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New England Small Businesses
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Business-to-Business
in New England
Event
management and services
Information
services
Energy and Environmental
services
Fix
It
Help
with the Garden
Health
and Beauty
Unique
Retailing
Personal
Services
Management
and Creative services
Real
Estate Services
Home
Design Services
Home
and Garden
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England's Outdoor Adventures
A
resource for New England Businesses
Small Business Administration
has 93 field offices, over 3,000 employees last year it spent
$1.1 billion, most but not all, came from American taxpayers.
The
site includes information on starting and financing a
business, assistance programs offered by the SBA and a large
section on Business Opportunities. Of immediate interest
to may business people may the Business
Card Section where
one can post a business card via an online form or search out
a business by state, business area or name.
Business-to-Business
in New England
CC
Consulting from Tewksbury, Massachusetts offers development and design of management
programs for businesses of all sizes With offices on both
coasts, they specialize in helping companies achieve their business goals by
better identifying and using
the skills of employees, management and company
leaders.
My
Printers Ink, LLC of Trumbull, CT
For more than two decades they've supplied top quality, name brand
printing supplies at substantial discounts. Buy online with
free shipping on orders over $30. Interestingly, donate 10%
of sales to bona fide charities selected by our customers.

Since 1989 Dan
de Angeli and Associates has provided architectural renderings and
illustrations for clients from their Boston
offices. The firm specializes in rendering watercolor images
derived from computer assisted designs, photographs and rough
sketches. The site includes examples of recent work,
"how to" information on using their services and typical
"turn round" for the finished product.
Established
in 1980 in
Malden, Massachusetts New
England Trade
is a computerized barter organization working with retail,
corporate, and professional businesses. The membership base is
comprised of business owners who trade their goods or services
with other business owners without paying cash. With over a
thousand participating businesses, they offer a unique and time
honored method (the barter system is thousands of years old, and
going strong) of getting and providing goods and
services. The site includes informaiton on how the
business-to-business program works, a voluminous listing of goods
or services for barter, membership details and how to get started
buying or selling with other New England businesses.
Event
management and services
People and
businesses in New England who manage events or who provide the
elements that make them memorable.
Ginny Colangelo is an
extraordinary artist and the owner of the Massachusetts
firm, Gin C
Productions. They specialize in creating marvelous Fantasy
Faces and Body Art, examples of which can be viewed at
the site. Available for special events, fund raisers or
private gathering; Colangelo is professional make up artist who is
licensed instructor by the Commonwealth.
With a background in theater, film and TV, Gin C uses airbrushes
and grand imagination to produce some truly remarkable works of
arts that we suspect, are washed off only with
reluctance. All products used are safe and FDA
approved.
Information
services
ParentsResource.org
is a site devoted to helping families in New Hampshire
solve the great and small questions of parenting.
A relatively new site as of June 2002, the sites founders,
Lisa Lividoti and Deborah Duggan, are mothers who saw the
need to crystallize information, links and tips for
parents in New Hampshire into a concise and easy-to-use
format. A business with a cause-they are supported
by advertising revenue-they have information on story time
gatherings, family crafts, places to go and things to do
with children throughout the state. They also are
interested in hearing from other parents about making the
most of the "growing years."
The
MBG Marketing Company from Bridgewater, Massachusetts runs
an ambitious and informative site called The
Gay Emporium. Simply put, they seek to serve New
England’s Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender
communities, as well as the friends, with up-to-date
information on professional services, entertainment, health
resources and organizational contacts for community members.
The site includes a shopping mall, trivia, sporting news and
online discussion groups, in an attractive and easy-to-use
format.

New
England Weather Associates in North Adams,
Massachusetts as been providing customized
weather forecasts and services to businesses and
municipalities in the Berkshire region since 1973. Working closely with
clients to determine the weather information they
need, the company uses the latest technology to give
"weather sensitive" organizations a tool to plan events, services and operations. Owned and
operated by John Hockridge, a member of the American
Meteorological Society, the site includes links to "live" national
weather cams, local forecasts, an online store and radar visuals.
