This site has been designed with the vision of having a comprehensive, one-stop resource for local community members to find just about everything they want and/or need within their local communities.  It's mission is straight-forward: to strengthen our communities' economic health by keeping income and resources pumping through our local veins.  Local jobs, local employers, local businesses, local people, local events, local listings... they all make up our local economy.

We have the businesses to do it and we have the people to do it.

Now we also have the streamlined resource to help make it happen.

Here at KearsargeConnects, local residents can find jobs within their local NH communities, businesses can fill job openings locally by marketing their jobs on our local job board, local businesses can market / advertise their products or services to their local community, and local residents can post / find local talent for skilled trade needs, items for sale, places / items for rent, local events, volunteer opportunities, rides to share, items wanted and create general community discussion. 

What makes us different?

KearsargeConnects is unique in that we bring together the business community and the non-business community... right here, in one place.

Our Community Bulletin Board is our region's own social networking site and from there, members are linked to everything our community would want in a resource directory- from businesses to services, to the arts and entertainment.

Everyone knows there are many resources available for businesses in the area, as well resources for community members, yet for some reason, until now, they have been platformed separate from one another.

Businesses tend to co-mingle amongst themselves and their organizations, and the non-business community tends to co-mingle amongst themselves.  A place that hosts opportunity for non-business locals to interact in the same space where businesses in the community extends their presence, is unique.  It brings together the two elements required for a local economy to flourish, as both aspects of the community (business and non-business) are dependent upon one another.  Local residents want your jobs, services and goods, and local businesses want your talent, skill and patronage.  This co-mingling of community creates increased exposure and awareness of one another.  

For non-business community members, we have a community forum / bulletin board for non-commercial communication and the ability for locals to post their items for sale / rent, events, needs /wants and discussion. It is our region's social networking site... like our own little 'Facebook' and Craigslist combined,  and is set up to interact with the two top international social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter.

We also provide residents with a platform for gaining exposure within the community if they are self-employed or if they are an artist or musician.

For the local business community, we provide a platform for posting jobs within their local community, exposure in our Local Business Directory as, again, a business supporting it's community; and local, affordable advertising (to members of both the business and non-business community).  And whereas our Community Bulletin Board is a social-networking site, it is an excellent venue for business marketing.  It's all about expandig awareness... which is created by exposure.

Furthermore, KearsargeConnects acknowledges that in many cases, there is no separation between the business and non-business members of our local communities.  For many of us, we are one and the same.

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Communities included in KearsargeConnects

 Andover, Bradford, Claremont, Contoocook, Croydon, Danbury, Davisville, Elkins, Georges Mills, Goshen, Grafton, Grantham, Henniker, Hopkinton, Lempster, Newbury, New London, Newport, North Sutton, Salisbury, South Sutton, Springfield, Sunapee, Sutton, Unity, Warner, Webster and Wilmot.

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Why KearsargeConnects? 

As a resident of one of the several towns making up the Kearsarge / Lake Sunapee region, have you ever looked for work in this area?  If so, you know your search for an income opportunity is pretty scattered amongst various resources.  In fact, most people find themselves turning to resources outside of this area, to larger communities such as Concord, Manchester, or the Upper Valley in HOPES of finding something fairly close to home so that half their time and income isn't absorbed in the commute.

Everyday people turn to the internet in their search for a job and when searching "jobs in NH", the results cover a such a broad area (the entire state) that it is difficult to pinpoint those few-and-far-between in our local area.  KearsargeConnects allows local businesses and local residents working at local businesses to list their jobs / opportunities to those in our local NH communities.

As a business in our region, perhaps you've had the need to hire employees, and just as job seekers have had to turn to resources outside our local community, you probably have had to as well.  KearsargeConnects strives to provide the resources for local residents to more simply find local employment and for local businesses to more simply hire local employees, by letting local folks know your needs.

With unemployment rates soaring, for those businesses fortunate enough to have job openings, perhaps you've experienced that placing one ad for a single job opening can result in hundreds of applicants, many of whom reside outside of our local communities, because those are the people finding the job opening.  KearsargeConnects strives to market your business and your jobs to your community members, first and foremost.  Will people outside of our communities still find your jobs?  Of course they will, but let's be sure those specifically seeking you and employment with your company have the ability to find you.

