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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Ribbon Cutting for North Country Paws for Obedience's

New Competitive Dock Diving Pool

Thursday, July 13th in Hudson Falls, NY

What a fun celebration! Congratulations to North Country Paws for Obedience on your new competitive dock diving pool! We can tell these pups are going to have a great time learning, and swimming in the cool water.

Paws for Obedience is dedicated to the training desires of your canine companion. They specialize in therapy dog, competitive obedience, rally, tricks, and basics. They have a location in Hudson Falls and South Glens Falls, NY. Visit their website to learn more: www.paws4obedience.com

Pictured left: Assemblyman Matt Simpson, co-owner of North Country Paws for Obedience Lora Bacharach, ARCC President Tricia Rogers, and co-owner Bri Rabine.

ARCC Radio Interview with Miriam Weisfeld from Adirondack Theatre Festival

If you missed our weekly radio show, you can check it out online! On the most recent episode, host Amanda Blanton chatted with Miriam Weisfeld, Producing Artistic Director of the Adirondack Theatre Festival. In the middle of their 29th season, there is still so much left to experience! We recap past shows, hype up the upcoming show Tuning In, and talk a bit about the Adirondack Film Festival coming up in October.

Take a listen online here.

And thank you to Regional Radio Group for partnering with us to offer this show to our communities.

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ARCC EVENTS THIS WEEK

Go Play with Your Food is celebrating their opening with a ribbon cutting! With over 600 games to play, Go Play with Your Food is the first board game tavern in upstate New York. Open for lunch & dinner, 7 days a week, bring your friends and family for a super fun experience!

TOMORROW, Tuesday, July 18th at 11:00 am

Go Play with Your Food

126 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801

July Mixer at Common Roots Brewing

The ARCC has added a July Mixer to celebrate the Summer! 

Please join us at Common Roots Brewing Co. for an opportunity to connect and network over a nice cold local brew! 

This Thursday, July 20th from 4 - 6:00 pm

Common Roots Brewing Co.

58 Saratoga Avenue, South Glens Falls

$15 for ARCC Members; $25 for Not-Yet Members

Thank you to our mixer sponsors

WORKFORCE & CONTINUING EDUCATION

Cannabis Program Open House



SUNY Adirondack will offer an Open House event for its new hemp microcredential programs at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2023.

The Open House will include a tour of SUNY Adirondack’s hemp-growing facilities and a roundtable discussion. Learn about five new credit courses, including how to grow hemp, how to harvest and prepare hemp for processing, history of cannabis in society, and cannabis entrepreneurship and marketing classes. Some classes are offered online and others in a hybrid model (partly online and partly in person).

To register for the Open House event, please visit https://form.jotform.com/231873486226059. Learn more about the new hemp microcredential programs at https://www.sunyacc.edu/academics/microcredentials. 

An Overview of the Service Contract Act

Presented by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

You are invited to a presentation on the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration. This free, virtual compliance training is designed for businesses/contractors who are interested in knowing more about the requirements of the SCA.

The online webinar will be held July 25, 2023, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am EDT.

In this webinar, representatives from the Wage and Hour Division will go over the requirements of the Service Contract Act, including:

• Payment of Prevailing Wages
• Fringe Benefits, including Holiday and Vacation Pay
• Recordkeeping Requirements
• Common Violations Found in a Compliance Investigation
• How to Contact the Wage and Hour Division

We encourage you to share this email to help others in your network learn about this free webinar. While attendance is free, space is limited, and registration is required. Register online here.

Greater Capital Region Career Centers JULY 2023 Virtual Workshops

Completing Job Apps - July 20th at 11:00 am

Statistics show that approximately 50% of mid-sized companies and almost all large corporations use an applicant tracking system (ATS) to screen candidates for job opportunities. Find out how you can prepare and hear suggestions for getting the most visibility out of your online application. Register online here.

