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May 12, 2021 TROY The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, based in Lake Placid, won three honors during the 2021 New York State Tourism Excellence Awards, recognizing the work the organization accomplished during 2020. Destination marketing organizations, museums, attractions and other tourism-related businesses from around New York state gathered virtually Thursday, May 6 for the annual awards ceremony, hosted by the New York State Tourism Industry Association. This year, nominations for the awards were up 250% over 2019 and the judges were challenged by both the volume and the caliber of the entries. During the ceremony, ROOST was recognized for how it redirected its efforts in 2020 to support local communities, while rising to the occasion to meet unprecedented health-related guidelines and special needs for both residents and travelers. ....
Patrick Murphy (Enterprise photo â Griffin Kelly) SARANAC LAKE Patrick Murphy is stepping down from his role as executive director of the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce at the end of the month. He will start his own private venture as a business consultant, and the chamber is looking for a successor to replace him at the helm. Murphy has led the chamber since the fall of 2018. Last summer, he resigned from the Saranac Lake village board to spend more time on his chamber position. He said he wanted to give the chamber his full attention. Murphy said he is leaving the chamber “in a strong, stable position” and believes that with a three-year strategic plan it developed last year, “it will only continue to grow and expand its reach.” ....
Jay Rand LAKE PLACID As the town gets ready for the 2023 Winter World University Games, there are a number of issues facing the community, including short-term rentals, tourism, overuse of the High Peaks, the coronavirus pandemic and the state’s new law legalizing recreation marijuana use. North Elba town Supervisor Jay Rand touched on some of those issues during an interview with Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn on Monday, April 12. Below is part of that interview. – LPN: What are some of the biggest issues facing Essex County right now? Rand: I think a lot of it has been keeping up with the COVID issues this past year. Every day, (Board of Supervisors Chairman) Shaun Gillilland has been in communication with the state of New York and then passing the information on to us. We’ve really not been able to have a lot of face-to-face meetings. It’s all been Zoom. I think last week was the first one we’ve had for quite some time where we actually w ....
North Country Public Radio Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, center, visits Lake Placid in October 2020 to meet with Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall, left, and Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism Chief of Staff Mary Jane Lawrence to discuss economic recovery and tourism. (Enterprise photo â Elizabeth Izzo) Tourism is a huge part of the North Country economy, and it’s been just over a year since the coronavirus pandemic changed almost everything about it here. The Canadian border closed, interstate travel dried up, and what visitors were looking for changed drastically. But the region did better than regional tourism offices expected and even tapped into new markets. ....
Apr 1, 2021 Jane (Irvin) Nantz, 84, born and raised at 7 Lake View St. in Lake Placid, passed away March 21, 2021, in Portland, Oregon. Born to Bill and Jane Irvin on May 27, 1936, she graduated from Lake Placid High School in 1954, followed by Becker College in Massachusetts. Jane met her husband of 60 years, Jack Nantz, in 1957 at Freddy’s Bar & Grill and spent their first date skiing. Jack and Jane moved to Oregon in 1974, where they could be close to skiing, golf and where Jane took up cycling. Her passion for cycling led her to completing many Cycle Oregon and Reach the Beach events. She loved to go on weekly rides with her “Bike Bunch” and had taken up spinning during the off season. Jane could always be found taking a number of fitness classes; it was her favorite way to start a day. ....