SARANAC LAKE — Nationwide, only 20 percent of businesses that go on the market end up being sold. In the Northern New York, over 10,000 business owners are nearing retirement, and new owners are hard to find. The Adirondack North...
BY: Marc Heller Erica Garlock studied business at Clarkson University, but she says classrooms didn’t fully prepare her for the next big goal staring her in the face: taking on the family’s custom-made door business in Hammond. “Transition planning is...
TUPPER LAKE — More than 200,000 households in the North Country — 41 percent — don’t have enough income or financial resources to cover basic household necessities. For these residents, local food options are often not affordable or accessible. In...
By Steve Dubbs Here at NPQ, we have noted that a business ownership succession wave—often called the “silver tsunami”—is rising. According to the nonprofit Project Equity, nationally “baby boomers own 2.34 million businesses, employ 24.7 million people, and have combined...
SARANAC LAKE — More than 10,000 business owners nearing retirement in the North Country, and new ones are hard to find, but the new Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition stands ready to help. The unique collaboration of...
The fourth annual Bike the Barns, hosted by the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), has been scheduled for Sunday, September 29th, and will begin and end at Tucker Farms, 64 Hobart Rd in Gabriels, NY. Tucker Farms is a fifth...
By FRANK DIFIORE MALONE — The Franklin County Local Development Corporation will partner with a regional coalition aimed at helping preserve the businesses of retiring operators. The effort is being coordinated by Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), through the organization’s...
By Melissa Hart Deep in the Adirondacks, a longtime institution recently underwent a quiet transition. Donna and Tom Amoroso of the Leather Artisan on Route 3 in Childwold, between Cranberry Lake and Tupper Lake, had been making and selling leather...
Johnsburg Comments are being sought about new informational signs planned along a stretch of Route 28 in the Adirondacks. Adirondack Research of Saranac Lake plans a public forum at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Tannery Pond Center in...
SARANAC LAKE — Nationwide, only 20 percent of businesses that go on the market end up being sold. In the Northern New York, over 10,000 business owners are nearing retirement, and new owners are hard to find. The Adirondack North...
SARANAC LAKE | With over 10,000 business owners in the North Country nearing retirement, the Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition — a collaboration of regional organizations and leaders — will step in to support existing business owners...
Owning a business can be challenging on many levels, but what happens when the financial and sweat equity the owner has put into that business over the years doesn’t translate into interested buyers when the owner wants to retire, relocate...
The Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition has announced a slate of community liaisons, a monthly workshop series and other ways the group will share insights, skills and resources to assist local businesses in transition. The Center for...
Here in the North Country, over 10,000 business owners are nearing retirement, and new owners are hard to find, according to the Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition. The Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition is...
TUPPER LAKE — The North Country Food Justice Working Group is holding its second annual Winter Food Summit, titled “Feed Back: Cultivating Action,” at the Wild Center. The summit is held in the hope that all North Country residents can...
What’s growing? Where should we invest? The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) and regional partners set out to answer these and other questions facing North Country communities by completing an economic analysis of the entire 14-county Adirondack North Country region....
SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association released an economic analysis of the 14-county area it serves, showing that the top potential areas for growth in the region are tourism, manufacturing and agriculture.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – National Grid and the Adirondack North Country Association announce a $25,000 Strategic Economic Development Program incentive from National Grid. ANCA is an independent, non-profit organization that works to build dynamic, local economies that sustain thriving communities in...
SARANAC LAKE – Two farmers markets are just launching into their seasons right now: Snowy Grocery at Sugar House Creamery in Upper Jay and Saranac Lake Fall Market at the Hotel Saranac. Snowy Grocery is held Sundays from 10 a.m....
SARANAC LAKE - With the Baby Boomer generation on the verge of retirement, it's expected that many businesses in the Adirondack region can liquidate and disappear in the near future. Some refer to it as the "silver tsunami." As we...
