LAKE PLACID The Lake Placid-North Elba Community Development Commission has outlined its 2023 goals, which span from increasing the availability of affordab
LAKE PLACID The Lake Placid/North Elba Community Development Commission has outlined its 2023 goals, which span from increasing the local stock of affordabl
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Trees give Lake Placid’s skyline view real character, especially as it is reflected off Mirror Lake when the water is calm. This photo was taken on Columbus Day in 2015.
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When I was a kid (you know how this goes), I had to ride my bike 10 miles to school. The roads were curvy, well-traveled roads with no shoulders, and it took me an hour.
Well, I did do that, once. It was April 22, 1970, and my usual carpool was observing the very first Earth Day. It was a beautiful, spring day in Baltimore, Maryland, and our band of seven was surprised how easy and pleasant the ride was. And yet, we never did it again. Granted it was a fairly risky undertaking, and our parents were probably relieved to know we all made it to and from school in one piece.
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LAKE PLACID The first-ever round of funding from the town of North Elba’s new Local Enhancement and Advancement Fund (LEAF) is going to 17 organizations hoping to either improve residents’ quality of life, protect the environment, preserve the town’s history or provide relief for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The North Elba Town Council approved a slate of funding recipients during its regular meeting on Tuesday, April 13. Altogether, $560,265 will be disbursed. The authorization comes more than two years after Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism CEO James McKenna first asked the Essex County Board of Supervisors to consider raising the county occupancy tax from 3 to 5% to fund town-level projects. The increase went into effect on June 1, 2020.
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The summit of Cobble Hill provides a good view of the village of Lake Placid. Establishing a better Cobble Hill trailhead and improving trail signage is one project to which the town of North Elba is contributing occupancy tax funding.
(Enterprise photo â Peter Crowley) LAKE PLACID The first-ever round of funding from the town of North Elba’s new Local Enhancement and Advancement Fund (LEAF) is going to 17 local organizations hoping to either improve residents’ quality of life, protect the environment, preserve the town’s history or provide relief to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.