From left: Backyard Concept principal Tyler Ray, Chief of Staff for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Alison MacDonald and Ski the Whites owner Andrew Drummond, seen Dec. 1 in Washington. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Ski the Whites owner Andrew Drummond speaks at hearings to examine small businesses and America's outdoor recreation economy. (OFFICIAL U.S. SENATE PHOTO BY JOHN SHINKLE)
Ski the Whites owner Andrew Drummond shakes hands at hearings to examine small businesses and America's outdoor recreation economy. (OFFICIAL U.S. SENATE PHOTO BY JOHN SHINKLE)
From left: Ski the Whites’ Andrew Drummond, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Backyard Concept principal Tyler Ray and Jessica Wahl Turner, president of Outdoor Recreation Roundtable. (COURTESY PHOTO)
From left: Backyard Concept principal Tyler Ray, Chief of Staff for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Alison MacDonald and Ski the Whites owner Andrew Drummond, seen Dec. 1 in Washington. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Ski the Whites owner Andrew Drummond speaks at hearings to examine small businesses and America's outdoor recreation economy. (OFFICIAL U.S. SENATE PHOTO BY JOHN SHINKLE)
Ski the Whites owner Andrew Drummond shakes hands at hearings to examine small businesses and America's outdoor recreation economy. (OFFICIAL U.S. SENATE PHOTO BY JOHN SHINKLE)
From left: Ski the Whites’ Andrew Drummond, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Backyard Concept principal Tyler Ray and Jessica Wahl Turner, president of Outdoor Recreation Roundtable. (COURTESY PHOTO)
CONWAY — On Nov. 1, Tyler Ray of Granite Backcountry Alliance, Granite Outdoor Alliance and Backyard Concept, LLC. of Conway and Andrew Drummond of Ski the Whites of Jackson headed to Washington, D.C., where Drummond testified before the Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee, chaired by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), as part of a hearing focused solely on the outdoor recreation economy.
During the hearing titled “The Great Outdoors: Small Businesses and America’s Outdoor Recreation Economy,” Drummond discussed his personal experience growing up in the Mount Washington Valley, the path that led him to return to New Hampshire to start a business, and how the SBA 504 Loan Program enabled him to finance the expansion of Ski the Whites, support full-time staff members, and grow a strong community around backcountry skiing, running and mountain biking.
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