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Stay Work Play is going on tour with our standout program Policy & Pints!
This statewide event series gathers young people in each region of New Hampshire to talk about the issues shaping their daily lives, the communities they call home, and what’s driving them to stay—or leave—the Granite State. All of it happens with neighbors in good conversation, at local haunts over your favorite beverage.
Expect lively and engaging facilitated discussions, focused on evaluating your ideas, exploring solutions to issues affecting your quality of life in New Hampshire, and avenues to plug in and push for progress, all while building a collective sense of community. With the shared goal of voicing barriers and boons as well as ideas to address them, we promote respectful and collaborative dialogue throughout the series.
Your participation continues even after the event! The outcomes from each stop on the series will serve to inform Stay Work Play’s advocacy efforts in the legislative session, educating our lawmakers on what young people are really up against and creating a network of supported and amplified YP voices from each region of the state.
We invite you to join us, in community, to address and discuss your ideas, hopes, and solutions.
Bonus: Be among the first to hear the biggest takeaways from our 2025 Quality of Life survey to learn what other young people are saying about life in the Granite State!
When: Thursday, January 8th, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Branch & Blade Brewing, 17 Bradco St, Keene, NH 03431
About Branch & Blade:
The story of Branch and Blade doesn't start at a bar or a brewery, but rather on a rugby pitch. Trevor had just graduated college and wanted to stay involved with the sport, so he stuck around his Alma Mater and coached rugby. Jesse, a transfer student, was one of Trevor's first players. As any sport will do, rugby created a bond of friendship between Jesse and Trevor that lasts to this day.
In 2017, Jesse decided to move to Keene, NH, a short drive from Trevor's hometown of Hinsdale. As friends and roommates, they found themselves constantly bonding over their shared love for beer. Not the beer your parents drink, though - they were fascinated with the newest beer from the newest breweries; sampling sometimes too many to figure out which styles they liked best.
Fast forward almost a year and the opportunity to open a brewery almost fell into their lap. Founded in January 2018, Branch and Blade was created by two dudes with a serious passion for the highest quality beer. Growing up in New England spoiled them with some of the most creative beers and breweries in the world. They wanted to give back to the world of craft beer by starting their own brewery that would continually offer new and innovative beers.