BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260514T210000Z DTEND:20260514T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Business After Hours Presented by Bank of New Hampshire Hosted by Home For All at Black Rock Social Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Business After Hours during Seacoast Affordable Housing Week with Home for All on Wednesday\, May 14\, from 5 7 p.m. at Black Rock Social Club.\n\n\n\nConnect with fellow Chamber members for an evening of energy\, connection\, and community in one of the Seacoast's most unique gathering spaces. Set in a reimagined industrial venue\, Black Rock Social Club offers an interactive backdrop featuring golf simulators\, bowling\, billiards\, and more\, creating plenty of ways to engage while you mingle over brick oven pizza and libations. \n\n\n\nHosted by Home for All in partnership with Black Rock Social Club\, this after-hours event is part of a weeklong series designed to bring the community together around one of the most pressing issues facing our region: housing. It is a chance to connect\, build relationships\, and be part of a broader movement to expand housing opportunities across the Seacoast. You can explore the full lineup of events for Seacoast Affordable Housing Week here: https://homeforall-seacoast.org/ahw2026\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\nFor May's Business After Hours\, Home for All and Black Rock Social Club invite you to an evening that blends networking with play. Explore the space\, try your hand at golf or racing simulators\, axe throwing\, or bowling\, or simply connect with others in a setting designed to bring people together.\n\n\n\nEnjoy brick oven pizza and libations as you mingle with fellow business and community leaders. Throughout the evening\, there will be opportunities to engage in conversation about housing and how each of us\, from businesses to residents\, can play a role in expanding housing opportunities across the Seacoast.\n\n\n\nWhether you are there to compete\, connect\, or just unwind\, this is an after-hours you will not want to miss.\n\n\n\nAbout Your Hosts: Home for All\n\n\n\nHome for All (HFA) is a coalition of more than 90 organizations and community leaders working to ensure that everyone in the Seacoast has access to safe\, stable\, and affordable housing. Serving York\, Rockingham\, and Strafford Counties\, HFA brings partners together across NH and ME to prevent homelessness\, reduce housing instability\, and expand options across the full housing continuum\, from emergency shelter to homes affordable for working families.\n\n\n\nHFA serves as the region's backbone organization for affordable housing and homelessness collaboration\, convening partners\, aligning strategies\, amplifying lived experience\, and advancing innovative housing models. This work brings together nonprofits\, service providers\, municipalities\, businesses\, developers\, and advocates to advance practical housing solutions through initiatives such as Seacoast Affordable Housing Week\, an annual series of events that engages the community in conversations and solutions around housing\; Pop Up Care Villages\, mobile service hubs supporting housing insecure neighbors\; Shift the Seacoast\, a campaign mobilizing residents to support diverse housing opportunities\; and stakeholder convenings\, including developer roundtables that foster collaboration and accelerate housing solutions across the region.\n\n\n\nAbout Our Site: Black Rock Social Club\n\nLocated at 140 West Road in Portsmouth\, NH\, Black Rock Social Club was created as a place where people can gather\, have fun\, and feel at home. The club brings together great food\, quality drinks\, live entertainment\, and a full lineup of interactive experiences under one roof.\n\n\n\nGuests can enjoy everything from golf and racing simulators to axe throwing\, billiards\, and classic games\, all designed to create a dynamic\, social atmosphere. Live events\, from music and comedy to community gatherings\, are a core part of the experience.\n\n\n\nWith a strong commitment to the Seacoast community\, Black Rock regularly partners with local nonprofits to host events and fundraisers\, creating a space where connection\, entertainment\, and community impact come together.\n\n\n\nAbout Our Sponsor: Bank of New Hampshire\n\n\n\nCelebrating 193 years of serving you - We love what we do!\n\n\n\nFounded in 1831\, Bank of New Hampshire has a long record of meeting the personal banking\, business lending and wealth management needs of residents throughout New Hampshire and southern Maine. A lot has changed over the years\, but our commitment to providing amazing service will always be our #1 focus. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for a special Business After Hours during Seacoast Affordable Housing Week with Home for All on Wednesday\, May 14\, from 5&ndash\;7 p.m. at Black Rock Social Club.