Among
the three kinds of businesses that many people try to start-a
tavern, restaurant and Bed and Breakfast-the later has a more
relaxed appeal. "B&B" conjures images of
rockers on the porch, lazy fall days and hot muffins served with
home-made jam. Common also is some measure of envy for the
owners and the logical conclusion..." Hey, we could do
this!"
Well,
maybe you can, but you might think of sticking your toes in the
water before you make the plunge. Nancy-Linn
Nellis has owned and operated
a B&B for over 15 years and she knows a thing or two about the
business. Her
site, INN-Formation.com
has the details on seminars she offers for
aspiring Innkeepers or Innsitters. The four-day, hands-on
experience in Searsport, Maine mixes a congenial atmosphere with
some of the less romantic aspects of innkeeping like taxes
and accounting.
The site includes seminar dates, how to get in touch with them and
prices.
BidjetCharter.com
from Quincy, Massachusetts is a private air charter service with a unique, online service. Business
travelers and others can plan where they want to go and how much
they want to spend. The company then posts the requests to
hundreds of private jet operators-from small private jets to Boeing
747’s- for a guaranteed low price.
It's all done quickly on the Internet, using their extensive
database. The service is good for travel in New
England or worldwide.
From Newington, Connecticut comes an interesting
site, and a great idea, for the budding boat owner. FirstBoat.com
is resource for people who are interested in buying a boat but are smart enough
to know what they don't know. The site offers solid information on
buying a boat without being broad sided, where to learn about boat safety,
boating insurance, boat show schedules and many other seaworthy tips for the
nautically challenged. They also have good links to purchase a new or used
boat.
Business
Beat Live-News
and views on business from a New London, Connecticut prospective.
Matthew
Hunt is from Maine and runs an ambitious, trademarked Internet
site, called Hometown USA. With an emphasis on all states in
the country, and some overseas areas well, the New England sites
in the company's system include the following.
Hometown
USA Maine
Hometown
USA Massachusetts
Hometown
USA New Hampshire
Hometown
USA Vermont
Hometown
USA Connecticut
Hometown
USA Rhode Island
Energy and Environmental
services
Norwich,
Vermont boasts a
women-owned, environmental consulting firm with an extensive
client list in the Greater White
River Junction, VT/Lebanon NH
region. T
& M Consultants, Inc.
focuses
on correcting environmental contamination, performing
environmental site assessments, site investigations and
recommending remedial action plans. The principles, with nearly
two decades of combined experience in the field, strive to head
off environmental contamination for all major classifications of
privately owned New England property; residential, commercial,
industrial and farmland. The company believes in "Encouraging
Environmental Responsibility” on all our parts as one way to
insure the safety and purity of our groundwater, soil, and air for
current and future generations. The site includes the
professional biographies, the details and examples of offered
services and a little philosophy-grounded in good sense-that
we find highly commendable...Click the site!
Cape
Wind Associates is company in South Yarmouth that has
proposed to build a off shore, electric energy generation system-a
wind park-five miles off the coast of Cape Cod. The project,
to be completed in 2005, will generate clean, electric power from
170 wind turbines, spread over five miles of wind-swept sea.
When operational, the system will generate enough to power a half
million Massachusetts homes and businesses. The concept is
not without detractors but the people behind the project have 27
years of experience in the field at numerous locations in this
country and in Europe. Understandably, the site is not
"objective" on the proposal but it does make a
persuasive case with amble technical, environmental and
engineering presentations. Attractively designed and
presented, the site also provides an online message form that
supporters in Massachusetts can use to contact legislative
officials.
Northern
Powers Systems is
headquartered in Waitsfield, Vermont but their reach extends to
all seven continents. For more than 25 years they have
provided state-of-the-art power technology-with an emphasis on
wind, photovoltaic and diesel-hybrid-at more than 800 locations on
the planet. With a diverse staff of 65 highly trained
specialists, the company offers energy solutions for remote areas,
businesses, industry, communities and urban centers.
