News Digest Comm/Econ Development

  • Village wins economic development award - 05/08/12
    New York By: Adirondack Daily Enterprise Staff The village of Saranac Lake has received statewide recognition for its economic development efforts. The New York Conference of Mayors has aw…Read More
  • Balsams rehab deal put on hold - 05/04/12
    New Hampshire By: The Associated Press The new owners of the Balsams Grand Resort say a planning board decision is stalling a planned renovation of the northern New Hampshire resort. Co-ow…Read More
  • Fifty to be hired on biomass project within next two weeks - 05/02/12
    New Hampshire By: Barbara Tetreault Construction of the Burgess BioPower plant will begin to ramp up with 50 additional workers expected to be hired over the next two weeks. Cate Street Capit…Read More
  • Forbes names Glens Falls area a top U.S. job market - 05/02/12
    New York By: Scott Donnelly The Glens Falls area was named Tuesday among the top 10 “best small cities for jobs” by Forbes magazine. The publication, on its website at forbes.com, rank…Read More
  • Report: Maine's Participation in Greenhouse Gas Emission Cap & Trade an Economic Boon - 04/30/12
    Maine By: Patty B. Wight This year marks a milestone for the country's first cap and trade program for greenhouse gases. It's been three years since the RGGI, or The Regional Greenhouse Gas Init…Read More
  • Made in America: Global Companies Expand in U.S. Towns - 04/30/12
    Northern Forest Region By: David Muir When Global Foundries was seeking a home for its new $7 billion factory, it skipped over Germany and Singapore, where it already has facilities, and settled…Read More
  • Cate Street’s industrial park plan will only help, Millinocket leaders say - 04/28/12
    Maine By: Nick Sambides Jr. Town leaders so far have had a favorable reaction to Cate Street Capital’s proposal to turn the Katahdin Avenue paper mill site into a nationally advertised industr…Read More
  • Entrenched ideas targeted at conference to consider lessons of Irene - 04/28/12
    Vermont By: Candace Page If you thought the toughest challenges posed by Tropical Storm Irene were behind us, think again. The hardest work remains ahead if Vermonters are to make themselves saf…Read More
  • Developer unveils plans for Millinocket mill site - 04/26/12
    Maine By: The Associated Press The New Hampshire-based investor that bought two Katahdin region paper mills has announced plans to turn the Millinocket site into an industrial park and launch a …Read More
  • Mainers, Canadians meet to discuss east-west highway, build trade relationships - 04/23/12
    Maine By: Nick McCrea When it comes to friends, few are more valuable to Maine than its neighbor to the north. A two-day Cross-Border Economic Integration in the Northeast Conference, whic…Read More
  • Vanishing Youth: Why do young people choose to leave the North Country? - 04/23/12
    New York By: Brian Mann This morning, we begin on an on-going series, looking at the problem of young people in the North Country. Across the US, rural towns and villages face a dangerous drain …Read More
  • Plans for Balsams Grand Resort outlined - 04/19/12
    New Hampshire By: Barbara Tetreault Demolition and renovation of the Balsams Grand Hotel will get underway this spring with the goal of reopening the grand resort in the summer of 2013. Dan H…Read More
  • Katahdin region landowner selling 700 leased camp lots, construction boom expected - 04/17/12
    Maine By: Nick Sambides Jr. Major Katahdin region landowner Katahdin Timberlands LLC will begin selling more than 700 leased lakefront camp lots in unincorporated parts of Penobscot and Piscataq…Read More
  • GOP disagreement could delay Farm Bill - 04/10/12
    New York By: Chris Morris House Republican leaders can't agree on funding levels for agriculture, and that could mean 2012 will come and go without an extension of the federal Farm Bill. T…Read More
  • Small Business Basics Offered in Hamilton County - 04/10/12
    New York By: Editorial Staff The Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Indian Lake Community Planning Committee and Indian Lake Central School to host three upcoming seminars to…Read More
  • Northern Pass May Face Right of Way Legal Battle - 04/03/12
    New Hampshire By: Chris Jensen Much of the battle over the Northern Pass hydro-electric project has focused on cutting a new route through the forests of the North Country. Northern Pass i…Read More
  • Study: Hamilton County population is aging and shrinking - 04/02/12
