“We jumped on a big horse, learned to ride, rode it well down the stretch and now we’re taking it to the finish line.” That’s how Bruce Steadman, current chief operating officer at PARC, describes the last eleven years. It’s a good description. That horse has been a real winner for the North Country. As….

Twelve years ago, the Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce engaged in a strategic planning process aimed at rethinking how we were doing tourism marketing in the area. At that point, we had a tourism program that was conducted by a committee of volunteers, with no professional staffing, and which consisted more of visitors’ services than….

Spurred by increased costs for drugs, hospital care and doctors, health insurers are seeking premium increases of 10, 20 and 30 percent. And unlike the last decade, there are few if any easy or fast solutions to escalating premium costs. The projected increases do not take into account the Patients’ Bill of Rights now before….

I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference held by the Plattsburgh North Country Chamber of Commerce that focused on the EB-5 Visa Program and its newly-designated Regional Center. Before I discuss some of the economic benefits the Regional EB-5 Center will bring to the region, I would like to first congratulate Garry Douglas,….

When my own journey to Ironman Lake Placid began about a year ago, I often wondered: do I have what it takes to be an Ironman? Could I pay the price? And what would I have to sacrifice for the ultimate cost? And I wasn’t talking about the long hours of grueling training in unpredictable….

For workers everywhere, the troubled economy may feel like an emotional roller coaster. “Layoffs” and “budget cuts” have become bywords in the workplace, and the result is increased fear, uncertainty, and higher levels of stress. Since job and workplace stress grow in times of economic crisis, it’s important to learn new and better ways of….