IN 1987 JOHN CANDY, a popular comedian, starred in the hit movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles. In this issue of Strictly Business, we bring you our view of transportation in the North Country – Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Trucks. Our cover article introduces you to three members of the Esposito family who are carrying on read more
AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
When President Jimmy Carter signed trucking deregulation into law in 1980, new opportunities opened for those who were ambitious, skilled and daring, allowing them to enter the previously closed and tightly controlled trucking business. Three years later, President Ronald Reagan was in office, the final episode of MAS*H aired (and with no VHS, DVD or read more
MORE THAN JUST TIRES
Ed Boyer put everything on the line when he purchased a struggling Goodyear tire store in downtown Plattsburgh in 1987 with the help of two business partners. Boyer was preparing to move his young family from Plattsburgh to Glens Falls to work in a Warren Tire store there. He had already sold his home in read more
Michelle LeBeau
HOMETOWN: Plattsburgh, New YorkFAMILY: Partner Rick Breyette, five adult children, one grandchildEDUCATION: A.S. in Nursing from Clinton Community College, B.A. in Business and a M.A. in Human Resources from Walden CollegeOCCUPATION: President, Alice Hyde Medical Center, President and COO Champlain Valley Physicians HospitalCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Member North Country Chamber of Commerce and The Development Corporation (TDC) read more
RAIL TRANSPORT EXPANDS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY
To many, transporting by rail seems antiquated and evokes images of 19th century industrialization. That is thanks to the decline of rail transport during deindustrialization that occurred throughout the Northeast in the 1970s. But in recent years, rail transport has increased nationally, and even more so in the North Country. From 2000-2010, rail transport increased read more
DRIVING AS A CALLING
In March of 2020, when COVID-19 forced large parts of theNorth Country to socially distance and go remote, many of us wereoff the road and staying home. As the world has reopened, andpeople returned to their lives behind the wheel, it has become clearthat the time off has not – how can I put this read more
INVESTING IN OUR TRANSPORTATION FUTURE
Did you ever wander around some large edifice to human ingenuity and wonder just how all those moving parts are coordinated? Perhaps your greatest concern at an airport is that your flight leaves on time and your bags arrive when you do. To make that happen, myriad tasks occur behind the scenes. At airports, those read more
AN EVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION
The birchbark canoe, a flying car, high technology hybrid-electric buses, connections to a major water super-highway, and an alternate airport for space shuttle landings — these are all innovations central to our region’s prosperity. Those who have lived here for millennia know just how navigable our region is. Canoes connected Upper Canada, at the upper read more
THREE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR 2022
Chamber resumed its practice in November of conducting an “Annual Strategic Planning Retreat” with our Board, incoming Board Members and management staff — this time for an evening and a day at the new Saranac Waterfront Lodge in Saranac Lake. The opening dinner featured our friend and partner, Martine Hebert, the new Quebec Delegate General read more
PUBLISHER’S VIEW
With more than 100 Canadian companies in the greater Plattsburgh area, and approximately 9,000 people (15% of the Clinton County workforce) employed by a Canadian or border related employer, what better theme for the November issue of Strictly Business. Our cover article takes a look at the recent acquisition of Bombardier Transportation by Alstom, a read more