May 6, 2021 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $6 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to provide critical gap financing and technical support to New...
May 21, 2021 SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association has received a combined grant award of more than $1.26 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration and Mastercard to develop and implement small business assistance...
by Tim Roland May 19, 2021 ELIZABETHTOWN | Jay Ward came to the Essex County Supervisors meeting to talk about business transition and wound up talking about the price of two-by-fours. Ward Lumber, with stores in Jay and Malone, became...
"Going forward with the co-op, we're creating a new family, and it will allow this business to continue perpetually into the future. This gives us an avenue to keep it going." ~ Ward Lumber worker-owner Kevin Kennedy Ward Lumber of Jay...
The employees of Ward Lumber have made history by purchasing the 130-year-old business as a worker-owned cooperative. The transaction marks the first employee ownership transition of its kind in the North Country region of New York State.
Standing outside Ward Lumber in the Adirondack town of Jay, you could easily confuse the company’s namesake, Jay Ward, for a small-town mayor. Over the course of a 30-minute, Ward repeatedly pauses to greet an incoming customer by name, complete...
JAY — Popular hardware and building supplies store Ward Lumber, a family business rooted in upstate New York since 1890, is now a worker-owned cooperative. The lumber store's 50 or so employees recently purchased the 130-year-old business and officials are...
JAY | In what could become a model for the North Country or even the nation, employees at Ward Lumber Co. in Jay and Malone have purchased the company, which had been family-owned since 1890.
Jay, N.Y and Malone, N.Y. — The employees of Ward Lumber have made history by purchasing the 130-year-old business as a worker-owned cooperative. The transaction marks the first employee ownership transition of its kind in the North Country region of...
