Additional Resources

State Economic Development Agencies:

• New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development (DRED)
• New Hampshire Business Resource Center (NHBRC)
• Office of International Commerce (OIC)
• International Trade Resource Center

Industry Organizations:

• New Hampshire Business and Industry Association (BIA)
• New Hampshire International Trade Association (NHITA)
• Software Association of New Hampshire (SwANH)
• New Hampshire Biotechnology Council
• New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership
• New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association
• New Hampshire High Technology Council
• New Hampshire Machining Association

Regional Planning Commissions

The nine regional planning commissions in New Hampshire provide regional planning for the group of towns they represent:

• Central NH Regional Planning Commission
• Lakes Region Planning Commission
• Nashua Regional Planning Commission
• North Country Council
• Rockingham Planning Commission
• Southwest Region Planning Commission
• Southern NH Planning Commission
• Strafford Regional Planning Commission
• Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission

Regional and Local Development Groups

The following groups help existing businesses remain and expand in a community, to support and invest in economic development activities, and to attract new business from outside the area:

• Belknap County Economic Development Council
• Business Economic Development Council
• Concord Business Development Division
• Claremont Industrial Development Authority
• Coos Economic Development Corporation
• Derry Economic Development Corporation
• Dover Economic Development Corporation
• Epping Office of Economic Development
• Exeter Development Commission
• Franklin Business & Industrial Development Corporation
• Goffstown Planning & Economic Development
• Grafton County Economic Development Council
• Hudson Economic Development Corporation
• City of Lebanon Planning Department
• Littleton Economic Development Task Force
• Littleton Industrial Development Corporation
• Londonderry Economic Development
• Manchester Economic Development Office
• Milford Industrial Development Corporation
• Monadnock Economic Development Center
• Mt. Washington Valley Business Development Corporation
• North Country Economy
• Town of Ossipee Economic Development Committee
• Pease Development Authority (PDA)
• Pembroke Economic Development Committee
• Portsmouth Community & Economic Development
• Rochester Economic Development Commission
• Rockingham Economic Development Corporation
• Somersworth Department of Development Services
• Southeast Economic Development Corporation of NH
• Wentworth Economic Development Corporation

Financing

• Capital Regional Development Council
• New Hampshire Small Business Administration
• USDA New Hampshire Rural Development
• New Hampshire Community Loan Fund
• MicroCredit-NH
• New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA)
• New Hampshire Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)

Other Business Services

• New Hampshire Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
• New Hampshire Virtual Business Incubator
• BuzGate (Business Utility Zone Gateway)