Adirondack North Country Association founder Roger Tubby. (ANCA file photo)

1954

Organization founded as Adirondack Park Association, Inc. with mission “to foster, to protect and to publicize in every way the recreational, commercial, industrial and civic interests beneficial to the territory defined.”

1964 – 1981

ANCA’s members promote highway touring routes with publications such as Off The Beaten Path, advocate for transportation improvements, lead the campaign for the development of the Adirondack Northway, work for the maintenance and restoration of the Remsen- Lake Placid Rail Corridor, address legislative initiatives, and work through committees such as Environmental Quality, Conservation, Industrial Development, Historic Sites, Legislative, Publicity, Roads and Highways, and Recreational Development.

1983

Name changes to Adirondack North Country Association, Inc. (ANCA).

Taken at the 1997 ANCA Annual Meeting. From left to right: ANCA Board President Robert Quinn, ANCA Past President Robert Boice, Grady Aronstam representing Stewarts Shops awarded Business of the Year, Bill Dutcher of Americade awarded Citizen of the Year, Paul Hillman of Fort Edward Express Company awarded ANCA member of the year, ANCA Executive Director Terry Martino. (ANCA file photo)

1985

ANCA receives not-for-profit status, hires staff and establishes headquarters in Lake Placid. New York State funding is made available through the leadership of Senators Ron Stafford and John McHugh.

1985–1991

ANCA manages New York State annual funding member appropriations, corporate and county funding totaling $5M+ and contracts with hundreds of organizations, businesses and service providers to deliver programming in a five-point program of Tourism, Economic Development, Services & Culture, Agriculture and Natural Resources.

1986

The Adirondack North Country Craft Center opens in Lake Placid as a marketplace for 42 businesses. At the time the business was privatized in 1994, more than 300 businesses marketed merchandise through the store.

1987

The first Buyers Days, which has grown in to an annual wholesale show for more than 70 giftware producers and more than 250 buyers.

1989

The Adirondack North Country Association recognizes and honors Roger W. Tubby as the Founding Director of the Association.

1990

ANCA releases a Railroad Feasibility Study and Business Plan that was completed with Northwest Engineering to address refurbishment and maintenance for the Remsen-Lake Placid rail corridor.

1991 

Mario Cuomo at an ANCA event, during his tenure as New York State governor. (ANCA file photo)

Wood Products Development Program started to provide technical assistance to primary and secondary wood products businesses, currently renamed as Forest Economy Program to include woody biomass products.

1991

Headquarters moved to Saranac Lake.

January 1992 – January 2002

Received $3M + from the New York State Division of Budget over a ten-year period, in addition to private and county contributions.

New York State Sen. Betty Little at Adirondack North Country Association's 2007 annual meeting. (ANCA file photo)

June 1998

ANCA staff participate as a delegate in Saranac Lake’s successful bid in Mobile, Alabama to be selected as an All America City by the National Civic League.

March 1999

Began partnership with the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative to provide technical assistance to regional farmers, currently the foundation to ANCA’s Agriculture Program.

1999-2001

ANCA administers a $1.2 million Ice Storm Recovery Program in partnership with the United Stated Forest Service and the New York State Department of Conservation for the benefit of North Country Communities.

2010

Energy Efficiency Program begins through partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County and New York State Energy Research Development Authority (NYSERDA).