Keene
Facility:
- Corporate Offices
Number of Employees:
- 744 people
Community:
- Keene is home to higher education institutions including Keene State College, Franklin Pierce College and Antioch New England Graduate School.
- Downtown Keene is home to several spectacular seasonal public events, including the Pumpkin Festival and Ice and Snow Fest.
- It's a four-hour drive from Keene to New York and Montreal and less than two hours to Boston.
Unique Facts:
- Parenting Magazine's Tenth Anniversary (May 1997) issue highlighted Keene in an article entitled 10 Great Places to Raise a Family, , by William Green. The City of Keene, New Hampshire was chosen as one of those ten. Cities were chosen because parents felt they could create "a healthy lifestyle for their kids." Quoting from the article:
"This town of about 22,000 offered a "less stressful lifestyle...But the real bonus...is living in a smaller community where you can make more intimate connections to people...Keene is the type of place where people come together to do things for the community."
- Keene is also profiled in a book called The New Rating Guide to Life in America's Small Cities by Kevin Heubusch (Prometheus Books, 1997) That book rated small cities on many different criteria, including climate, diversions, economics, education, health care, housing, safety and transportation. Keene was given a national rank of 57, out of 193 cities. Keene's strong points were listed as: "Crime rates are low in Keene and juvenile crime is not a problem. The arts, shopping, and sports of Boston are within a two-hour drive." Its highest ratings are for urban proximity, public safety, climate/environment and community assets. Keene also tied with Cortland, N.Y. as tenth best small city in the East!
- Prometheus Books also published The Rating Guide to Life in America's Fifty States in 1994. In that guide, New Hampshire was listed as one of the top five best states, and was also rated number four in the East and rated number three among small states. Its best scores were in the sections "Children and Families" ("NH is the best place in America to raise a family"), "Resource Conservation", and "Business" ("no state economy grew faster during the 1980s than NH's"). New Hampshire's worst scores were in "Transportation" (roads in poor condition), "Housing" (older houses and high property taxes), and "Sports" (no major league teams).
Contact Information:
- Corporate Offices
7 Corporate Drive
Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 603-354-7000