Nicole Manning, Account Manager “Throughout my marketing career I’ve done a lot of work for the State of New Hampshire. I grew up here but working on these accounts, having the state as a client, I mean that’s where I really learned all about everything New Hampshire has to offer and the bigger picture. So now when I’m planning our trips, I never even think about the surrounding states. I’ve gotten this appreciation for sticking around the Merrimack Valley, or heading up to the White Mountains or Monadnock or whatever, because I know what it does for the state…..vacationing here, buying local…because for a long time, one way or another, I’ve been promoting that every day, so that’s what I do. If we have a weekend where we can get away I’m probably not going to drive to Maine or Vermont, I almost never vacation in those other states.”