Overcoming Barriers - July 25th at 11:00 am

Join us for this informal glimpse into potential stumbling blocks to finding a job and some resources and strategies to help you meet your goals. Whether you're facing transportation needs, childcare needs, prior justice system involvement, inexperience, health concerns, or more - we're here to help connect you to resources! Register online here.

Social Media - July 27th at 1:30 pm

Your social media presence can make or break your ability to find a job. Don’t let your digital footprint hold you back. Learn how to use social media to your advantage in searching for a job and marketing yourself to land the job or career you’ve always wanted. Register online here.

ARCC DAY AT THE TRACK

SOLD OUT

ARCC Member Day at the Track

We had an overwhelming response to our Day at the Track event and have SOLD OUT our tickets.

If you missed out, we encourage you to join us at the Trackside Social, our August mixer (more info below).

Lastly, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our Day at the Track sponsors:

PREMIER SPONSOR

Presenting Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Join us for an evening social event at the Trackside Grill in Saratoga Springs!

The Trackside Grill is a casual outdoor restaurant/bar located just outside Saratoga's Clubhouse gates. 

Come and enjoy beer and wine specials, food samples, and live music!  

Thursday, August 17th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Trackside Grill, 103 Wright Street, Saratoga Springs

Please be advised there may be additional fees for parking.

Cost: $15 for ARCC Members; $25 for Not-Yet Members

Thank you to our mixer sponsors

ARCC RIBBON CUTTINGS

Hilltop Construction Co. is hosting an open house for their new office location. Join us for a ribbon cutting! Refreshments will be served. Email [email protected] to RSVP.

Friday, August 11th at 3:00 pm

21 Casey Road, Queensbury, NY 12804

Join the ARCC as we celebrate the 2nd Anniversary for Brookledge with a ribbon cutting! Brookledge is a 60 acre, private wedding venue and vacation rental featuring cabins, campsites, and glamping tents amidst moody woods, running streams, and crackling brooks.

Friday, August 18th at 11:00 am

7177 Antioch Road, Middle Grove, NY 12850

Join the ARCC as we help introduce Adirondack Heat Pumps to the community with a ribbon cutting ceremony! Adirondack Heat Pumps is a full service HVAC contractor, offering service and repair for a varied range of residential and commercial HVAC equipment from the traditional, to the most modern.

Friday, September 15th at 11:00 am

15 Montcalm Street, Ticonderoga, NY 12883

ARCC Ribbon Cuttings proudly sponsored by

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Grant funding allows college to provide financial support for high-demand field

SUNY Adirondack is proud to offer extended support to students in the college’s Criminal Justice: Substance Abuse Services (CRSA) associate degree program.

The college last fall was awarded more than $115,000 from the State University of New York (SUNY) High Needs Localities Fund Allied Health Program to help students pursuing an associate degree in its state OASAS (Office of Addiction Services and Supports)-certified program. 

That funding allows SUNY Adirondack to offer textbook support, gas cards, wraparound supports, career coaching, academic advising and payment of fees associated with CASAC-T (Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Trainee) exams.

Over the past year, the college has expanded its practicum sites to include WAIT House, Adirondack Vets House and CAPTAINS.

"Our Substance Abuse Services majors have received $500 completion stipends, weekly gas cards, tutoring and textbook supports, all designed to remove barriers to their successful degree completion," said Diane Wildey, associate vice president for Academic Affairs. "I encourage anyone interested in substance abuse services education to contact the college for more information."

To qualify, those interested must be admitted to SUNY Adirondack and declare themselves a Criminal Justice: Substance Abuse Services major. The program is for new students, current students, students who are switching majors to Criminal Justice: Substance Abuse Services, or former students who wish to return and complete a degree.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median pay for a substance abuse counselor in the United States in 2021 was $48,520 a year. Employment of counselors for substance abuse and other mental health care is projected to increase 22 percent through 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations.

Social workers, the Labor statistics show, earned a median pay of $50,390 a year, with job growth projected at 9 percent through 2031. 