They design, build and install power systems and offer a full
range of follow up maintenance and training programs.
Fix
It
Mike Urban runs a great site and business for
people with old radios and record players (you remember them, don't you?) He
fixes them and you can learn more at Urban
Antique Radio and Vintage Hi-Fi or visit his Showroom and Shop (By
appt. only) in Milford CT. He does
business nationwide and has some wonderful recommendations. The pictures
at the site suggest to us that he is an easy guy to get along with and knows his
stuff.
Health
and Beauty
Help
with the Garden
John Shelly of Wakefield,
Rhode Island knows roses. A member of the American Rose Society, New England Rose
Society and the Rhode Island Rose
Society, he is an award winning "Rosarian" who actually
promises you a rose garden. From his site, Rose Gardens of Rhode Island,
Shelly offers tips on the planning, preparation, planting and care
of rose gardens and offers his services to gardeners in Rhode
Island and Connecticut.
Unique
Retailing
Northeasttrader
is a relatively new site from West Burke,
Vermont, offering a wide range of classified
advertising. Their rates are very reasonable-for some,
FREE-and based on their initial success, they've decided to offer
their unique services nationally.

To
this day, we don’t know exactly why it works… it just does!! from
the site.

Not only is
the Wiffle Ball a registered
trademark, (and a darn good one, we might add) but
the item itself is was born and bread in New England for the
entire world to enjoy. David J. and Stephen A. Mullany
are the current keepers of the Wiffle, representing the third
generation of a family business that started, after some experimentation,
with a ball with eight oblong perforations. The first one,
(boy, we wish we had one) was made in 1953 and the rest, as they
say, is a ground rule double. The site includes
details on how the Wiffle Ball got started, a store for Wiffle
Stuff, (made in the USA) and the rules of the game.
Maybe
you're not thinking of quilts right now but as we
all know, or should, among the top ten inventions in history is
the quilt. They look good, are easy to maintain, last
forever and (this is the great part) keep us warm in the winter.
Ann Shaw is from Benson, Vermont
and she makes marvelous quilts-in traditional, historic and
cutting edge designs-that are available at her web site, Classic
Quilts of Vermont. At
the site you can see the "quilts in action," select
designs and colors and place an order. Pretty neat.
One stop quilt shopping.
Neelon
Art is a site from Cataumet,
Massachusetts
and presents the photographs, prints, post cards and other
offerings of Michael Neelon. While a lover of the Cape
Cod region, Neelon travels and works extensively in all parts of
New England, paying particular attention to the interaction and
interplay of New Englanders (and we guess a few visitors) with the
landscape and environment of our rocky paradise A simple,
straight forward site, with a charm befitting the photographer's
substantial gifts and well worth a visit.
Pixel
Paintings are actually
digitally enhanced photographs taken by photographer Joe
Parskey. A resident of Scituate, Massachusetts,
Parskey's paintings offer strikingly vivid images of New England's
coastal seascapes as well as unique visions of familiar landmarks
in Boston and elsewhere in our region. His collections are
all thumbnailed for easy viewing and available for purchase
online. One can also send a New England Pixel Painting post
card, via the Internet, to friends and family via the
site.
From
Auburn, Maine comes
Maine
Gourmet Chocolates offering gift baskets, edible imaging
and lots more. Order online, by phone or visit one of
the many retailers, in Maine and elsewhere, where the sweet goods
are sold.
Francos
Wine Merchants have been a part of the New
Canaan, Connecticut business community since
1933. Offering a variety of in all price ranges, they have
"tastings" every Saturday afternoon and welcome visitors
to explore their shop and their historic town. The site
includes current special wine offerings and offers a search
program to find a particular wine.
Vermont
Laser Works, in Essex offers
a full range of engraving, etching and design services using
state-of-the-art laser technology. The site includes
remarkable color photographs of their work, contact information
(with a toll free number) and the refreshing reminder of Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
Dr.
Lankin's Awesome Almonds! is headquartered in
Groton,
Connecticut
and as the name suggests, the company offers almonds via
online ordering or by their network of retailers.
