What’s Up North Blog

by Dana Bamford, ANCA Summer Fellow Having grown up in suburban Boston, it was a real change moving to northern New York. Not because of the swarming Yankees and Mets fans and not even because of the dreaded winters — ...

"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 COVID-19 Era is not the first time a large crisis spurred an affordable housing shortage in the North Country. From pandemics to terrorist attacks, communities across the Adirondack Park have felt the economic shockwaves of global events. As a...

Rural Americans are the future of the clean energy economy — policymakers must catch up By guest contributor Chitra Kumar, Senior Fellow with Aspen Institute's Community Strategies Group and Thrive Rural Published with permission of the author and The Hill. Rural communities are integral to our nation’s...

ANCA Board Resolution on Bridging Divisions and Working Together January 20, 2021 WHEREAS, the nation has just celebrated and honored the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and prepares to inaugurate the 46th president and vice president of the...