Small Businesses
ANCA is helping North Country small businesses build strength and stability. Our targeted programs are designed to connect experienced and aspiring entrepreneurs with support and services that help them access capital, expand markets, transition ownership, and increase diversity, equity and inclusion in their communities.
Center for Businesses in Transition
A dynamic partnership of regional organizations and individuals, CBIT addresses the loss of area businesses by providing matchmaking services with potential buyers, access to planning tools and connection with existing services.
Adirondack Buyer Days Trade Show
Adirondack Buyer Days — ANCA’s annual wholesale gift show — offers the best handmade gifts and specialty foods from around the region, New York State and beyond.
Technical Assistance
Utilizing expertise and technical services provided by ANCA’s program staff and partners, our team supports small businesses, farms and nonprofits with free or low-cost services such as grant coordination and advocacy, marketing resources, and energy improvements.
Ignite! Crowdfunding Resource
Our Ignite! crowdfunding resource helps small businesses raise funds for projects that will make a substantial impact on their growth and expansion.
Welcoming & Belonging Microcredential
ADI’s Welcoming & Belonging Microcredential program provides businesses, chambers of commerce and community groups with foundational knowledge and best practices for creating spaces that are inclusive and respectful of diverse staff and clientele.
Cooperative Housing
ANCA is among a number of local and regional organizations who are working on solutions to the affordable housing crisis that exists in many North Country communities by exploring and developing a cooperative home ownership model for local residents.
Other Resources for Small Businesses
ANCA staff work closely with small business support professionals across the North Country. We are happy to connect you with people and resources to help your business succeed.
Featured Story
Advocating for Investment
When ANCA closed out our two-year Center for Pandemic Response (ANCA CPR) in 2023, the two-year program had provided, among other benefits, the retention of over 2,600 local jobs and over $120,000 in capital to support businesses and nonprofits with projects that help them build stability and resilience. Understanding there was a continued need to help businesses identify options for loans, grants and other funding opportunities, ANCA sought out new solutions in collaboration with our regional partners. In May 2023, with generous donor support, we hired ANCA’s first Grant Advocate and Coordinator, Jon Ignatowski, to increase constituents’ understanding of and...
Read MoreANCA’s Small Business Program is made possible through the generous support of Community Bank.