Attractively packaged, the company offers fundraising
plans for non profit organizations and Every
order generates at least $2.00 in revenue for CW Resources
of New Britain,
Connecticut that
provides training and jobs for
people with disabilities.
Massachusetts
Bay Trading Company
offers
products that embody the finest character and diversity for which Massachusetts
is renowned. The site and business is dedicated to promoting
the rich heritage of Massachusetts and the quality of products
originating in state. Among the products they offer
include:
Crafts-Baskets,
Pottery, hand-made porcelain, Nantucket Lightship baskets,
wooden bowls
Art-prints and photographs of local
motifs
Maple products, lobsters and locally made
candies
Lamps, candles, clocks, oil lamps
Specialty soaps, Jewelry and accessories with local theme
Collectibles and Ornaments, including colonial figures,
lighthouses, music boxes
Sports Related products, including
Red Sox, Patriots souvenirs
Greeting Cards - Holiday and
general based on Massachusetts themes
Since 1951 people have
been dining at Foster's
Downeast Clambake in York
Harbor Maine and all across the country-including a
distinctive address on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.
(Live lobsters and a complete feast are shipped via
overnight air.) Offering a true
"Maine" epicurean
from their 500 seat pavilion in York Harbor, they
specialize in serving lobsters, clams, shrimp and other
sea fare for which Maine is noted. The site includes a
grand history of the business, the menu, good photographs
the staff and customers and how to order a Foster's
clambake for tomorrow. They even offer instructions
on "how to eat a lobster."
The
ingredients that Donna Chamberlain uses to make her Herbal Soap
can be pronounced without a scientific dictionary. They
include olive oil, coconut,
palm, sweet almond, jojoba, wheat germ, soybean, and cocoa butter
that are available at HuMaine
Essential Herbal Soap. Her soaps contain no animal
fat, are entirely biodegradable and packaged with an keen
appreciation for the environment. This site has fine
photographs of her products; Natural Maine Kelp Soap, Carrot Castile Soap,
Green Tea Lime Soap, among others, that can be purchased online or
at selected retailers in Maine.
Heather Barrows
from Massachusetts runs a site called DreamCasters2000
but it is really about actual things-canes, walking sticks, pipes,
ashtrays, clips, incense holders, candle holders, signs-that are
carefully crafted by hand and offered for sale. These one of
a kind items are pictured at the site and online ordering is
available. Customers wishing to challenge the company with a
customized creation are welcome to do so.
Seasonal
Moments is a site from
Portsmouth, Rhode Island that offer
unique note cards in both design an construction. Each card
contains an actual photograph, not a printed copy, and is mounted
on high quality, colored stock to enhance the beauty of the
original photograph. Suitable for framing, each card
measures 4.25 X 5.5 inches, includes an envelope and there are 46
thumbnailed sets available for viewing. The site
includes prices and ordering information.
Dick Gerling is a
grand looking gentleman from Rumford, Rhode Island who makes even
grander looking, hardwood rocking horses, made with real horsehair.
A Member of the Guild of Rocking Horse Makers, his
site Rocking Horses by Dick Gerling,
offers photographs of his finely crafted horses and eagles that
can make impressive gifts or enhance a home or office. The
site also includes interesting links to woodcarving, craft, art
sites and to us.
Not
long ago, a telescope was a much prized, "cutting edge"
tool made with glass, brass, wood and even leather. Used for
exploring the heavens and for more the more practical purposes of
navigation, they required exceptional skills to make. From
Northampton, Massachusetts Cutler
of New England
is a maker of authentic replicas of telescopes used in the 18th
and 19th century. Fashioned by local master
"craftspeople" they offer telescopes and unique sundials
penholders for online purchase. A brochure can also be
requested at the site.
The people at Sandals4less.com
in
Standish, Maine
and are not modest about the prices or quality
of the shoes and sandals they sell at their store or online.
Made in Germany, their line of "birkenstocks" are
lowest regular prices available in the country and the shoes and
sandals themselves are the "most supportive you will ever
wear". The site has good pictures of items available,
easy to understand sizing charts and offers secure online
purchasing.
