New Hampshire Business Review - Feb. 9, 2024

February 9, 2024

Amanda Andrews

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ESOPs may help with the ease of succession planning

Trisha Nail,

Owners facing challenges with selling their business may find a solution with employee stock ownership plans

Manchester firm donates $15K for new Goffstown Junior Baseball dugouts, benches

Emily Reily,

Secondwind Water Systems provides largest donation in its 35-year history to the project

AG: Upper Valley waste management company falsified reports

Frances Mize-Valley News,

If found guilty, Hammond Grinding and Recycling faces up to a $25K fine on each charge

Turnkey III landfill air pollution permit approved despite appeal

Michael McCord,

Continuing 'environmental justice violation' draws community backlash over state's duties to protect public health

Will Arvelo’s mission: build communities

Paul Briand,

As executive director of Cross Roads House in Portsmouth, Will and his staff provides emergency and transitional shelter to homeless individuals on the Seacoast

Brodsky named 'Citizen of the Year' by Greater New Hampshire Chamber

NH Business Review Staff,

Howard Brodsky, co-founder and chairman of CCA Global Partners, has been selected Citizen of the Year by the Greater Manchester Chamber. Brodsky, whose most recently philanthropic effort is a Open Arts United, a nonprofit that supports the arts to underserved communities, will be honored April 4 at the chamber’s Citizen of the Year Celebration, 5 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown.

Dave's Hot Chicken fires up Queen City tender war

Mike Cote,

This week, Dave’s Hot Chicken, a trendy chain whose investors include the rapper, Drake, opened in Manchester, serving fried chicken sandwiches on a retail strip already saturated with fast-food joints.

More news from NHBR:

Shaping NH's health care landscape

NH Hospital Association President Steve Ahnen discusses health care landscape in the state, federal and state policies affecting patients, AI in health care and more

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Exit stage left: Two insurers leave NH’s Medicare Advantage market

Anthem and Martin’s Point are exiting the state entirely, Aetna is shrinking its coverage to just one county, and others are adjusting their plans, leaving some of the state’s counties with limited choices

Unbottling the Nongfu Spring deal

New Hampshire’s attorney general says no improprieties by state officials preceded the sale of a large Nashua commercial building to China’s largest water bottler. But Attorney General John Formella’s report to Gov. Kelly Ayotte dated Oct. 3 says the provisions of federal law should have taken place prior to the sale of the 337,391-square-foot building at 80 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua by a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring.