Jim Dearden:
CLASS OF 1989
Winnacunnet High SchoolClass of 1989
Hampton, NH
University of New HampshireClass of 1993
Durham, NH
Jim's Story
After UNH, I lived in Portsmouth and wanted to be in the ski industry as a sales rep. I worked at Putnam's Ski and Snowboard Shop for 5 years, and ran my ice cream truck for 5 years... I guess I didn't want to grow up, and my friends were always pretty happy that I had a truck full of dessert in my driveway.
I bought a "ski house" in 1995 - this was a 100 year old summer farm house on Songo Pond in Bethel, ME that had been abandoned for about 20 years. With friends from high school, college, and Sunday River, as well as a few Bethel area contractors, I managed to renovate the home into what it is today, a vacation rental property at SongoEscape dot com
In 2000, I had my first "date" with my wife, Sonj...Expand for more
a. We were engaged in 2002, and I returned to Hampton in 2003 to get married, buy a house, and start a family. Our daughter Kendall was born in the summer 2005. She is the light of our lives. We bought our current home in Nov 2007.
Sonja had been working at Owl Scientific, a division of Fischer Scientific as a marketing/communications manager. The company restructured and she had two choices - leave the position or move to Rochester NY. So we somehow ended up buying Positive Steps in North Hampton in 2006, and renamed it Fitness Revolution.
I've been a financial guy at MetLife since 2003, and I opened an office in Hampton in 2007 across from Caffe Fresco. If you are in town, drop in to say hello.
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