Robertson Family Adds Creamery to Help Bohanan Farm Stay Productive and Profitable
Heather Bohahan’s great-grandfather established a subsistence farm in the Contoocook River valley in 1911. The next generation began milking, and a dairy farm it remained — with each generation adding cows and land — for the next century.
Short Creek Farm: Supporting a Local Business in Ways Large and Small
As Short Creek Farm grew, they needed capital — to develop products, increase production, and to scale up in a big way that also helps other small farmers.
Sunfox Farm
Lending to Sunfox Farm for their food truck means more to us than just a business loan. It’s creating an asset for an entire community that connects neighbors, friends, and families while producing local food and products.
Tony and Rose: It’s Great to be Home
Retired couple Tony and Rose Stoia struggled to afford a home when Rose’s severe pine allergies forced them to relocate.
NorthWoods Stewardship Center Improves On-Campus Accessibility
Our joining forces with NCIC helped NorthWoods Stewardship Center transform into a modern and more inclusive organization with greater impact potential.
Derry Oak Village
We spoke with Carole Mannino and Rachel Hamilton, the President of the Board and the Recording Secretary of the Board, respectively, of the Derry Oak Village Cooperative — the 150th resident-owned community (ROC) that we helped establish. Together they painted a picture of the process of learning that their manufactured-home park was for sale, learning how to establish a cooperative that empowered the park residents to buy Derry Oaks, and how we helped them go from frightened to optimistic.
Amazing Hands: Fulfilling a Dream by Filling a Need
Our small business C-DEE program helped turn a dream of entrepreneurship into a reality.