Connecticut
Valley Worm Farm
is in
Enfield, Connecticut. If
you want worms for bait or composting-wholesale or retail-these are the people to see. They specialize in
European NightCrawlers ™, redworms and vermicomposting products.
They can help in developing worm breeding systems and have a range
of product for composting with worms for homes, schools and
commercial compositor's.
The farm is also a dairy farm with 260 acres.
In 1998 Joan Lamothe
and her daughter Terri opened Rustling Wind Creamery
in
Falls Village, Connecticut.
Milking goats and cows they create a variety of fresh and aged cheeses-the
aged Chesire Cheese's take over 60 days to make-that has developed
a loyal following among the area's finer restaurants. Their
gift baskets,
among many items available online or at the farm, include cheese, maple syrup jams and
jellies.
The Christmas Keeper
in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
offers a collection of simple, yet elegant, keepsake Christmas
ornaments and other handmade, seasonal gifts, crocheted in the
color of newly-fallen snow. View and order gifts at the
site and listen to White Christmas.
Jeff
Dobbs heads up a team of editors, writers and producers in Bar
Harbor, that offers a series of videos about Maine and its
communities. Much of their work may be familiar to PBS
viewers, is available under the heading of Maine's Best
Videos from Jeff
Dobbs Productions.
Among
the intriguing titles available at are two views of Maine's beauty
from the air: Air Maine and High on Maine and
visions of the state's more than 60 lighthouses in Light Spirit.
Others include visits to the Acadia National Park, expeditions to
the state's wildlife and features on some of Maine's principle
cities including Bar Harbour, Bangor and Portland
Since 1975, Sakonnet
Vineyards, in Little Compton, Rhode Island has been building a
New England tradition for fine wines produced with steadfast
consistency. As they note, the particularities of the soil and
conditions on the Southeastern New England coast closely resemble some of
the world's more prominent great wine regions, especially those of northern France.
They now produce over 50,000 cases of wine every year, some of
which have received awards and accolades in this country and
overseas.
They offers
tours, rentals of the facilities for functions and events, online
shopping of non-wine items and information on "The
Roost"-a bed and breakfast that is both inviting and
intriguing.
A joint undertaking of the Vermont Small Business Development Center and the
Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing,
Market Vermont
presents some of the finest "Made in Vermont" products
available from the Green Mountain State. Vermonters must
apply to have their goods or services listed on the market and all
must meet strict standards for workmanship, service and
value. Headquartered in Montpelier, the market includes
profiles and links to many fine Vermont businesses, crafters and
artists.
Rich
Frog Industries is wholesale company from
Burlington, Vermont
that specializes in quality gifts and children's toys made around
the world and in the United States. The site includes
retailing information, their product lines, the continuing Adventures
of Rick the Frog and our favorite, "The Rulers of
Baseball..
New England Art
Express in
Holyoke, Massachusetts offers fine art
prints, custom framing and a large selection of photographs and
reproductions with an emphasis on New England themes. The
proprietors, David and Alice Gmyrek, will personalize services to individual
needs and their site is handsomely designed to browse or
search. With thumbnail images, purchase or enquire by
phone, in person or online.
American
Dream Post and Beam Company is a licensed contractor from
Pawtucket,RI.
They specialize in custom, timberframe structures an emphasis on
quality and historic integrity.
North
American Whitewater Expeditions,
a company from West Forks, Maine with offices in
Kent, CT,
Charlemont, MA and Jamaica, VT
is a license outfitter that
offers natural adventures all year long. An attractive site
with a photo of their healthy looking staff, they are
associated with the Indoor
Outdoor Center
in West Forks, ME. Offer training, equipment, clothing
and tips on braving the elements, they have equipment rentals, guided
tours and a B&B with very reasonable rates.
Buyer's
Network
is a real estate service for home buyers in
Massachusetts.
