MEET THE MEMBERS

One popular amenity at the Cooperative Venture Workspace is the adaptability of the four conference rooms, in particular the ability to create two of the conference rooms into what is know as “the boardroom.”Ask Steve Oates how he likes using the boardroom, and he’ll...

Ruth Lund, as president of the LEGACY Center, has a good sense of how to make good businesses better by improving their culture. And, as a member of the Cooperative Venture Workspace, she knows how a professional  meeting space in downtown Portsmouth, N.H., makes her...

Nick Bouquet and his company, Evergreen Partners Housing, have both stepped it up a bit. Nick is now working out of an office here at the Cooperative Venture Workspace and Evergreen Partners Housing is expanding its efforts into affordable assisted-living facilities...

Lee Germeroth’s interest in photography led him to create his first business, Lee Germeroth Photography, five years ago in 2011. That interest in creating and growing businesses took its next step in January 2016 with his creation of Germeroth Consulting &...

Every project teaches designer Jennifer Ramsey, founder of SOMMA Studios, something new. That is especially true with the project to create the home for the Cooperative Venture Workspace What once was the state Department of Health and Human Services building, Jen...

Emma Partridge’s view from her desk at the Cooperative Venture Workspace is representative of her dual role here. From her seat, she can see the hustle and bustle on Maplewood Avenue and its intersection with Hanover Street in downtown Portsmouth. From her view inside...

With his experience in construction, engineering, and business, Jim Albert is well suited to serve as an “exclusive buyer agent” to help homebuyers, particularly first timers. He is owner and broker of Buyer’s Brokers of the Seacoast, and, as the name implies, his...

“Incredibly busy” is how Leslie Wiseman describes the hectic pace of the last several months. She is owner of Love Affair, an event planning business that combines both the analytic and creative sides of her brain. “The computer science is the logistics, and the...

Maura Webster describes her path to having her own marketing company as “long and winding.” Her resume includes jobs -- for her high school alma mater in alumni relations to working in a boutique PR firm representing “people who were concerned about making a name for...

  GovHill is a professional service firm providing service delivery solutions to customers through process engineering and systems audit. It gets its name from the home address of founder and president Mark Dodge on Governor Hill Road in Eliot, Maine. It gets its...

Beth Drake is Director of Marketing and Business development for UTP High Schools, which helps facilitate arrangements for international students wishing to come to the United States to attend high school. UTP High Schools is New York based and has about 1,000 foreign...

Paul Briand had become to feel like a professional nomad -- lots of places to be, but without a home base.Paul is a freelance writer, a business he started through Broad Cove Media in 2008 after retiring from the Seacoast Media Group of newspapers that includes the...