By: Emily Goulet, GSA Director of Communications Our final tour for the Sunapee/Dartmouth Region month started in Charlestown, and what a beautiful drive over it was! We started our tour with The Fort at No 4, which I had always heard of but never had the chance to visit. I
By: Emily Goulet, GSA Communications Director In typical Summer 2021 fashion, our tour day started off as a cloudy day. It was cool after a rainstorm the previous evening – almost fall-like. We arrived at the Sunapee Harbor, where our group met at Stacy’s Smoothies. It was the perfect way
By: Sue Geyer, GSA Currier Museum of Art, Class of 2010 Several of us GSAs had the opportunity to get a tour of the Portsmouth Lighthouse in New Castle. Our guide, Jeremy D’Entremont, a volunteer with Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, was fabulous! He was so knowledgeable with a lot
Meet Tom Boucher, CEO and Owner of Great NH Restaurants https://www.greatnhrestaurants.com/ Great NH Restaurants, Inc. was created in 2008 as the marketing and management company solely dedicated to T-BONES, CJ’s, Cactus Jack’s, Copper Door Restaurant, and T-BONES Meats, Sweets & Catering. Its role is to provide each restaurant with the
By: Ashlee Rowley, Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce, GSA Morgan Franklin Fellowship Class of 2019 The day started off at Cafe One East on Main Street in Warner ~ a quaint coffee shop right in the middle of downtown. The s’mores iced latte was delicious! Their menu options were
By: Ashlee Rowley, Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce, GSA Morgan Franklin Fellowship Class of 2019 Â We started the day at Parlin Field Airport in Newport where we were able to explore one of the hangers, talk with the airport manager and even see a plane take off. It’s
By: Christine Plourde, GSA Intern The pictures below are the NH Ice Cream Trail coloring sheet, along with an example of the sheet colored in and filled out. I was inspired to make it for a few reasons. One small reason was simply my love of art. But the main
Meet Hanna Flanders, Co-founder of Kearsarge Food Hub and Creative Director of Community Engagement https://www.kearsargefoodhub.org/ Vision: We envision a resilient and connected community where everyone is empowered to access healthy food, where local farmers are supported and the land is nourished, and where all people share a common sense of
By: Marty Wagner, GSA Comfort Inn Concord Class of 2011 I really enjoyed using my Claremont Common Man gift cards last week while I was on the Upper Valley tour. The hotel is lovely and the extra gift card bought me dinner at their restaurant. (I ‘won’ both cards through
 Meet Elliott Cunningham, Managing Director of New London Barn Playhouse, and Keith Coughlin, Executive Artistic Director of New London Barn Playhouse https://www.nlbarn.org/  The New London Barn Playhouse is one of the oldest continuously operating summer theaters in the country. Housed in a historic converted barn, the theater features professional Broadway
By Roberta Wells, GSA The Hotel Concord Class of 2019  At Sanbornton’s Old Home Days this past weekend, I met a pair of young ladies working wonders with wood and epoxy. They have modernized this traditional form of woodworking to add flair and bold colors in a way I
By: Emily Goulet, GSA Communications Director It’s true that if you’re over-prepared for all types of weather, you’ll luck out, right? Well, it worked for us this past week on our Upper Valley Agriculture Tour! Driving up I-89, as it rained off and on, I wondered how wet we would
By: GSA Bobbie Goodrich, GSA Silver Anniversary Class of 2021 From the Cotton Valley Rail Trail website One end of the 12 mile Cotton Valley Rail Trail is in Wakefield, NH. Wakefield was an important area for the railroads. One line was from Dover to N. Conway and another line
It is hard to believe that we are already halfway through our 25th anniversary celebrations! It was a spectacular month to celebrate the Lakes Region, through in-person tours, virtual programs, and interviews. We hosted a virtual program in June focused on the history of NH railroads. Brian Solomon, Marketing &
By: Emily Goulet, GSA Communications Director It was another 90+ degree day…but that did not stop our GSAs from having a fun-filled day exploring the museums in Wolfeboro! On the final day of our Lakes Region month, a group of our GSAs visited the Libby Museum of Natural History, the
By: Emily Goulet, GSA Communications Director A group of GSAs had the opportunity to explore Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center recently. It was the beginning of Bike Week at Weirs Beach in Laconia. Prescott Farm is located in Laconia…but not once did we see any traffic or motorcycles! The property
By: GSA Vicki Hentschel, MtSunapeeLodging.com Class of 2011 We met our bus at the White Mountains Attractions Center at 7:30 am Tuesday, June 22, 2021.  Larry Hartle, who owns Pemi Valley Moose Tours, would be transporting our group of 13 Granite State Ambassadors, as well as several other Hospitality representatives.Â
Meet Tom Day, General Manager of Gunstock Mountain Resort https://www.gunstock.com/ Interview recorded in June 2021 To earn hours for watching this video, please fill out the survey here. Resources: Hours of Operation | Trail Maps | Camping | Summer FAQs | Winter FAQs
Program recorded June 2021 To earn hours for watching, please fill out this survey here. We were honored to be joined by Brian Solomon, Marketing & Events Manager of Conway Scenic Railroad, and world-renowned railroad expert and author, for a presentation on the history of NH Railroads. He provided us
Meet Jonathan Noury-Elliard, Founder and CEO of NH Rocks https://nhrocks.com/ NH Rocks aims to strengthen the local economy through affordable residential tourism and modern business success strategies. Ultimately, we work to promote a better New Hampshire. “What does a ‘better’ New Hampshire mean?” To us, it’s a more supported and