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My Turn: Governor s budget jeopardizes future of small businesses like mine

My Turn: Governor’s budget jeopardizes future of small businesses like mine Published: 2/27/2021 6:00:06 AM As a small-business owner, I know firsthand how critical New Hampshire’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is, especially during the COVID pandemic, which has devastated our Main Street economy. In the face of the sometimes overwhelming challenges brought by the pandemic, the SBDC has helped businesses like mine overcome them. At a time when many small businesses couldn’t get the attention of their banks, or answers from the government, the SBDC was there with reliable information and practical support. I began working with the SBDC eight years ago when I was a photographer looking to leave my corporate career. My adviser helped me set benchmarks, reach goals, and launch a business that sustained my family. Later, when I moved on to my second business, Coworking House in Milford, my adviser helped with every step, from business planning to running cash flow p

Proposed NH budget would cut funding for small business program

Business owners hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic are asking for state lawmakers to reverse a cut to a small business assistance program in Gov. Chris Sununu’s proposed state budget.In Milford, the Coworking House is a haven for local entrepreneurs if they need workspace for a day or a month. There, New Hampshire s Small Business Development Center is like a guardian angel for the start-ups and the owner herself. I literally meet with them every single month,” Kristin Hardwick, co-founder of Coworking House LLC, said.Hardwick was upset to learn that help could be going away.Sununu s newly unveiled state budget calls for the UNH-based Small Business Development Center to have its $880,000 appropriation cut to just $50,000 in 2022, and then zero in 2023. I think it s outrageous. The Small Business Development Center does so much for myself, for the members of the coworking space, for so many small businesses across the state,” Hardwick said.The proposed cut would mean the

Billion-dollar boom: Homes hotter during the pandemic

Kristin and Josh Hardwick joined the state’s billion-dollar housing boom. The Hardwicks moved from Wilton to Amherst in September, living for a month between homes with their two kids, two dogs and a cat in a borrowed camper parked in a relative’s driveway in Nashua. What’s Working “We loved seeing our family every single day,” said Kristen Hardwick, who co-owns the Coworking House in Milford. “The worst part was probably trying to manage two dogs in a camper.” Despite fears of a slowdown, purchases of New Hampshire homes and condos are up by $1 billion since March compared with the same period a year ago, according to a Sunday News analysis.

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