April 22 NHBR Preview

As cost-shifting occurs at federal and state levels, an increasing burden is being placed on New Hampshire’s municipalities. But Granite State cities and towns are finding some critical financial resources through the use of “payments in lieu of taxes,” or PILOT fees from nonprofits. NHBR reporter Kathleen Callahan finds out how these programs work and just how both towns and nonprofits are coping with the financial squeeze.

For 14 years, Manchester’s Amoskeag Business Incubator has been giving birth to new businesses. Now it undergoes its own rebirth as the abi Innovation Hub, rebranding itself for a new era of cutting-edge companies. Kathleen Callahan reports.

The 2011 New Hampshire Telecommunications Summit is set to get underway Wednesday, May 11, at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester. NHBR has the highlights.

In our next Q&A feature, contributor Michael McCord sits down with Mark Primeau, president and CEO of Laconia Savings Bank, the state’s oldest state-chartered bank. Primeau talks about the many changes it has seen since its founding in 1831 and how the bank itself has changed – and remained stable – through the times.

In our Law section, McLane attorney Neil B. Nicholson, discusses how the “right to work” bill could change the way you do business if it becomes law. Also, Christopher Vrountas, an intellectual property attorney with Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau, & Saturley, explains method patents and how they differ from more traditional types of patents.

Also inside your April 22 issue is our annual Business Profiles. In the 2011 Business Profiles, you’ll learn about some of the Granite State’s most noteworthy businesses, and how they contribute to the vitality and diversity of New Hampshire’s economy.

NHBR’s own Flotsam & Jetsam has all the latest jabs at New Hampshire’s favorite contact sport – politics.

You’ll find all these stories and more inside the April 22 edition of New Hampshire Business Review, in print and online at www.nhbr.com Friday, April 22.