FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Adrienne Rupp
Business and Industry Association
Office: 603.224.5388 x114
Mobile: 603.731.7754
arupp@nhbia.org
CONCORD, N.H. – June 2, 2009 – This month, the Business and Industry Association will begin its annual policy development process, featuring 14 roundtable discussions with business and opinion leaders around the state. The roundtables are an open forum for business leaders to talk about their top challenges and concerns and help shape the BIA’s legislative and regulatory agenda for the upcoming year.
“The BIA engages in a comprehensive, four-step policy development process annually to establish our proactive legislative and regulatory agenda for the coming year,” said BIA President Jim Roche. “These roundtables are the first step in that process. We talk with business leaders and chamber and trade association executives about top business issues facing New Hampshire and ask for their recommendations about what the BIA should do to address these issues at the state level.”
BIA partners with chambers of commerce and business associations throughout New Hampshire to host and publicize the events in different regions to ensure a diverse representation of business interests. Each session lasts about an hour and a half. They begin with an overview of the BIA’s current business agenda and results from the legislative session, followed by a discussion and ranking of top business issues for the coming year.
More than 300 business and opinion leaders participate in the roundtables each summer, which are free and open to the public. This year, business roundtable discussions will be held in the following locations:
• Salem: June 10, 8:30 – 10 a.m., Southern NH University, 25 Pelham Road, 3rd floor, Salem
• Milford: June 10, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Hendrix Wire and Cable, 53 Old Wilton Road, Milford
• Hanover: June 11, 9 – 10:30 a.m., Hypertherm, Etna Road, Hanover
• Concord: June 11, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Lincoln Financial Group, One Granite Place, Concord
• Keene: June 16, 9 – 10:30 a.m., Ocean Bank, 122 West Street, Keene
• Newport: June 16, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Sturm Ruger, 411 Sunapee Street, Newport
• Manchester: June 17, 9 – 10:30 a.m., Devine Millimet, 111 Amherst Street, Manchester
• Exeter: June 17, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Exeter Healthcare, 5 Alumni Drive, Exeter
• Rochester: June 23, 9 – 10:30 a.m., Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Community and Education Center, 1 Whitehall Road, Rochester
• Portsmouth: June 23, 1:30 – 3 p.m., Pierce Atwood, 1 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 350, Portsmouth
• Laconia: June 24, 9 – 10:30 a.m., LRGHealthcare, Health Link Building, 577 Main Street, Laconia
• Lincoln: June 24, 2 – 3:30 p.m., Lincoln-Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, 25 South Mountain Drive, Lincoln
• Berlin: June 25, 9 – 10:30 a.m., Isaacson Structural Steel, Jericho Road, Berlin
• North Conway: June 25, 2:30 – 4 p.m., Northway Bank, 3424 White Mountain Highway, North Conway
The roundtables are presented in partnership with the following chambers of commerce: Androscoggin Valley, Exeter Area, Greater Concord, Greater Dover, Greater Hudson, Greater Keene, Greater Lebanon, Greater Manchester, Greater Peterborough, Greater Portsmouth, Greater Rochester, Greater Salem, Hampton Area, Hanover Area, Hillsborough Area, Jackson Area, Lakes Region, Lincoln-Woodstock, Littleton Area, Mount Washington Valley, Newport Area, Souhegan Valley, and Waterville Valley Region.
Roundtable dates, times and locations are also available at nhbia.org. For more information or to sign up for a free session, call 603-224-5388 x100 or visit nhbia.org