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Enabling Industry

Institute for Advanced Manufacturing at Clinton Community College

By: Meg LeFevre | April, 2017

Whether students are recent high school graduates taking the local, practical path to a four-year degree, urban-born co-eds seeking an affordable college experience away from home, or non-traditional adult learners working towards a better life for themselves and their families, Clinton Point Drive is a road to success. There’s always something just a little bit read more

No Project is Too Large

Sample Lumber

In 1989, 22-year-old contractor Steve Sample learned that his supplier, Douglas Duprey, was putting his construction supply business up...

Best Practice May 2017

Commercial Property: Rent vs. Buy

The cost of physical space for a business typically accounts for a significant percentage of its overall operating costs....

B&E Development

This old-time adage is of unknown origin, but there are still people and businesses that adhere to it, and...

The Strong Silent Type

Jeffords Steel

When the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing at Clinton Community College opens to students this fall, many of Jeffords Steel’s...

Building Better (Next-Gen) Builders

The Champlain Valley Transportation Museum (CVTM) hosts a yearly, student-run program that focuses on robotics, microprocessor development, team building,...

Reaching for New Heights

This is an historic year in the evolution of the former aviation assets of Plattsburgh Air Force Base, now...

Publisher’s View

May 2017

Between 1980 and 2000, the number of U.S. manufacturing jobs fluctuated between 18–20 million, but by the turn of the century that picture had changed. While the U.S. has shed five million manufacturing jobs over the past 15 years, and the North Country lost Pfizer, we have also attracted...

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