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1 April 2017 Issue:2 In This Issue Welcome New Members Industry News & Events Spring is springing across the Lakes Region of NH! How can you best reach travelers in today's fast paced, ever changing, digital world? The Transformation of Media Consumption session at this year's Governor's Conference on Tourism will provide a crash course on media consumption and its impact on destination marketing. Speakers from a variety of media outlets will be present, including: * Jen Palmer, Associate Publisher, Outside Magazine * Alex Jasiukowicz, Creative Services Director, WMUR-TV * Mike Bentley, Director of Digital Sales, The Boston Globe National News Member News Signature Sponsors The 2017 NH Governor's Conference on Tourism will be held April 18th at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. Registration is available online now. The 2017 NH Governor's Conference on Tourism will be held April 18 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. Please contact info@nhtravelcouncil.com or (603) with any questions. Any events or specials on the horizon? Promoting Spring celebrations, Getaways, vacation adventures? We want to know so we can promote you! us today!

2 LRTA Staff EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE: The Belknap Point Inn is the perfect destination for rest and relaxation on the water. All of our rooms feature a scenic view of the lake and mountains. Direct waterfront and beach access. 107 Belknap Point Road Gilford, New Hampshire belknapnh@gmail.com Brewster Academy is a private, co-ed boarding and day college preparatory school located on Lake Winnipesaukee in picturesque Wolfeboro. 80 Academy Drive Wolfeboro, New Hampshire admissions@brewsteracademy.org Lake decor, apparel and more! We feature Fresh Produce clothing, Woolrich, Vera Bradley, Seabags (Home of the "Winnipesaukee Tote") & Tidewater Sandals. We also have items made by local craftsmen and doggie apparel for your four-legged friends! Items will change with the seasons. facebook.com/thevillagecorner 1003 Whittier Highway Moultonborough, NH

3 Learn how to "weather the storm" during the Managing the Challenges of Mother Naturesession at the 2017 NH Governor's Conference on Tourism. John Urdi, executive director of Mammoth Lakes Tourism, will share tips on how to reposition products and promotional efforts when seasonal weather patterns are less than ideal. And, Janice Stillman, editor of the Old Farmer's Almanac, will provide an overview of ever-changing weather patterns. From Minneapolis to San Francisco, and from New Mexico to London, New Hampshire's tourism industry will have the opportunity to hear best practices from around the globe. Click here for more information on the exciting line-up of this year's Governor's Conference. At this year's Governor's Conference on Travel and Tourism, experts from Visit San Francisco, Meet Minneapolis, and Christopher Kimball's Milk Street will share best practices on becoming a delicious destination. Visit San Francisco has received a Gold Adrian Award in the category of digital marketing for its culinary campaign, while Minneapolis has been dubbed, "America's Next Great Food City," by Saveur Magazine and hailed as Food & Wine's "Favorite New Food City." The 2017 Governor's Conference on Tourism will be held April 18 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord, NH. Belknap EDC is co-sponsoring with the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce several upcoming workforce development programs geared towards local businesses and students.

4 April 19, am-12pm Non-Profit Summit May 5, am Lakes Region Job Fair May 17, am-3pm Manufacturing Expo May 23, am Healthcare Expo Register TODAY to reserve a table at the LAKES REGION SPRING JOB FAIR Advertising has started. Date, Time & Location: Wednesday May 3 from 11am-3pm at the Belknap Mall More info at The Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce is excited to host the first Manufacturing Expo! May 17th 9am-3pm. Please visit our website for complete registration information. lakesregionchamber.org NOTE: ALL Workshops are presented at the Laconia Chamber of Commerce Building, 383 South Main ST. Laconia, NH From 5:30 to 7:30 PM- UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED* Sign-up on April 19, 2017 Considerations for Structuring Your Business: Sole Proprietor VS "S" Corp Randy Hylek - SCORE Hugh Cutlet - SBA May 17, 2017 Women Owned Business Networking Round-table *Wolfeboro, NH June 15, 2017 Quickbooks for Non-Profits Charlene Smith - SCORE *Wolfeboro, NH September 13, 2017 How to Manage your Small Business Time and Money Marc Abear

