{"id":4372,"date":"2011-06-17T07:19:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T11:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2011-06-17T07:19:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T11:19:16","slug":"morning-read-fears-of-a-bust-in-north-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/06\/17\/morning-read-fears-of-a-bust-in-north-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read: Fears of a bust in North Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Alexander has a heartbreaking profile of North Creek in the Glens Falls Post Star<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

He found that hopes of new economic vitality — which grew over the last two years as sixteen new businesses started up — have run up against some deep anxiety about the future.<\/p>\n

Local business owners and entrepreneurs are remarkably candid about their concerns and doubts.<\/p>\n

“I get scared,” said Laurie Prescott Arnheiter, owner of the Hudson River Trading Co., on Monday. “I wake up in the morning hoping for something good to happen.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One major concern is that the Front Street Development resort still hasn’t launched.\u00a0 Despite holdings its APA permits for several years, the company has only built two model homes — and hasn’t sold any.<\/p>\n

North Creek’s small Main Street business district now touts six vacant properties and more are on the way. Within the last few months, a wave of businesses, cafes, restaurants and bars have closed or announced they are going out of business.<\/p>\n

“We always seem to get this big build-up and then can’t seem to sustain it,” said Mark Bergman, a longtime local real estate broker. “I’m not sure if you’d call it a mass exodus yet, but you may be able to in a few months.”<\/p>\n

The North Creek business community was dealt another blow last month when Adirondack Woodworking shuttered its doors after 22 years when April floods irreparably damaged its equipment. Six manufacturing jobs were lost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are some big systemic concerns in North Creek.\u00a0 Despite the closeness of the Hudson and river rafting and other attractions, locals say the community hasn’t developed a summer resort culture comparable to Lake Placid’s or Lake George’s.<\/p>\n

So what do you think?\u00a0 North Creek is one of the gems of the Adirondacks.\u00a0 How do communities like this find a steadier, more hopeful path forward?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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