Why You Should Move or Start Your Business in Windham?
The Town of Windham is a thriving community located in the southern region of New Hampshire. With a current population of approximately 14,000, the Town offers excellent opportunities for both large and small businesses to grow and prosper here.
Convenient access to Interstate 93, as well as NH Routes 111, 28, and 128 make Windham an ideal spot to locate a business. In addition, we have taken great pride in protecting our natural and historic resources, which add to the unique character of the community. Many of the municipal and school facilities have been upgraded in recent years moving Windham ahead of its neighboring towns in providing first class opportunities and services.
As a community, Windham has opened its arms to welcome the steady growth of commercial development over the last few years, while maintaining its high quality of life that attracted those businesses here to begin with. However, there is so much more potential to be realized!
Please take a moment to explore this site for detailed information on Windham to see all that we have to offer you and your business. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like any additional information.
I look forward to working collaboratively with you and your business to help you take advantage of all that Windham has to offer.
Sincerely,
Laura Scott
Community Development Director
Why Windham NH is the Place to Be!
Mr. Young believes the responses to the Survey reaffirmed the community vision guiding the Economic Development Section of the 2005 Windham Master Plan. The WEDC will use this Report, the 2005 Master Plan, and resident and business input as points of reference in providing responsible and informed input on economic development to Town Boards, Committees and Commissions.
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In a statement released by WEDC Chairman Bob Young, residents of Windham would like more business growth. Those responding to the survey indicated that the impact on property values, where the business is located in the community and the traffic impact and visual aesthetics were most important to respondents when considering business development.
This report will now be used by the committee to provide input on economic development to all town boards, committees and commissions.
Southern New Hampshire is no longer seeing the kind of explosive population growth that marked the 1960s through the 1990s, this week’s 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data shows.
But certain pockets of the Nashua region are bucking that trend.
Bedford’s population grew 16 percent from 2000 to 2010, while Brookline saw a 19 percent increase and Windham grew a whopping 27 percent.
Population growth in Southern New Hampshire over the past decade meant bigger school enrollments, increased demand for public services, and growing concern about the rapid pace of development.
Windham, Pelham and Sandown led the region's population boom, U.S. Census figures released last week show. Population surged 6.4 percent from 2000 to 2010 in Rockingham County.
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...we thought we’d see what cities and states in the US are the best places to get a job. We looked at personal income per capita, unemployment rates, and crime rates to determine which states have the most buoyant economies in this still very difficult economic climate. We then determined the largest occupations, and the fastest growing occupations, for each state so we can see where the most jobs are found.
New Hampshire’s small businesses are key to the state’s well-being. They account for a significant share of the state’s economic production and hiring. This profile from the Office of Advocacy uses the latest available data to illustrate the status and contributions of New Hampshire small businesses.
Business NH Magazine has reported that Windham is ranked 23rd in New Hampshire for the number of private businesses in 2009, the most recent year for which the numbers are available. There were 368 private businesses with an average annual employment of 2,634 people.
In addition, the Town was ranked 29th in New Hampshire for employment and wages in 2009. In 2009, Windham businesses, non-profit organizations and governmental sectors employed 3,099 people, for an average weekly wage of $812.00, and we had an unemployment rate of 4.2%.
Although these figures are from 2009, Windham has seen a steady increase in business activity that I do not anticipate slowing down. Windham continues to be a desirable location is for economic development activities.
