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  • Building Prosperity
    Across Northern New York
  • Strengthening
    Small Businesses
  • Supporting
    Strong Food Systems
  • Expanding
    Clean Energy
    Opportunities
  • Growing
    Equity, Inclusion
    & Belonging

ANCA is Growing a New Economy

ANCA is an independent, nonprofit corporation with a transformational approach to building prosperity across northern New York. Using innovative strategies for food systems, clean energy, small businesses, and equity and inclusion, ANCA delivers targeted interventions that create and sustain wealth and value in local communities.

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Join our North Country Clean Energy Hub team and partners for Watts & Wheels on Saturday, September 27 at The Wild Center!

Visit the High Peaks Farmers’ Market in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid.

Hot off the press! Check out ANCA’s 2024 Annual Report for impacts and stories from our work around the region.

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ANCA by the Numbers

427

small businesses and organizations created individualized business resilience and succession plans for long-term strength and stability with ANCA's support.

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North Country farms were connected with technical assistance through grant application, business development, farm planning and compost operation support.

169

entities accessed renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate change mitigation and adaptation benefits through state programs with ANCA's assistance.

203

law enforcement officers from 14 agencies participated cultural consciousness, racial equity training and trauma-informed policing training that empowers them to foster safe, just communities.

2022 and 2023 Impacts

Latest News

Leigha conducts surveys with hikers to the Adirondack High Peaks area.
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How Welcoming Are the Adirondacks? A Research Fellowship with ADI

by Leigha Schultze, Adirondack Diversity Initiative Research Fellow This summer, I had the incredible privilege of working alongside ANCA as...

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How Adirondack law enforcement is approaching community policing

by David Escobar (Report For America corps reporter) The morning of June 29, 2022, two Saranac Lake police officers pulled their...

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Stronger together

North Country organizations strategize to strengthen North Country food system by Grace McIntyre LAKE PLACID — The doors to the...

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Watts & Wheels: Clean energy celebration set for Sept. 27

TUPPER LAKE — Electric vehicle (EV) and clean energy enthusiasts are invited to the Watts & Wheels, a free community...