5 October 18, 2017 Considerations for Structuring Your Business: Sole Proprietor VS "S" Corp Randy Hylek - SCORE Hugh Cutlet - SBA November 15, 2017 How to Buy or Sell a Business (How to Plan for Succession) Ed Settino - SCORE December 6, 2017 U.S. Travel on Big Airlines' Challenges U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs Jonathan Grella issued the following statement: "For days, the airwaves have been filled with negative stories about airlines. The common denominator here is that air travel has become all too unpleasant for scores of travelers. While airlines tout record profits generated on the backs of their passengers, many are left stranded with few to no options. Years of over-consolidation, compounded by policymaking favoring the airlines rather than the travelers they serve, has led to a broken system that needs to be fixed. "Airlines that obstruct airport infrastructure improvements and growth or advocate the undoing of our nation's Open Skies policies should use this moment to consider how to make the system better, not worse, with more choice and connectivity for all. "It's time Washington 're-accommodate' the proverbial fox from the henhouse and put passengers and their experiences first in the equation." Courtesy

6 The children who will grow up to be protectors of the environment tomorrow, need to make a connection with the environment today! Nurture your child's nature connection and enroll them in one of our WildQuest Camps. We have been offering our WildQuest Day Camps for over 15 years! All camps take place during school vacations (February, April & June-August). Our camps are licensed by the State of NH and led by experienced environmental educators with the goal of fostering an appreciation and understanding of the natural and cultural history of Prescott Farm, and by extension, student's own special places as well. A camp experience with us will enhance your child's ecological awareness and provide fun learning opportunities in a community-minded and non-competitive atmosphere. Camp always includes nature activities, animal and plant identification, arts and crafts, quests, games, and hands-on learning. Most of the day is spent outdoors. Extended care can provide supervised playtime before and after regular camp hours. WildQuest Spring Camp Monday-Friday, April 24-28; 9:00-3:00 $47/$235 (per day/week) or $37/$185 for Members Click HERE for more information! Beginning around September 19 th, the City of Laconia will be undertaking a long overdue reconstruction project on Lakeside Avenue at the Weirs. With major upgrades to infrastructure (water, sewer & drainage) improvement to pedestrian safety and the burying of utilities (power, phone & cable). Additional features in this project will be new street lights, sidewalks and parking kiosks (to replace meters). After a hiatus of five years, the hill climb, long a signature feature of Laconia Motorcycle Week, will return to the ski jump at Gunstock Mountain Resort during the 94th running of the "World's Oldest Motorcycle Rally" in June. The Gunstock Hillclimb, sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association and sponsored by Ridge Runner Promotions, will be run at the 70-meter ski jump at on Wednesday, June 14 - come rain, come shine - beginning at 9 a.m. "We're very pleased that the hill climb is coming back to its original location at Gunstock," said Charlie St. Clair, executive director of the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association. "I know this will make a whole lot

