This study was funded by a Technical Assistance Grant from the Economic Development Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce. Matching funds were provided through donations from the following businesses and individuals:

Abbott & Staples General Store Bearcamp River Campground Busch Real Estate Chocorua Camping Village Deer Cap Campground First NH Bank (now Citizen's Bank) Fleet Bank Foothills Campground Gingerbread Farm Gitchee Gumee Campground Greater Ossipee Area Chamber of Commerce International Paper Lilac City Gas

Little House Bed & Breakfast McDonald's North Conway Bank (now Bank of New Hampshire) Ossipee Lake Camping Area Pinetree Power Public Service of New Hampshire Rotary Club of Ossipee Valley Silver Lake Landing Tamworth Camping Area Terrace Pines Campground Tramway Marketplace, Inc. United National Real Estate Westward Shores Woodward Realty

This project was overseen by the Economic Development Committee of the Greater Ossipee Area Chamber of Commerce. The Chairman of this Committee and the Project Manager was Virgil Abbott of West Ossipee. Other Economic Development Committee members were:

Henry Anderson Robert Clark Richard Cogswell Ron Como

Patricia Jones Wendie Nicholson Russ Stone

The hard work of the Committee members and their commitment to this project should be evident in the quality and utility of this Economic Assessment and Implementation Plan for the Greater Ossipee Area.