50 Businesses, 50 Solutions
Mary Macdonald, president of the Belknap Food Shed, started 2019 with big plans. She had been working for two years toward the goal of rejuvenating the Laconia State School property and making it home base for the Belknap Food Shed, a business designed to support and promote local food production. Macdonald envisioned an “agricultural maker-space,” a campus filled with agriculture, food processing, classrooms, restaurants and stores.
When the coronavirus hit the state, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission was already in the midst of a multi-million dollar overhaul of its software system, updating everything from the website to the point-of-sale system in the 76 liquor and wine outlets in the state. The system hadn’t been overhauled in decades, and the liquor commission knew it was time for a more modern feel and eventually an order-online service.