The
UFO LAB and THE UFO LAB REPORT RADIO SHOW
from
Hope Valley, Rhode Island,
scrutinize UFOs, visitors, earth
changes, governments and politics, current events and the
paranormal. They offer many interesting items for sale at
the retail center on the site.
Priceline.com
is based in
Norwalk, Connecticut. Not exactly a mom and pop
outfit, but they are from New England.
Sailing
Massachusetts. com
provides
information for buying, selling and maintaining a boat in the Bay
State and Rhode Island. They also have links to sailing centers.
Old
Maps of New England and New York
offering reproductions of where many of us live, before we arrived.
James Kaloyanides is president of
the New England Coffee
Company. the largest roaster and distributor of coffee in New
England. He also represents the third generation of family
ownership for this venerable New England company. Founded in
1916, they are headquartered in Malden, Massachusetts where the
firm employs over 200 and serves thousands of customers
nation-wide.
Of particular interest at this
site is Coffee 101-the history, science, geography
and sociology of the "little bean" that some of us just
can't do without. Well done and well worth a visit.
Crutchtips.com
from Manchester, CT sells just about every kind of crutch tips
that one could need; cane tips, quad cane tips, rubber tips, crutch pads, bath bench tips, furniture tips, quad cane tips, easel tips, tripod tips, drum stand tips, rubber ends, walker tips, crutch grips, foam grips and crutch pads.
All may be purchased online.
LobsterClambake.com
Live Maine lobster and traditional New England Clambakes, delivered.
The
Original Tremont Tea Room in
Boston since 1936, has provided
spiritual healing, tarot and psychic reading and other products
and services.
Yankee
Farmer's Market
producers and sellers (retail and wholesale) of Buffalo Meat products
from
Warner, NH
Moon
Beams in
Rockville, CT offers a variety of Wiccan, Earth Spirit and
meditation related items. They also carry candles, incense,
books, divination tools, altar and ritual accessories and
jewelry.
Unicorn Books & Spiritual Resource Center
in
Arlington, Massachusetts
sells New Age books and gifts.
They also offer evening programs, classes and workshops and have
close connections with astrologers, counselors, psychics, Reiki practitioners and Tarot readers.
The White Light Pentacles/Sacred Spirit Products and Nu Aeon
Inc., from
Salem, Massachusetts
is owned and operated by Richard and "Gypsy" Ravish.
Since 1981 they have provided a unique wholesale and retail network
for items of Wiccan Arts and Thelemic Magickal Sciences.
A catalog can be ordered online.
Kitt's
Dream, from
Manchester, New Hampshire sells an interesting
collection of herbs, teas, t-shirts, dream catchers and figurines.
Order online.
Our Lady Of Enchantment is the world's largest public school of Wicca and the Magical Arts.
They offer courses to help people raise their spiritual consciousness.
Bird
Watcher's General Store in
Orleans,
MA is literarily, for the
birds. They carry a vast selection of things relating
to feeding, watching or learning about birds in the wild.
Got a bird question? Drop them a line and order a catalog.
Dragon Star Creations is a small company located in
Lebanon,
Maine.
They sell a wide variety of Medieval, Renaissance, Fantasy and New Age Merchandise.
An attractive site and be sure to check the picture gallery.
Vermont
One has a huge selection of gifts, crafts, products and foods
from the Green Mountain State. The site offers secure,
online shopping and a catalog.
E-Vacuum
is a full service vacuum store offering central vacuums,
commercial and household vacuum cleaners, bags, parts and
accessories for all brands! FREE repair estimates! Bernie
Fitzmaurice is the vice president of this company in Mashpee, Ma who
let us know about this interesting company and its attractive site.
Personal Services
Sean McLucas is
the founder of New England Disc Jockeys
in Everett, Massachusetts.
The company matches its musical and entertainment services to
particular needs, settings and occasions. These include
weddings, anniversaries, corporate events, cruises, proms, family celebrations
and other special gatherings where recorded music will enhance the
atmosphere. The company has over a decade of experience, has
a cadre of professional disc jockeys and boasts, topnotch,
state-of-the-art equipment to assure superior sound quality and
enjoyment. The site includes contact information, a sampling
of musical selection and words of praise from past clients.
