Warner Printer Wins Greenerpalooza Award

A printing company from Warner and the Department of Environmental Services were recognized for their work to keep New Hampshire green last weekWednesday during Greenerpalooza V at the Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion.

R.C. Brayshaw and Company, which opened 33 years ago this month in the old Waterloo train station, received the Green Business of the Year award. The company recognizes the value and importance of written words on printed materials we hold in our hands, said Christopher Way, interim director of the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development, a co-sponsor of the event with Public Service of New Hampshire. It is mindful of about limiting landfill waste and using chemicals and it has earned certification from the Forest Stewardship Council for its practices. R.C. Brayshaw is a company that understands what it takes to protect the environment.

That sense of protection, said Jim Newcomb, vice president at R.C. Brayshaw and Company, has been a foundation of the business since Richard and Fran Brayshaw opened it in 1979. "When they first started at the old train station, they were told they could actually put their chemicals down the drain and right into the Warner River, he said. Richard Brayshaw had a vision for the environment and he decided not to do that and invested in holding tanks that would hold the chemicals for two weeks, when he would empty them.
            

In 1987, four agencies that dealt with the state's environmental permitting and regulation were merged, creating the Department of Environmental Services. On its 25th anniversary, Commissioner Thomas Burack accepted the recognition from organizers of Greenerpalooza. 

The work that we have accomplished for the people of New Hampshire has not just been our work, but the work of all of us together, Burack said. We firmly believe that a healthy environment and a strong economy go hand in hand in New Hampshire.

Founded 2008, Greenerpalooza celebrates green businesses and services who work to keep the Granite State clean and healthy against a backdrop of music and social gathering. This year's performer at Greenerpalooza was Santana, himself an environmentalist and a partner with Project Sole, which distributes shoes to people who need them.

Atlantic Green Energy of Seabrook, which provides advice, sales and installation of energy efficient equipment, was named Best in Show among more than a dozen vendors at the concert.

For more information about Greenerpalooza, visit www.nheconomy.com.