7 of people very happy during Motorcycle Week." He expressed his appreciation to the management of Gunstock, especially Marketing Director Mike Roth and General Manager Greg Goddard, as well as the members of the Gunstock Commission, for their decision to resume hosting the event. The hill climb was run at Gunstock 1946 until 1962 and again from 1993 until 2011, when Ridge Runner Promotions, which sponsors the event, and management of the resort failed to renew their contract. For the past five years Ridge Runner Promotions held a competition in the Pro Hill Climb Series sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association at the organization's site in Canaan. Goddard said on Wednesday that in anticipation of celebrating the resort's 80th anniversary Roth began reviewing its history and was taken by the tradition of hosting the hill climb. He reached out to the hill climbers among the motorcycling community, beginning with the New England Hill Climbers, who soon passed the baton to Mike Farnsworth of Ridge Runner Promotions. welcome on this tour. Prescott Farm is home to huge old trees, including a black walnut tree which is officially the largest one in Belknap County! Tree tours highlighting this black walnut tree, and others equally magnificent, will begin Saturday, April 22 from 11:00am to 12:00pm. All ages are The NH Big Tree list is organized by UNH Cooperative Extension and recognizes and records the state's biggest "champion" trees. From the "William Whipple" horse chestnut in Portsmouth to a black spruce bog in the North Country, dedicated volunteers search the state for the largest examples of individual trees species that grow in New Hampshire. NH's State and County Listing of Big Trees can be viewed online their website at If you are unable to make it to the tour on Saturday, April 22, other tours are being offered Saturdays, June 24, August 12, and October 14 from 11:00am to 12:00pm. These tree tours are sponsored by Belknap Landscaping Company.

8 Subscriptions available today! The New Hampshire Music Festival celebrates their 65th season this summer with free outdoor special events, an expanded orchestra, a new concert series in Wolfeboro, a new series of ArtsWalks as part of the Music in the Mountains series, the 4th annual Make Music Plymouth, international soloists, and the return of music director Paul Polivnick. This summer's popular orchestral events continue in the Hanaway Theatre at the Silver Center for the Arts on Thursday evenings offering a range of orchestral emotions beginning with the opening night featuring the Festival's concertmaster and international soloist Yulia Milshtein performing the Bruch Violin Concerto paired with Beethoven's epic Symphony No. 5. The season finale features renowned 26-year-old pianist Steven Lin performing the Prokofiev Piano Concerto and the orchestra on Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances. In between these two masterwork concerts, the Festival presents a series of diverse concerts including Mozart and Mahler featuring a concert version of Mozart's short opera The Impresario which pits two competing sopranos against each other and Copland in Mexico, a multimedia exploration of Copland's time in Mexico and featuring a full showing of the film Redes accompanied by live orchestra. This performance is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Tickets can be purchased online at or by calling the New Hampshire Music Festival Office at a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the NHMF office at 7 Main St, Plymouth, NH May 1-19 and at the Silver Center for the Arts for the remainder of the season at 114 Main Street, Plymouth, NH. Wolfeboro tickets can be purchased starting at 4:00pm on concert days at the concert venue. Full season details can be found at Register your child before April 30,2017 to receive the early registration discount. New this year is the add on option of going to Highland Mountain Bike Park during weeks 6,7 and 8. The C.I.T program will return for kids age 12 and 13. Click here to learn more. The camp will run for 9 weeks starting on Monday June, 26, 2017 and end on Friday August 25, 2017.

9 If you have question or need more information please contact us at or via On Friday, April 21, 2017, beginning at 11:00 am., Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm in Tamworth Village celebrates Earth Day with special presentations and family-friendly activities. 11:00 am: Bird Walk & Talk with bird enthusiast Rick Steber Join us for a birding walk and talk led by Rick Steber. Our local birds are vocal and the migrants are arriving. Bring binoculars if you have them and

10 bird guides are very helpful; dress for the weather. If the weather is inclement we will hold the talk indoors with a slide show. 12:30 pm: Bee Talk with Althena Contus, Wonalancet Honey Bee Co. None of us would survive without the industrious work of bees. Join us for an in-depth talk about their fascinating world. You may never look at them the same way again. Additional activities occurring the same day as part of School Vacation Week! Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth, NH or

11 #526 in Laconia - #350 in the Weirs - #507 in Meredith - #446 in Gilford - The Room, is the perfect blend of intimate and elegant, and is opening Monday, April 17th for all your hair care needs!!! You may book your appointment directly through Kresta by calling or texting Her availability will be Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and every other Saturday for your convenience. Lakes Region Tourism Association of NH, PO Box 737, Tilton, NH SafeUnsubscribe {recipient's } Forward this Update Profile About our service provider Sent by alanders@lakesregion.org