    New York By: Richard Nilsen A Cornell University study forecasts a dramatic decrease in the number of young adults in Hamilton County over the next 30 years, raising questions about who will fig…Read More
  • Change on how the Adirondacks are counted cought for census - 04/01/12
    New York By: Jon Alexander Local governments want the Adirondack Park to have its own census tracts, as area officials look to maintain newfound political momentum. The 40-year-old deb…Read More
  • New census numbers show where Mainers are moving, which counties are growing - 03/29/12
    Maine By: William P. Davis Androscoggin and Penobscot counties are growing while Kennebec and Sagadahoc counties are shrinking, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Th…Read More
  • Maine earnings growth ranks worst among states; incomes lowest in region - 03/29/12
    Maine By: Matt Wickenheiser Maine had the lowest rate of income growth in the country — 3.4 percent — in 2011, according to federal figures released this week. The national average gro…Read More
  • House votes to repeal RGGI - 03/29/12
    New Hampshire By: Matthew Spolar The New Hampshire House overwhelmingly passed a bill yesterday that would withdraw the state by 2015 from a regional cap-and-trade program intended to reduce car…Read More
  • New Conservation Model in Maine: Structured Financing that Benefits Communities - 03/28/12
    Maine By: Walter Graff and Rob Burbank, Appalachian Mountain Club A new model for conservation in the woods of north-central Maine is contributing to the local economy, the environment, and soci…Read More
  • Union Leader publisher leans toward Northern Pass - 03/28/12
    New Hampshire By: Jeff Woodburn The publisher of the Union Leader came to the North Country last week to say much of fuss about the Northern Pass is unfounded and that he’s not convinced by th…Read More
  • AmeriCorps makes successful return to North Country - 03/28/12
    New York By: Dan Heath Volunteers and community agencies are benefitting from the return of AmeriCorps to the North Country. Josh Oertel of Plattsburgh is an AmeriCorps for the Adirondacks…Read More
  • APA to include economic impact in weighing proposals - 03/28/12
    New York By: Jon Alexander The Adirondack Park Agency’s race to the center will soon take a significant leap as the state regulatory agency will begin to formally consider a project’s potent…Read More
  • Planet's Tug-Of-War Between Carrying Capcity and Rising Demand: Can we Keep This Up? - 03/27/12
    Northern Forest Region By: ENews Park and Forest Staff The global economy continued to grow last year, world population surpassed 7 billion, and the use of energy and other natural resources gen…Read More
  • Year of the Floods Part One: The River Rise - 03/26/12
    New York By: Brian Mann ...It's a story with two major chapters. Communities are still picking up the pieces from horrific flash floods in late August. But all that came AFTER what was the first…Read More
  • Group formed to target Gorham economy - 03/22/12
    New Hampshire By: Melissa Grima Ask and you shall receive. That's what Gorham residents found out happens when you make specific suggestions for economic improvement. In response to reques…Read More
  • FACT CHECK: More drilling hasn't lowered gas prices - 03/21/12
    Northern Forest Region By: The Associated Press It's the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into…Read More
  • The downside of warm Vermont weather - 03/21/12
    Vermont By: Free Press Staff Report The weather might be calling for summer fun, but there are risks — because believe it or not, it’s still March. The temperature in Burlington hit 80…Read More
  • Tupper Lake developer: Resort lawsuit is 'abuse of the legal process' - 03/21/12
    New York By: Jessica Collier and Chris Morris The lead developer on a massive resort planned for Tupper Lake says he's disappointed that environmental groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the…Read More
  • Demographic Change in the Northern Forest - 03/20/12
    Northern Forest Region By: Kenneth M. Johnson, Miranda H Mockrin, and Susan I. Stewart This brief examines the population redistribution in the Northern Forest, which includes thirty-four counti…Read More
  • For Coos: A Surprising Mix of Births, Deaths and Newcomers - 03/20/12
    New Hampshire By: Chris Jensen There’s a public perception that Coos County’s economic challenges mean a significant population loss over the last decade. But a new study shows that’s not …Read More
  • Energy Independence Advocates Invite Participation In Film - 03/20/12
