Owning a business can be challenging on many levels, but what happens when the financial and sweat equity the owner has put into that business over the years doesn’t translate into interested buyers when the owner wants to retire, relocate...
The Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition has announced a slate of community liaisons, a monthly workshop series and other ways the group will share insights, skills and resources to assist local businesses in transition. The Center for...
Here in the North Country, over 10,000 business owners are nearing retirement, and new owners are hard to find, according to the Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition. The Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition is...
TUPPER LAKE — The North Country Food Justice Working Group is holding its second annual Winter Food Summit, titled “Feed Back: Cultivating Action,” at the Wild Center. The summit is held in the hope that all North Country residents can...
What’s growing? Where should we invest? The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) and regional partners set out to answer these and other questions facing North Country communities by completing an economic analysis of the entire 14-county Adirondack North Country region....
SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association released an economic analysis of the 14-county area it serves, showing that the top potential areas for growth in the region are tourism, manufacturing and agriculture.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – National Grid and the Adirondack North Country Association announce a $25,000 Strategic Economic Development Program incentive from National Grid. ANCA is an independent, non-profit organization that works to build dynamic, local economies that sustain thriving communities in...
SARANAC LAKE – Two farmers markets are just launching into their seasons right now: Snowy Grocery at Sugar House Creamery in Upper Jay and Saranac Lake Fall Market at the Hotel Saranac. Snowy Grocery is held Sundays from 10 a.m....
SARANAC LAKE - With the Baby Boomer generation on the verge of retirement, it's expected that many businesses in the Adirondack region can liquidate and disappear in the near future. Some refer to it as the "silver tsunami." As we...
*Agri-tourism effort aims to support rural towns, small biz* FORT-COULONGE, QUEBEC | In a small ballroom in the back of Fort-Coulonge’s historic Spruceholme Inn, a delegation of Canadian mayors, officials and Quebec farmers mingled with visiting Americans from New York...
*New Yorkers, Vermonters take Canada food tour to help create world’s largest agritourism trail* LAKE PLACID - Walking into the lobby of the Fromagerie Fritz Kaiser, a newcomer might wonder what that odd smell is and where it's coming from....
BURKE— The village is taking a step toward curbing rising electricity costs by converting its street lights to energy-efficient LED fixtures. Village Mayor Craig Dumas noted Wednesday that the village has approved a plan to retrofit its 28 street lamps...
OGDENSBURG — The Frederic Remington Art Museum should save over $6,000 annually on its electric bill after upgrading hundreds of outdated light bulbs with more energy efficient LEDs. The project is being paid for in part through a partnership between...
TUPPER LAKE — This town has more electric car charging stations than almost any other town in the Adirondacks after the village electric department installed three stations last month, bringing the total count to five. The village’s three stations, with...
by Jesse Adcock SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association announced that it is releasing economic and investment data on the North Country to the public at its 2018 Annual Meeting on Friday. ANCA Executive Director Kate Fish, while...
By ABRAHAM KENMORE For the second year in a row, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is soliciting bids from wind and solar producers for renewable energy certificates, which prove that certain amounts of renewable energy have...
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has announced the recent addition of Edward Smoke of Akwesasne to its board of directors. Smoke, who joined the board in June, currently serves as business services specialist for the...
PLATTSBURGH — With a $100,000 award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the Town of Plattsburgh is investing in projects aimed to deliver immediate and long-term energy and greenhouse gas emission savings. The town earned the...
by AARON CERBONE SARANAC LAKE — As part of a Northern Border Regional Commission grant package announced by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik Thursday, the Adirondack North Country Association was awarded $248,364 toward creating the Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses...
We encountered a fleeting phenomenon last week: Civil discussion. It was almost uncanny. Hundreds of people from across the Adirondacks gathered at the Lake Placid Golf Club House to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the region, including...