To apply to SUNY Adirondack, visit sunyacc.edu/apply. To submit an interest form for the grant-funded support program, visit https://connect.sunyacc.edu/register/CRSA_interest.

Charity Golf Tournament supporting the Salvation Army of Glens Falls

The Salvation Army of Glens Falls’ Golf Tournament “Golf for Good” raises funds to support enrichment services, which serve economically disadvantaged individuals and families from all corners of Warren, Washington and Northern Saratoga County. These programs strengthen families, support education, enhance economic stability, and provide hope! 

Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023

Kingsbury Country Club 111 Co Rd 41 Hudson Falls, NY 12839

9:00 a.m. Registration 10:00 a.m. Shotgun Start

Dinner/Awards Banquet

Contests Include: Longest Drive & Closest to the Pin

For more information, and to sign up, click here.

Warren County Historical Society Presents History of the Schaefer Family and the Adirondacks

The Warren County Historical Society will present The Schaefer Family and the Adirondacks by Dr. James M. Schaefer at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The presentation will take place in the WCNYHS museum at 50 Gurney Lane in Queensbury, NY, just off Exit 20 of the Northway.

The Schaefer brothers—Vincent, Paul and Carl loved the Adirondacks and were instrumental in the early days of “Forever Wild” environmental activism in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains. Vincent, a self-taught chemist and meteorologist at General Electric, helped create Long Path of New York, North Creek Ski Bowl, and with wife Lois Perret, created one of the first ski patrols in the country. Carl, after learning of the first rope ski tow in Woodstock, VT, created one in North Creek. Paul served as a leader in the conservation movement in New York State as a member or founder of numerous organizations dedicated to preserving the wilderness including the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks. Learn more about the family’s Adirondack legacy from Vincent’s son, Dr. James M. Schaefer.

Dr. Schaefer was born and raised in Schenectady where he gained a lifelong appreciation of the environment and his surroundings—weekend family hikes, arrowhead hunting, skiing, fly fishing, and hunting. He spent summers in northern Idaho, western Montana, northern Arizona and New Mexico. His early career was spent in forest fire research and management, but shifted to management of alcohol use disorders. Throughout his life, Schaefer has championed many ideas emanating from his illustrious family heritage. He is currently the appointed Town Historian for Rotterdam, NY.

This program is free and open to the public. No registration required. Refreshments will be served.

Wiawaka Fundraiser Celebrates Retreat’s History Fashion show

marks 120th year of extraordinary women

Step back in time (in grand finery, of course) to celebrate Wiawaka Center for Women’s 120th year with the “History of Fashion Show”.

Re-enactors portraying Wiawaka founders Katrina Trask (1853-1922) and Mary Fuller (1862-1943) will welcome guests from 2 to 4 p.m. July 23 to celebrate the evolution of women’s fashions from the philanthropists’ era.

Spend the afternoon at the newly renovated Fort William Henry Carriage House, mingling with actresses portraying Trask, Fuller, iconic artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), intrepid journalist Nellie Bly (1864-1922), abolitionist Harriet Tubman (1822-1913), education activist Emma Willard (1787-1870) and several of their peers — all dressed in the fashion of their time.

“History of Fashion” is a collaboration of Wiawaka, Warren County Historical Society, The Chapman Museum and Fashion Follies. Victorian jewelry will be available for purchase, with 10 percent of proceeds benefiting Wiawaka. Tickets — which are $65 and include a luncheon of lite sandwiches, scones, sweets and iced tea, lemonade, and a special signature drink.

Tickets are available at wiawaka.org or by calling us at (518) 668-9690. You can also reach out to Executive Director, Doreen Kelly at [email protected] for more information.

The Leadership Circle is a distinctive opportunity for members to partner with the Chamber through unique, tailored opportunities, providing exclusive access to programs and benefits available only at this membership level. To find out how you can be part of this exclusive membership level, please contact the Chamber at 518-798-1761. We look forward to partnering with you. 



And thank you to our 2023 Leadership Circle Members for their support!