We may live in a time of technology that puts the world at our fingertips, but the values of our region remain in tact.  We know and take pride in the fact that our local communities consist of INDIVIDUALS, where everybody is somebody, and if we can support our neighbor by employing him or her, or by supporting his or her business, services or talents, that is something to celebrate!  The health of our local businesses is only as strong as the health of our local economy.

Furthermore, for individuals in our communities who have something to offer others, whether it's information about an upcoming event, something they personally want to sell, or perhaps they are looking for volunteers, or to share a ride... the national bulletin boards are often too broad to get local attention.  KearsargeConnects offers a FREE local community bulletin board so community members can communicate with one another.  It's a local alternative to bigger community bulletin boards such as Craigslist.com, where local postings can get lost in the shuffle.  Plus, why buy or sell to a distant stranger when you can buy or sell to a local community member?

At KearsargeConnects, together we are making a difference in the economic health of our communities.

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 Kearsarge Connects Business Members

● UNLIMITED Job Posting on our Local Job Board

● Link to Your Business Website

● Local Business Directory Listing

● Discounted Advertising Rates

● For Realtors / Brokers / Agencies, Free Posting on Our Community Bulletin Board Forum (For Sale, For Rent)

● Unlimited Event Postings on our Community Events Calendar 

Local Businesses may become Business Members of KearsargeConnects and be listed in the KearsargeConnects Local Business Directory along with the various other benefits they receive.  Those businesses listed in our directory are recognized as local businesses with a shared interest in the economic health of our communities.  They are interested in building their business within and for their communities, first and foremost.  They understand that if they are to hire locally, local people must be able to find their jobs and they support that with their actions.

    CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON BECOMING A BUSINESS MEMBER   

As a KearsargeConnects Business Member, your business will be listed under your category of choice, or may be listed under multiple categories as you deem appropriate.  If your business has a website (recommended), your company name will be linked to your company website at no additional charge.

If your business does NOT have a website, your business address and telephone number will be listed along with the company name.

Businesses listed in the KearsargeConnects Local Business Directory may post job openings / opportunties for FREE on the KearsargeConnects website.  There is NO LIMIT on the number of job postings you may submit. You also receive discounted banner advertising rates. 

For more information on becoming a KearsargeConnects Business Member, click HERE.

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Advertising on KearsargeConnects

●Added Exposure!

Gain additional exposure for your local business from all aspects of the community by advertising on KearsargeConnects!

Unlike advertising on local websites intended for strictly consumers or strictly the business community, web traffic to KearsargeConnects will regulary come from both the business and non-business community, because this site is a resource for both.

Ads are placed monthly, and KearsargeConnects can create a banner ad for you or you may chose to submit your own. 

Click HERE for affordable pricing details.

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Becoming a Member of the KearsargeConnects Community Bulletin Board 

 ● Free Personal Membership!

● Free Skilled-Trade Listings

● Free Artist/Musician Listing

● Free For-Sale Postings

● Free Event Listings

● Free Carpool/Ride-Share Listings

 ● Free Rental Listings

The KearsargeConnects Community Bulletin Board is our region's own social networking site.

 It's like our own little "Facebook"... and it's only "little" because it is strictly for our region of the state.  It is packed with the power of the two top social networking sites in the world (Facebook and Twitter), in fact, we have apps set up so that members of our site can send updates automatically to their Facebook and Twitter profiles.  This integration streamlines the effort to stay in contact with your followers.  And as far as capabilities, members can customize their profile pages more so than other social networking sites, making us... dare we say... even cooler than the others?

As a site member, you may also request to be listed as a local artist/musician or skilled tradesperson, as well as post items for sale (non-commercial), post rentals, post local events, and post ride-share/carpool notices via the KearsargeConnects Forum.

It's like a blending of Facebook with a Craigslist!

For more information on becoming a personal member of KearsargeConnects and what you can do on the site once you become a member, please visit our main page, the gateway to the community bulletin board / forum.  Once there, be sure to check out the "Notes" section for step-by-step instruction on how to make the most of the site!