NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 RECEIVES SBA GRANT 

 FOR TREE PLANTING 

 PROGRAM 



United States Small Business 

 Administration (SBA) District 

 Director William K. Phillips ;in- 

 nounced in Concord on October 4 

 that a grant totalling $64,680 had 

 been awarded by the SBA to the 

 State of New Hampshire under the 

 federal government's national tree- 

 planting program. The amount of 

 the grant was determined on the 

 basis of the state's total population. 

 Under the National Resources 

 Development Program (an amend- 

 ment to the Small Business Act) 

 federal dollars tor tree planting on 

 state or local government hind are 

 made available to states which 

 agree to match at least 25% of the 

 grant. In addition, any state or 

 local government which partici- 

 pates in the program must use small 

 businesses as contractors. 



In New Hampshire, the state solici- 

 ted application from cities and 

 towns willing to commit matching 

 funds and able to meet SBA's strin- 

 gent qualifications. The folkiwing 

 nine communities, representing a 

 commitment of $93,000, were 

 selected: Berlin (awarded $10,000), 

 Concord ($14,215), Dover 

 ($9,295), Hampton Falls ($2,645), 

 Portsmouth ($5,119), Rochester 

 ($5,991), Rumney ($1,885), Som- 

 erswonh ($5,300), and Woodstock 

 ($10,230). The total dollar amount 

 which will ultimately awarded to 

 small businesses exceeds $157,000. 

 Small business contractors inter- 

 ested in bidding on one of these 

 tree-planting projects should con- 

 tact the apprc^priate city or town. 



Funding for the second year of the 

 SBA tree-planting program has 

 recently been approved. For 

 information on how to obtain funds 

 for your community, write Mary 

 Reynolds at the New Hampshire 

 Department of Resources and 

 Economic Development, Division 



of Forests and Lands, 172 Pembrokt. 

 Road, PO Box 856, Concord, NH 

 03301. e>callherat(603)-271- 

 2214. 



CHANGES 



Pleasant View Gardens (Pittsfield) 

 has decided to no longer handle 

 bench foliage plants — from 2 l/2s 

 up to large floor items. The market 

 is miiving in new directions and the 

 Huntingtons are moving with it. 

 They are still growing hangers — 

 "the Swedish ivy, bridal veil, grape 

 ivies — they're all the same;" and 

 they plan to expand their seasonal 

 lines and increase production ot 

 perennials, holiday and potted 

 flowering items, and plug and cell 

 pack material. 



For more information: (603) 435- 

 8361. 



NEW TAGS FOR NEW 

 HAMPSHIRE PRODUCTS 



UNH Cooperative Extension has 

 developed hanging tags and 

 stickers for use in promoting New 

 Hampshire-grown-and-produced 

 commodities. 



The idea began as part of a Coop- 

 erative Extension forest product 

 marketing effort, but it was decided 

 to design a logo that could be used 

 with a wide range of fanii and forest 

 products — from lumber to honey; 

 from crafts to holiday plants. 

 The tags and stickers were designed 

 by Bob Johnson of B.j . Graphics, 

 Westmoreland, and produced by 

 Bannerman Sign and Promo, 

 Lebanon, and Delta Graphics of 

 Winchester. The design is an 

 outline oi the Old Man of the 

 Mountain with "Naturally, from 

 the fields and forests of New Hamp- 



shire" printed msidc it. The re- 

 movable stickers come in two sizes, 

 1 X 1 1/2" and 2 3/8 x 3 1/2". The 

 folding tags are 2 x 3" and open up 

 to 4x3". 



Project coordinator was Marshal 

 Patmos, Extension EduciUor, 

 Cheshire County. For a sample and 

 pricing information, contact Pat- 

 mos at UNH CJtioperative Exten- 

 sion, C'heshire (xiunty. Box 798, 

 Keene, NH 03431; (603) 352-4550. 



WINNERS: 



New Hampshire Places Second 



at "the Big E." 



In the two FFA competitions — 

 Nursery/Landscape and Flori- 

 culture — at the Eastern States 

 Exposition in West Springfield in 

 September this year, the Alvime 

 (Hudson, NH) FFA Chapter placed 

 second in Floriculture. This one 

 contest consisted of several separate 

 ones: General Knowledge, Problem 

 Solving, Plant Identification, Sell- 

 ing a Product, Job Interview, Floral 

 Arranging, Dish Garden, Corsage, 

 and Bouquet. So a wide range of 

 skills were required. 

 Congratulations to Felicia Rati and 

 the Alvime team for their fine 

 showing for New Hampshire. Eight 

 states competed: Ohio was first; 

 Maine, fifth. Ohio also placed first 

 in the Nursery /Landscape Compe- 

 tition. Eleven states competed. 

 Massachusetts was second; Con- 

 necticut, third. Again, congratu- 

 lations to all of you. 



...and at the Local Level 



On October 19, The College o\ 

 Life Sciences and Agriculture again 

 sponsored the University of New 

 Hampshire FFA Interscholastic 

 Judging Contest. 



Three teams — Pembroke Academy, 

 Alvime High School, and Man- 

 chester School of Technolog\' 

 — competed in the honicultural 

 area. The contest included a 

 general exam, plant identification, 

 repotting of planting material, and 

 nurseries problem identification. 



December 1991 /Janlary 199; ' 