New
England Stepps
Is an interesting guide service that provides personalized and
informative tours of cities like Boston or entire regions in New
England and elsewhere.
New
England Singles Connection
has been helping New England singles from the Concord, New Hampshire
area for five years. Offering extensive profiles of members,
the service's quality dating program includes networking around
interests and activities and other social criteria.
Bernard's
Barber Shop is located at 90 Bridge Street in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. Follow the link and visitors will also find
them on the Internet. The site is simple and to the
point. It gives directions, says when they are open, notes
the work they do-Modern and Traditional Razor, Clippers or Scissors, Designer cuts, Regular and Military to Long and Stylish-and
that they welcome WALK-INS. Oh, yes, they also trim
beards.
Management
and Creative Services
FirstMatter
LLC, from Westport, Connecticut, is
a consulting group of futurists. Guessing the composition of the
future necessitates an understanding of the past, most especially the metaphors
that we use to convey ideas, concepts and conditions, and this seems keenly
understood by FirstMatter. Headed by CEO Watts Wacker (modestly
described as "one of the most celebrated and influential minds in modern
business...") they work with all kinds of organizations to develop
systems that are "grounded in Enlightened Anxiety." The site is
compelling and in our new, improved "Age of Anxiety" well worth a
visit. But don't wait; while they may know what the future holds, you may
not have that luxury.
WordCrafters.org
is a freelance writers' collective that specializes in
providing superior content and graphics for that medium we've come
to know as the World Wide Web. As one would expect, most of
the Collective's work is done in cyberspace but more
interestingly, its core membership is composed of the spouses of
military service members, stationed literally, all over the
planet. The group's tiny office-two doors down from the
historic Dutch Tavern in New London-belies
a global reach that provides writers and graphic designers to discerning
clients.
From
Derry, New Hampshire John
E. Budzinski is
a freelance writer/photographer who specializes in answering the
creative needs of businesses and other commercial interests.
Working in both the print and electronic media, Budzinski offers
what he calls "one stop shopping" for creating
eye-catching photographs, writing general interest articles for
newspapers or producing quality copy for targeted, specialized
publications.
Picha
Design is a full
service design firm from Greenland,
New Hampshire that
specializes in logo design, branding and corporate identity.
Essential to their creative process is a keen understanding of a
client's mission-what makes a company tick-to render a positive,
visual statement of purpose and identity. This straightforward
and attractive site offers a portfolio of recent work that give
proper credence to the firm's skills and wherewithal.
McLain
Communications is a public relations company in Keene, New
Hampshire
that specializes in getting the point across quickly and clearly
for businesses and educational institutions. Their
contention that persuasive writing is a strong suit for the
company is back up by scores of content placements with many of
the nation's leading magazines, newspapers, broadcasters.
With over 20 years of experience in the field, the company creates
advertising copy, brochures, promotional literature and also
offers web page design services that are linked at the site.
Kells
Associates
is a management consulting firm in
Kingston, Massachusetts
that
works with customers in the fields of organizational development, leadership coaching, group facilitation and
custom training.
Owned
by Charlotte L. Kells, she and the company's staff
strive to develop positive and productive relationships within an
organization's working environment. By understanding and harnessing
employee potential, Kells seeks to help companies keep good workers
longer and enhance the job performance of all.
The site includes details on many collaborative services offered,
why companies should seek out Kells Associates and information of
the principles.
PathQuest
puts "front line" management experience and knowledge to
work for organizations principally in the health care
fields. Among its associates is Doctor Bernhoff A.
Dahl of Winterport, Maine; their team of consultants form an
experienced network that looks to the practical, solution oriented
side of organizational imperatives.
A listing of former and current clients at the site, includes many
prominent medical centers in New England, other industry and
service groups in the region and one in Fargo, North Dakota.
(We hope they didn't have to go in January.)
New
England Antiques shows,
produced by Impact Events Group, Inc. of Lexington,
MA.
