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"Beyond the Market" with Gaelen Trombley, Associate Real Estate Broker
Over the past year, I’ve written about real estate, business, and productivity. It’s been a fun challenge, and I’m grateful to everyone who’s read, shared, or stopped me to say, “Hey, I liked that one.” So — thank you.


Highlights and Accomplishments of a Challenging Year
As we approach the end of 2025, let’s take a look at the year’s challenges and accomplishments with regard to the work of the Chamber.


SB Time Capsule
The Strictly Business Time Capsule will be both a celebration of where the North Country business community has been, where we are now and an invitation to imagine where the next decade may lead.


Setting the PACE
Peru Central School District’s PACE Program is leading the way for exploration and education in all things career related.


A Workforce Engine for the North Country
The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (IAM) at Clinton Community College (CCC) is more than a building — it’s a focused center for workforce development and emerging needs for the North Country


Insight: Joy VanLeuvan
When Joy VanLeuvan talks about her career, she does so with pride, grit and good humor.


From Curiosity to Career
From Tuberculosis to COVID-19 and emerging pathogens, Trudeau researchers have applied their expertise to confront infectious diseases since the Institute was founded in 1884.


Partnering with the Pros
By Mary Carpenter • Photos Supplied Shawn Rogers (Chief Transformation Officer at UVM Health Network - CVPH), Mike Wells, Dr. Alexander Enyedi (President of SUNY Plattsburgh), Dr. Brian Neureuther (Dean of the School of Business and Economics In order for a business – large or small — to grow and prosper it needs the right people in the right positions. But where do you find the “right people?” Consider this scenario. You have an open position on your company’s management tea


Creating Careers and Fortifying the Workforce
CV-TEC is leading the way with an educational model strategically focused on cultivating local talent and




Breakfast with Herb & Mike
Gift giving is our way of demonstrating to people that we care about them, that we’ve made a special effort to show them we know and understand them.


"Beyond the Market" with Gaelen Trombley, Associate Real Estate Broker
How to Actually Sell Your Home (Without a TikTok Dance)


Chamberwise: Planning is Important, But Responding to Events is Most Important
All successful businesses and organizations engage in regular planning, at least annually, to assess progress and changing needs and to layout strategies and priorities based on the known and anticipated.


SB Time Capsule
The Strictly Business Time Capsule will be both a celebration of where the North Country business community has been, where we are now and an invitation to imagine where the next decade may lead.


Local Flavor, Mountain Spirit
By Santana Vicencio-LaBarre • Photos Provided Wilmington, NY is a hub for outdoor enthusiasts and a North Country favorite. It is an area where nature and community intertwine and at its heart, where routes converge and adventures begin, lies Cadence Lodge at Whiteface. This hidden gem, at Wilmington’s four corners, is nestled between Whiteface Mountain, an Adirondack skiing hotspot, and Adirondack Chocolates, a historical sweet spot. While these landmarks may define Wilmingt


Shared Experiences
By Rachel Dutil • Photos Provided Bridge Barn When a 2,400-square-foot tavern opened in rural Altona in the early 1990s, owners Jane and Peck Sample were optimistic it would be successful even though it was off the beaten path. They named it The Rainbow in the hope it would be the quintessential pot of gold. But by 1995, the Samples decided to abandon the tavern and utilize the space for weddings and private parties. From there, the business took off. Rainbow Banquet Hall now


Rural Done Right
Turn on the news, scroll through your social media feed or even sit down at a family dinner table, and it doesn’t take long to see how divided our world feels right now.


Insight: Harry McManus
Harry McManus got his first taste of life in the North Country as a 17-year-old freshman at SUNY Plattsburgh, admittedly more eager to leave his hometown than certain about what came next.


Growing Traditions
With the holidays approaching many of us are starting to make plans — for most of us that includes decorating.


Leader of the Pack
The first dog team came to the North Country in 1910 with famous Alaskan Musher William F. Cooper (AKA Caribou Bill). With his team of Alaskan Malamutes, he offered rides on Broadway in Saranac Lake and rented the team and equipment to movie producers.

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