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\nConnect with fellow Chamber members for an evening of energy\, connection\, and community in one of the Seacoast&rsquo\;s most unique gathering spaces. Set in a reimagined industrial venue\, Black Rock Social Club offers an interactive backdrop featuring golf simulators\, bowling\, billiards\, and more\, creating plenty of ways to engage while you mingle over brick oven pizza and libations. \;
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\nHosted by Home for All in partnership with Black Rock Social Club\, this after-hours event is part of a weeklong series designed to bring the community together around one of the most pressing issues facing our region: housing. It is a chance to connect\, build relationships\, and be part of a broader movement to expand housing opportunities across the Seacoast. You can explore the full lineup of events for Seacoast Affordable Housing Week here: https://homeforall-seacoast.org/ahw2026
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\nAbout the Event
\nFor May&rsquo\;s Business After Hours\, Home for All and Black Rock Social Club invite you to an evening that blends networking with play. Explore the space\, try your hand at golf or racing simulators\, axe throwing\, or bowling\, or simply connect with others in a setting designed to bring people together.
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\nEnjoy brick oven pizza and libations as you mingle with fellow business and community leaders. Throughout the evening\, there will be opportunities to engage in conversation about housing and how each of us\, from businesses to residents\, can play a role in expanding housing opportunities across the Seacoast.
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\nWhether you are there to compete\, connect\, or just unwind\, this is an after-hours you will not want to miss.
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\nAbout Your Hosts: \; Home for All
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\nHome for All (HFA) is a coalition of more than 90 organizations and community leaders working to ensure that everyone in the Seacoast has access to safe\, stable\, and affordable housing. Serving York\, Rockingham\, and Strafford Counties\, HFA brings partners together across NH and ME to prevent homelessness\, reduce housing instability\, and expand options across the full housing continuum\, from emergency shelter to homes affordable for working families.
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\nHFA serves as the region&rsquo\;s backbone organization for affordable housing and homelessness collaboration\, convening partners\, aligning strategies\, amplifying lived experience\, and advancing innovative housing models. This work brings together nonprofits\, service providers\, municipalities\, businesses\, developers\, and advocates to advance practical housing solutions through initiatives such as Seacoast Affordable Housing Week\, an annual series of events that engages the community in conversations and solutions around housing\; Pop Up Care Villages\, mobile service hubs supporting housing insecure neighbors\; Shift the Seacoast\, a campaign mobilizing residents to support diverse housing opportunities\; and stakeholder convenings\, including developer roundtables that foster collaboration and accelerate housing solutions across the region.
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\nAbout Our Site: Black Rock Social Club
\nLocated at 140 West Road in Portsmouth\, NH\, Black Rock Social Club was created as a place where people can gather\, have fun\, and feel at home. The club brings together great food\, quality drinks\, live entertainment\, and a full lineup of interactive experiences under one roof.
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\nGuests can enjoy everything from golf and racing simulators to axe throwing\, billiards\, and classic games\, all designed to create a dynamic\, social atmosphere. Live events\, from music and comedy to community gatherings\, are a core part of the experience.
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\nWith a strong commitment to the Seacoast community\, Black Rock regularly partners with local nonprofits to host events and fundraisers\, creating a space where connection\, entertainment\, and community impact come together.
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\nAbout Our Sponsor: \; Bank of New Hampshire
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\nCelebrating 193 years of serving you - We love what we do!
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\nFounded in 1831\, Bank of New Hampshire has a long record of meeting the personal banking\, business lending and wealth management needs of residents throughout New Hampshire and southern Maine. A lot has changed over the years\, but our commitment to providing amazing service will always be our #1 focus. LOCATION:Black Rock Social Club\, 140 West Road\, Portsmouth\, NH Physical Accessibility Information: Coming Soon Sensory Accessibility Information: Black Rock Social Club has many games and simulators and is a very stimulating environment UID:e.1659.90384 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260418T125032Z URL:https://business.portsmouthchamber.org/events/details/business-after-hours-presented-by-bank-of-new-hampshire-hosted-by-home-for-all-at-black-rock-social-club-90384 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR