SARANAC LAKE — The Hotel Saranac wrapped up a four-year energy-saving project by installing electric vehicle charging station. The charging station, located in the hotel’s above-ground parking lot, is free to the public and can accommodate two electric vehicles of...
The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), on behalf of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative, is welcoming applicants for the Initiative’s Diversity Director position. The new director will join ANCA’s staff at the regional nonprofit’s Saranac Lake office. The Adirondack Diversity Initiative...
Over 200 people will gather in Lake Placid Wednesday to discuss the Adirondacks. This is the 13th year the Common Ground Alliance will bring stakeholders from across the park together to take collective action on park issues. It’s a diverse...
Locating and purchasing local food will become easier for North Country grocers, restaurants, schools and institutions when a new ordering platform goes online. The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has been awarded a $10,000 grant through Adirondack Foundation’s Generous Acts...
By Laura Achouatte ELIZABETHTOWN | The Essex County WIC Program hosted a new event - Food and Fun Friday - at its Elizabethtown location on Water Street on the Public Health building lawn May 31. The WIC office was open...
HERMON – Six New York state schools, including Hermon-DeKalb Central School, were recipients of a “Green Schools Grant” from the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling (NYSAR3), the professional recyclers’ association for New York State.
In an effort to address food insecurity in the North Country region the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is awarding five grants as part of its 2019 FarmShare Fund Mini Grant Program. The initiative augments existing hunger relief and food...
SARANAC LAKE – Around 10,000 members of the 76 million-strong baby boomer generation retire every day. Many of them are small business owners — so what’s to be done about it? The Center for Businesses in Transition, an organization created...
SARANAC LAKE — In an effort to address food insecurity in the North Country region, the Adirondack North Country Association is awarding five grants as part of its 2019 FarmShare Fund Mini Grant Program. Grant awards ranging from $675 to...
SARANAC LAKE — Local business owners, as well as business support professionals, will share their experiences with succession planning at an informational workshop and networking event presented by the North Country Center for Businesses in Transition.
SARANAC LAKE — Building owners and managers in the Saranac Lake area are invited to participate in a new program designed to reduce energy costs. The Adirondack North Country Association is coordinating a project called the Aggregation for Community Energy...
GABRIELS | Hundreds of cyclists and supporters will gather Sept. 29 at Tucker Farms in Gabriels for the fourth-annual Bike the Barns. The fifth-generation family farm, which has been growing potatoes for more than 100 years, will be the start...
By Aaron Cerbone A quarter-million dollars in funding was allocated in the 2019-20 state budget’s Environmental Protection Fund to help increase the diversity of Adirondack people. On Monday, $250,000 of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s $300 million EPF was set...
New York's new state budget includes $250,000 from the Environmental Protection Fund to support the Adirondack Diversity Initiative. Part of the money will go to hire a full-time staff person, with the goal of making the Adirondack Park and its...
GABRIELS — The potato harvest will be in full swing when hundreds of cyclists and supporters gather at Tucker Farms this fall for the fourth-annual Bike the Barns. The fifth generation family farm, which has been growing potatoes for over...
By PHIL BROWN The electric bike revolution has begun, whether the Adirondacks are ready or not. In 2017, some 34 million e-bikes were sold around the world, mostly in Asia and Europe. The newfangled contraptions account for half of the...
SARANAC LAKE — Nationwide, only 20 percent of businesses that go on the market end up being sold. In the Northern New York, over 10,000 business owners are nearing retirement, and new owners are hard to find. The Adirondack North...
BY: Marc Heller Erica Garlock studied business at Clarkson University, but she says classrooms didn’t fully prepare her for the next big goal staring her in the face: taking on the family’s custom-made door business in Hammond. “Transition planning is...
TUPPER LAKE — More than 200,000 households in the North Country — 41 percent — don’t have enough income or financial resources to cover basic household necessities. For these residents, local food options are often not affordable or accessible. In...
By Steve Dubbs Here at NPQ, we have noted that a business ownership succession wave—often called the “silver tsunami”—is rising. According to the nonprofit Project Equity, nationally “baby boomers own 2.34 million businesses, employ 24.7 million people, and have combined...
