire dropped from what it was in May.