Tye's
Top Tour & Travel
founded in 1992 in Merrimack, New Hampshire, the company is one of
the largest full service tour operators in the state.
Aside from innovative tours of New England, they also operate
programs in the British Isles, France, Austria, New Zealand, Fiji,
Canada and elsewhere in the United States. They are one of the
few New England tour that employ certified Tour Planners.
The
Business Plan Group-professional
help starting a new venture or refining an older one.
Sports Mark, LLC
is a
Connecticut company that travels throughout New England painting all of those stripes and
colorful little markings on the running tracks and synthetic playing
surfaces of our high schools, colleges and universities. (Sports Mark
is a great resource for those New Englanders among us who enjoy running around in circles!)
JB Sports
is an event management firm from Branford, Connecticut.
With an emphasis on fitness and running events, they consult and
manage events in New England and offer a speakers service. The
site includes an extensive events listing.
NewEnglandEvents.com
is relatively new
site, they concentrate on business side of holding events in New
England. They serve as a resource for promoters,
organizations and individuals with an interest in planning and
managing quality events in our region.
Real
Estate
Buyer's
Edge Realty, Inc.
of Hanover, Massachusetts is
part of a growing segment of the real estate industry that presents
the homebuyer in the often complex and confusing process of buying
a house. The firm serves communities south of Boston,
including all of the towns in Plymouth County, as well as many
towns in Norfolk, Bristol and Barnstable counties.
Hal
Sheeler is an experienced, real estate professional with Century 21 Energy Shield Realty
in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Serving both buyers
and sellers in New Hampshire and Vermont, he specializes in the
areas of the Upper Valley, Dartmouth, Hanover, Lake Sunapee and
other neighboring areas of both states.
The site offers contact information to Sheeler, links
to area real estate directories, listings
and as one would expect, a picture of Sheeler.
Home
and Design
Colebrook
Conservatories, of Winsted,
Connecticut designs, builds and installs custom
conservatories, period glass structures and horticultural
greenhouses. The attractive site includes wonderful
photographs of what they've done and can do.
CMNE
Construction Services, is a fully licensed and
insured, commercial and residential construction company
located in Whitman, Massachusetts.
Their web site may be a good indication of their work...Outstanding
Home
and Garden
Moose
Country Wood Products
is located in Dexter,
Maine where they craft
fine wood products from native Maine cedar. The product
line includes Adirondack Chairs, Octagon Picnic Tables,
Garden Arbors, Children's Playhouses and much more; much
of which can be viewed at the site.
Each is handcrafted to ensure
quality and satisfaction and products are assembled with
weather-resistant galvanized bolts and screws. They do not use
nails or fasteners that will rust when used outside.
And in the grand tradition of Yankee business, custom
orders are welcome! Learn more by contacting
Eric Smith
at 690
Dover Rd
Dexter
ME 04930, call 207-924-5007
or Email:
emc3@midmaine.com
New
England's Outdoor Adventures
Since 1962 Camp
Good News ,on over 240 acres in Charlestown,
New Hampshire, has offers outdoors fun and for thousand
of boys and girls with an emphasis Bible Study and an understanding
of the Christian religious experience. The site has a good
explanation of its religious orientation, an outline of the camp's
3xtensive outdoors experience for children of different age groups,
costs and how to register a child for one of its summer programs.
Racing
Ahead, Inc. is a company in Bethel,
Maine that was founded by the husband and
wife team of Tracyn Thayer & Norm Greenberg.
While married to each other, each has a strong
relationship with the great outdoors and getting from
point A to B faster than others. Founded while they were
organizing Appalachian Extreme Adventure Race, they
offer instruction on mountain biking, rafting and other
modes of transportation used in Adventure racing as well
as an up-to-date news on races in New England and
elsewhere.
The New
England Fishing Journal from Hudson,
Massachusetts offers tips and the latest information on
catching the big one in all six New England states plus
Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. (They fish in
Jersey?) They've a strong association with retailers, most of
whom are out of the New England region however they do report on
current local conditions that will be helpful to Yankee anglers.
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