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2004 Annual Report A Message From ANCA's Executive Director 2004 was an exciting year for the Adirondack North Country Association and the celebration of fifty years of our commitment to the economic development and quality of life of our region. ANCA’s Annual Meeting on December 2, 2004 at the Park Smokehouse in Tupper Lake featured a presentation on The Preserve at Tupper Lake project with commentary from the project developer, Michael Foxman and project planners from the LA Group. The more than one hundred people in attendance established an important connection back to the Association’s early beginnings on a snowy day in December of 1953 when sixty representatives from throughout the Adirondack Park met at the Iroquois Hotel in Tupper Lake to discuss their interests in the formation of an “Adirondack Development Commission.” From this early discussion, the Association was born with its founding meeting for the Adirondack Association held on May 5, 1954 in Lake Placid, New York with participation by more than 300 individuals from throughout the Adirondack Park. The early mission of the Association—“to unite the communities within the blue line of the Park, and other nearby communities to foster, to protect and to publicize in every way the recreational, commercial, industrial and civic interests beneficial to the territory defined,” is a mission that has translated into programs with over more than five decades of service to the residents, businesses and communities of the Adirondack North Country region. The thread of the Association’s history gives us pause to consider the magnitude of the vision brought forth by its membership and by the Association’s founder, Roger Tubby, when he noted in a December 1954 editorial in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise… “One way we can do this is to boost our town and our area as an ideal place in which to work, live and play. We need a far bigger job of promotion than ever before. We need to cooperate with other Adirondack communities because we cannot afford to do an effective job alone.” Within cooperation, particularly in relation to Saranac Lake’s loss of the Trudeau Sanatorium in 1954, Tubby saw the potential for economic renewal. I am struck by the strands of history that bring us back to those early days. As you look at our programs in 2004, it is important to imagine the linkages to the early commitment and vision of partnerships to influence public policy. The commitment that New York State, countless individuals, municipalities, corporations and foundations have brought to this vision creates the Association of today. During 2004, I was pleased to provide ANCA’s unique community perspective in meetings with the Northeast State Foresters Association (NEFA) in the development of the Northern Forest Lands Council 10th Anniversary Forum report. The emerging emphasis to address economic and community needs across the Northern Forest states of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine is vital to the future of our region. We also participated in important discussions about public policy initiatives and regional planning with the Northern Forest Center. In addition, exciting programs have continued with the USDA Forest Service in the development of web-based information for wood producers and our ongoing grazing program with the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. The development of a new partnership with the USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant program has enabled us to provide services to the craft community and work with the Northern Forest Center in the preparation of a regional HandMade in the Northern Forest guidebook. The Adirondack North CountryAssociation’s chronology is posted at www.adirondack.org and documents many of the exciting projects during our past and present. After close to two decades of my involvement with the Association, I am deeply appreciative of the early voices that shaped our organization and for your ongoing commitment to our present and future. Terry Martino Executive Director |
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