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ONE OF A KIND

By: Connie Maddeville | September, 2021

After its humble beginnings as a buying club on Carol Czaja’s back porch, the North Country Food Co-op is now 2,800 member-owners strong. Located on Bridge Street in downtown Plattsburgh, The Co-op, as it is called by its loyal members, is a community-owned grocery store that focuses on providing a place for the community to read more

EMBRACING OPPORTUNITY

The Cumberland Bay Market became an integral part of the neighborhood for Kris and Stacey Ambler when they moved...

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

KC Reiter has left an enduring mark on the North Country over the past 35 years. Many of the...

STRATEGIC RESILIENCE = LONGEVITY

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), out of 100 new businesses, approximately 80% remain open after the...

FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS

Long time North Country residents were familiar with the overflowing bookshelves and cozy reading nooks of the Corner Bookstore...

OLD THREADS, NEW VENTURE

WE ARE WITNESSING A DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT IN AMERICA. With an increasing number of young people spurning their hometowns for...

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: ONE DAY AT A TIME

THE NORTHEAST GROUP of companies, founded by Herb Carpenter, has been serving the North Country since the early 1980’s....

Publisher’s View

PUBLISHER’S VIEW

ACCORDING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, in 2019 (the last year for which statistics are available) small businesses accounted for 44 percent of economic activity in the United States. They created two-thirds of new jobs and delivered 43.5 percent of the United States’ gross domestic product. In addition to...

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