Business

North River rafting business looks to the hills for expansion

Planning Board poised to make decision on zip line

Someone surveying the towering hill behind Whitewater Challengers rafting business along Route 28 in North River might see trees and brush, boulders and dirt and remnants of the latest snow fall.

New, improved events planned for North Creek in 2012

The 2012 special events calendar is shaping up for the Gore Mountain Region, with some new events being added to the annual standards.

Schumer pledges to boost region's job growth

Training funds sought

Visiting a business park owned by the city of Glens Falls, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer proclaimed Monday Feb. 20 that he'd be lobbying hard to obtain a federal grant to train workers in hazardous materials cleanup and other high-technology skills at a soon-to-be-constructed training center in Queensbury. The center is to be built by a pipefitters' union that represents workers from the Capital Region north to the Canadian border.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer to be in Queensbury, talk about job growth

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is expected to hold a press conference in Queensbury Monday at Tech Meadows industrial park to discuss a new Pipefitter's union job training center to be built there-- and new efforts to line up grants or local job training.

Ticonderoga chamber adds new members

Organization continues to grow

The Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce continues to grow. The chamber has announced the addition of 12 new members.

Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance adds staff

Former DEC director hired

A former top state environmental official has joined the Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance. Elizabeth (Betsy) Lowe has been hired as the group’s director of strategic partnerships and fundraising.

Business classes may help Gore Region economy

Jim Murphy’s job of boosting economic development in the Adirondack region leads him to all 14 counties in the North Country.

Village Shops at North Creek now The Exchange

The soon-to-open retail space at the old Mountain and Boardertown ski shop has a new name ... again.

Ticonderoga chamber plans mixer

Feb. 22 at Times of Ti office

The Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce February “After Business Mixer” will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Denton Publications/Times of Ti office from 5:30 to 7 p.m.