    Vermont By: Peter Biello Tomorrow is March 21st, and according to a group of environmental non-profits it's Vermont Energy Independence Day - a time for people to ask what energy independence me…Read More
  • Maine's Washington County Struggles to Spur Economic Rebound - 03/19/12
    Maine By: Jay Field Each week brings fresh signs of a slowly rebounding economy. Manufacturing activity across the Northeast is picking up this month and new jobless claims are now at their lowe…Read More
  • Road ‘postings’ come early in northern New England - 03/18/12
    Northern Forest Region By: Clarke Canfield Heavy trucks are being temporarily banned from thousands of miles of secondary roads across northern New England with the early arrival of spring. …Read More
  • Gas Prices Influenced By Local, Global Factors - 03/16/12
    Vermont By: Steve Zind We've become accustomed to the fact that the price of gasoline is rarely the same from fill-up to fill-up.  But what concerns many people these days is how high the p…Read More
  • Two Of Three North Country Towns Okay Ordinances To Fight Corporate Power - and Northern Pass - 03/14/12
    New Hampshire By: Chris Jensen Two of three North Country towns yesterday approved an ordinance designed to fight the Northern Pass project by trying to strip corporations of their power. …Read More
  • Opinion: LURC reform: too risky, too safe or just right? - 03/13/12
    Maine By: Ken Lamond The Bangor Daily News has it wrong again on the issue of LURC reform. In the recent editorial titled “LURC change too risky,” the BDN continues to suggest a county role …Read More
  • Northern Pass hits roadblocks - 03/11/12
    New Hampshire By: Annmarie Timmins Northern Pass officials recently told investment analysts they had acquired a "substantial" chunk of the North Country land needed for a hydropower line from C…Read More
  • Thurman Maple Days Begin This Weekend - 03/09/12
    New York By: Editorial Staff Word from Thurman maple producers is that the sap is flowing, evaporators are boiling and there will be syrup and all kinds of maple confections for those who ventur…Read More
  • Citizens, lawyers offer differing views on “Takings Bill” - 03/07/12
    Maine By: Terrilyn Simpson The much debated “Takings Bill” will be hammered out in round two of a legislative work session this week, with the Judiciary Committee expected to render a verdic…Read More
  • LURC overhaul bill headed to full vote - 03/07/12
    Maine By: Associated Press A proposal to overhaul the agency that regulates development in the nearly 10 million-acre region of Maine known as the Unorganized Territory is heading for votes…Read More
  • Isaacson Steel Laying Off Workers - 03/07/12
    New Hampshire By: Chris Jensen After Isaacson Structural Steel was sold off in a bankruptcy auction last month it wasn’t certain what would happen to the employees. But NHPR’s Chris Jensen r…Read More
  • Economic growth report not great news for Maine - 03/06/12
    Maine By: Eric Russell In the 18th annual Measures of Growth report released Tuesday by the Maine Economic Growth Council, the state received gold stars for energy costs and international export…Read More
  • Long Lake buys land from The Nature Conservancy - 03/06/12
    New York By: Staff The town of Long Lake bought a 46-acre tract of land from the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy last week. The transaction, which was completed March 1, compl…Read More
  • New York and the US look to Canada for energy, raising big questions about the environment - 03/06/12
    New York By: Brian Mann North Country congressman Bill Owens is praising a Canadian company for its plan to move forward with construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Owens' backing for the con…Read More
  • Study: Environmental Protection Fund Builds NY Economy - 03/06/12
    New York By: Editorial Staff New York’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) supports industries that generate approximately $40 billion annually for the State’s economy and sustain hundreds …Read More
  • The USA's 150 scenic byways could soon lose federal funding - 03/04/12
    Northern Forest Region By: Judy Keen Tourism and conservation officials are protesting pending federal legislation that would repeal the National Scenic Byways Program, which since 1992 has help…Read More
  • New push in Northern Pass fight - 03/04/12
    New Hampshire By: Annmarie Timmins Last March, nearly 30 communities used their town meetings to register firm but nonbinding objections to Northern Pass. This year, a handful of towns will cons…Read More