Adirondack carousel closes shop, lays off staff

by Brian Mann on January 8th, 2009

Organizers of the Adirondack carousel project in Saranac Lake say they’re the victims of the sour economy. After being contacted today by NCPR, they issued a press release saying that they’ve decided to lay off all staff and close their storefront.

Here’s their statement:

According to Executive Director, Dylan Rodrigues, even though the Adirondack Carousel was recently awarded a grant for $240,000 by New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) to purchase Carousel mechanics and pour the foundation for the Pavilion, the organization still needs almost a million dollars in financing to complete the project.

“When we started the $1.5 million Capital Campaign in early 2007, the possibility of brining this innovative attraction to Saranac Lake next summer seemed possible,” said Ms. Rodrigues. “But we know now that the economy has been in a downward spin since then and it has been much more difficult than we had anticipated to raise the funds.”

Chris Knight will report on this tonight on All Before Five.

Tags: economy