Mergers and acquisitions among major companies have long been an occasional occurrence in any area engaged in manufacturing. But in the new age of globalization, with intense new competition from China and other parts of the world, competitiveness argues strongly for both the merger of like companies to create stronger combinations and the acquisition of read more
FROM DEATH KNELL TO SUCCESS STORY
It is likely that Don Duley sold the first house in town after the Plattsburgh Air Force Base (PAFB) closure announcement in 1993. It was a time of dread, when realtors and business people from every sector wondered if they’d ever close a deal again but that particular deal was set in motion well before read more
BOMBARDIER: THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL
When Plattsburgh Air Force Base was unexpectedly chosen for closure in 1994, chaos, a sense of mourning and deep anger suffused the community. Outside forces were about to bring a cataclysmic change to the area. It was a dark time. But then a Canadian company got a contract to build railroad cars and they needed read more
FITZPATRICK CANCER CENTER Celebrates 30 Years
The FitzPatrick Cancer Center opened its doors in April of 1990 to meet the community’s need for a comprehensive and coordinated approach to caring for North Country residents with cancer and in doing so, established a new standard of cancer care here. Thirty years later, the FCC team continues to keep the bar high when read more
Centers of EXCELLENCE
The opening of the FitzPatrick Cancer Center in 1990 was part of a multifaceted plan by CVPH Medical Center to place a firm foothold in the future. In addition to the comprehensive cancer center, CVPH requested and received New York State approval for seven projects each focused on meeting the community’s needs with an emphasis read more
KEEPING THINGS MOVING
THE BOTTLENECK “The Champlain border crossing was designed to accommodate visitors to Expo 67, the World’s Fair in Montreal,” said Garry Douglas, president of the North Country Chamber of Commerce. “At that time, there was no real commercial crossing. Trucks intermixed with tourist traffic, and by 2000, after a several fold increase in truck volumes, read more
NORTH COUNTRY RESILIENCE HAS BOOSTED MANUFACTURING
Two of the greatest assets we have here in the North Country are people and location and both have proved beneficial to our manufacturing industry. The North Country’s proximity to Canada and location on the corridor connecting New York City/ Albany to Montreal has attracted companies and jobs to our region. Retired Empire State Development read more
SOME OF THE FIRST
ADVERTISING SUPPORT ALLOWED STRICTLY BUSINESS TO TAKE A GIANT LEAP OF FAITH AND PRODUCE ITS FIRST ISSUE IN MARCH OF 1990. ONE OF THOSE ADVERTISERS WAS CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SB RECENTLY SPOKE TO CCC’S CURRENT PRESIDENT AND THE COLLEGE’S LONG TIME DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO ASK THEIR PERCEPTION OF HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER read more
SERVING UP SUCCESS
When SB asked Bob Smith to summarize the highlights of the past thirty years for Nine Platt Hospitality it produced a fascinating look back at a business that got its start in 1956 as a Howard Johnson’s restaurant at Cumberland Head corners in Plattsburgh. At one point the corporation held nine separate entities. Today it read more
TUNED INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY
Mountain Lake PBS (MLPBS), originally known as WCFE-TV, first signed on in 1977 from a studio on the campus at SUNY Plattsburgh. In 1993 the station rebranded as Mountain Lake PBS to more accurately reflect its growing viewership. According to Bill McColgan, president and CEO of MLPBS, “While our mission has remained the same over read more