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Following meetings of the Adirondack Regional Social Safety Network Initiative – shown here gathered in Lake George - a Resource Directory for Hudson Headwaters Health Network caregivers was expanded to be of use to – and to be available to – social service providers throughout the region. Photo courtesy Adirondack Community Foundation.

Rugge Center’s Community Resource Directory: For Social Services Providers, Info at Their Fingertips

A “Community Resource Directory,” a new online database to help social service organizations assist clients and communities throughout the Adirondack Park and beyond, has been launched by the John Rugge Center for Community Impact at Hudson ... Read More
Assemblyman Matt Simpson, Washington County Superintendent of Public Works Deborah Donohue and Warren County Superintendent of Public Works Kevin Hajos address the Warren and Washington Counties Town Highway Superintendents Associations’ Roundtable discussion in Fort Anne on February 27. The event, convened to discuss current issues and concerns such as inadequate state funding and shortages of road salt, drew government officials and highway workers from as far away as Albany and Greene Counties.

Lawmakers Urged to Boost CHIPS Highway Funding in This Year’s State Budget

A bipartisan group of legislators and state-wide associations is pressing lawmakers to increase funding for the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) by at least $250 million. Last year’s state budget sent Washington and Warren Counties ... Read More
Beth Gilles is the executive director of the Lake George Village-based Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board, which will provide technical, pre-development and other types of assistance to the Adirondack Park’s municipalities as part of a new partnership called “Accelerate Workforce Housing.” Photo by Nancie Battaglia. Courtesy Adirondack Community Foundation.

New Partnership to Help Communities Plan, Finance and Build Housing Launched at Workforce Housing Forum

A Warren County family earning a median income of $78,000, willing to invest 30% of that income in housing, should not expect to spend less than $325,000 on a home. To buy a house in Bolton Landing, that same family would need an additional $350,000. ... Read More