Month: June 2016

Owners, The Bagel Pit In March 2014, Brittany and Ashley Taylor formed B.A. Sister Enterprises, took out a personal loan, purchased Baxter’s Bagels on Brinkerhoff Street in downtown Plattsburgh,...

Digital Content Fellow, The Wild Center Like others in the Millennial generation, Stanzi McGlynn is really start- ing to come into her own. The world is recognizing that the...

Branch Manager, Advisors Mortgage Group, LLC It’s a long way for the Mendenhall glacier in Alaska to a mortgage company in Plattsburgh, but that’s the route Adam Crosley has...

Chief Draftsman, Jeffords Steel & Engineering Albert Clark may be the quintessential Millennial — multi-tasker, connected, tech-savvy. Albert made a bold and brave career change, diverting from a planned...

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Technology, Clinton Community College Institute for Advanced Manufacturing Coordinator When opportunity knocked on Kris Renadette’s door, he not only took a chance, but he proceeded...

Director of Operations, Tropical Valley Foods, Inc. What do you get when you add a background in food service to a degree in accounting? If you’re Amanda Gokey, you...

Co-Owners, Adams Brothers Painting The Adams brothers count starting a painting business together as their biggest risk, professional success and dream job. They credit each other, and their father,...

Economic Development Assistant, North Country Chamber of Commerce When Danielle Johnson agreed to work with the Shine On program at SUNY Plattsburgh she knew her efforts would help young...

Director of Food and Nutrition Services, University of Vermont Health Network Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Shey Schnell has come a long way in his career, but his desire is...

Growing up in Plattsburgh as a self-described “Air Force brat,” Erin Hynes became interested in community and economic development at a young age. “I lived through the closure of...

Mikey Lemieux was the drummer, the guy that set the tone, kept the beat, got the chicks (oh wait, that’s the lead singer!). The once aspiring rock star who...