Small Businesses
ANCA’s Small Business Program envisions a strong and stable future for Main Street, mom-and-pop, maker, and micro businesses in all corners of our region. Empowering our smallest businesses, we ensure that our communities are livable for years to come, with good jobs and revenue, services and amenities, and strong senses of place.
Center for Businesses in Transition
A dynamic partnership of regional organizations and individuals, CBIT addresses the loss of area businesses by providing matchmaking services with potential buyers, access to planning tools and connection with existing services.
Adirondack Buyer Days Trade Show
Adirondack Buyer Days — ANCA’s annual wholesale gift show — offers the best handmade gifts and specialty foods from around the region, New York State and beyond.
Technical Assistance
Utilizing expertise and technical services provided by ANCA’s program staff and partners, our team supports small businesses, farms and nonprofits with free or low-cost services such as grant coordination and advocacy, marketing resources, and energy improvements.
Welcoming & Belonging Microcredential
ADI’s Welcoming & Belonging Microcredential program provides businesses, chambers of commerce and community groups with foundational knowledge and best practices for creating spaces that are inclusive and respectful of diverse staff and clientele.
Other Resources for Small Businesses
ANCA staff work closely with small business support professionals across the North Country. We are happy to connect you with people and resources to help your business succeed.
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Advocating for Investment
When ANCA closed out our two-year Center for Pandemic Response (ANCA CPR) in 2023, the two-year program had provided, among other benefits, the retention of over 2,600 local jobs and over $120,000 in capital to support businesses and nonprofits with projects that help them build stability and resilience. Understanding there was a continued need to help businesses identify options for loans, grants and other funding opportunities, ANCA sought out new solutions in collaboration with our regional partners. In May 2023, with generous donor support, we hired ANCA’s first Grant Advocate and Coordinator, Jon Ignatowski, to increase constituents’ understanding of and...
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