LOWVILLE — After a year marked by a global pandemic and severe economic challenges, there are also bright spots for North Country businesses and communities. As the North Country Center for Businesses in Transition (CBIT) enters its third year supporting...
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...
SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association has announced the addition of David Heidecorn, senior advisor to L Catterton Real Estate, to its board of directors. Heidecorn joins the economic development nonprofit as it tackles issues of regional and...
SARANAC LAKE — In a letter to all law enforcement and local government officials in the Adirondack region, the Adirondack Diversity Initiative announced its Community Policing Initiative, designed to help local law enforcement meet the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...
The state-sponsored Adirondack Diversity Initiative has announced a Community Policing Initiative to help local law enforcement meet the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) requirements of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order on police reform. The initiative sent a letter to law...
An organization in the Adirondacks is offering free diversity training for local police departments. The Adirondack Diversity Initiative says the training complies with a state mandate requiring every police agency to address systemic racism and propose new reforms. Earlier this...
Are you or someone you know interested in owning a North Country business? Join the Center for Businesses in Transition (CBIT) for a virtual conference designed to empower those who live here and those who want to live here to...
TOWN OF LOWVILLE, N.Y. (WWNY) - In the north country, small businesses are often the backbone of a community. But there’s concern many of these businesses could disappear. Thousands of business owners across northern New York are at or approaching...
On the February edition of First Person, how has the effort to assist North Country small businesses evolved, a year into the pandemic? We'll catch up with a guest we first spoke with in the early days of Covid. Plus,...
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — An upcoming entrepreneur conference will focus on connecting aspiring business owners to current ones in the North Country. The Center for Business in Transition, partnered with many entities in the region has created a four-day virtual...
