To inspire the growth of healthy communities by connecting people with a market for creativity and a successful model of economic development.

To educate others about the buy-local movement and offer exceptional customer service, while leading the way for socially-conscious businesses.

To foster an environment that helps small business people thrive, preserves our rural culture, and promotes a healthy work/life balance for our employees, who are at the core of what we do.

OUR STORY

Born in 1776, what Hannah Grimes didn’t make or grow, she bought from friends and neighbors.  Though not particularly famous or influential during her lifetime, she became immortalized as an advocate for small businesses and as a proprietor of well-made, locally-sourced goods when she inspired the namesake of our business, “Hannah Grimes Marketplace” over 200 years later.

It is in this spirit that we welcome you to Hannah Grimes Marketplace! We provide business support and a thriving market for local producers so you can experience our region through the hands of our most talented markers and growers.  Our Marketplace is currently home to over 200 local vendors including fine artists, glass blowers, soap makers, knitters, florists, farmers, jewelry makers, blacksmiths, woodworkers, and many more creative and passionate crafters.

THE HANNAH GRIMES CENTER

Since opening the Marketplace, the “Hannah Grimes” organization has grown to include The Hannah Grimes Center. It educates, supports, and assists in the successful development of essential ventures who are committed to building a vibrant community. Through the incubator, our workshops, the annual CONNECT event, and many other programs, we help communities and individuals overcome obstacles and develop the ventures necessary to create thriving, interconnected, place-centered economies that meet the needs of all community members. The Center also offers a co-working space, runs a business incubator, offers a Business Lab educational program, hosts the Radically Rural Summit, runs the Keene Young Professionals Network, and offers programs and coaching that support the start and growth of businesses.