Did you know that investment as small as $3,000 can make the difference between inertia and growth for a small business? Over the past few years we have been listening to the needs and challenges facing our rural businesses and entrepreneurs....
SARANAC LAKE — Dan and Kimmy Rivera’s dream of selling homemade, organic bread to support the restoration of the farm they purchased in Willsboro hit a snag last year. As they were building the wood-fired oven that they knew would...
Adirondack Buyer Days, an annual wholesale gift show hosted by the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), provides a marketplace for regional artisans and retailers to connect with the shared goal of expanding their markets and enhancing the customer experience. The...
Reinventing Rural Businesses According to the United States Small Business Administration, the majority (nearly ⅔) of small businesses in the United States are owned by Baby Boomers. A survey from CNBC and the Financial Planning Association indicates that fewer than...
by Pete DeMola WILLSBORO | A long-shuttered grocery store in downtown Willsboro will see new life as part of a collaborative project between the town, the Nature Conservancy and a start-up makerspace project. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) purchased the 11-acre...
“I heard that eating salad helps you live longer.” That’s what one fourth grader proclaimed at last month’s meeting between Watertown elementary school students, school staff members and two local farmers. Wiggly second and fourth graders munched on fresh salad...
By ELAINE M. AVALLONE February 11, 2018 CARTHAGE — Local municipalities pondered whether the savings would outweigh the startup costs of converting to more efficient LED lighting following a presentation during the January meeting of the River Area Council of...
Nov 07, 2017 — The Strand originally opened in 1923, showing silent movies. At different times, the theater building included a dance hall and barbershop. Older residents remember it as a place to get local news and spend an inexpensive...
Jan 22, 2018 — There's a big red brick box of a building on Lawrence Street in Glens Falls, covered in different windows and looking like a factory from a century ago. That's because it is. The building used to...
I was in New York City recently for a Federal Reserve Bank of New York meeting. The elegant carved wood rooms with formal portraits of the men who have chaired this august enterprise always unnerve me somewhat—the contrast with the...
