Employment among New York’s small businesses has increased slightly faster than the national pace, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
The report, based on the most recent data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, examined the five-year trend from 2011 through 2016.
During that time frame, small business employment rose by 9.2 percent in New York while increasing 8.9 percent across the country. These companies provided more than 4.1 million jobs in the state in 2016, just over half of all private sector jobs in New York. Small businesses provided more than $212 billion in payroll, nearly 40 percent of the total private sector payroll in the state.
Personnel Briefs: April 2019
James Johnson has joined the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network as the director of planning.
Johnson has been employed by various practices in Northwestern Mutual, most recently as the director of client relations for Tronco Network managing partner Alex Tronco.
He brings financial planning experience, as well as relationship management skills to the practice. He is licensed for both insurance and investments.
Prior to his financial planning career, Johnson was an associate pastor at Grace Bible Church, in Cohoes. He studied theology and psychology at Bob Jones University.
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Adirondack Technical Solutions (ADKtechs) has hired Ray Potter as a solutions architect.
Potter comes to ADKtechs with 20 years of experience in the education and banking industries on an enterprise level. Hisa experience with compliance, personally identifiable information (PII), enterprise systems and networking, and cyber security will help ADKtechs meet the growing demand for our cyber security services.
Potter will be responsible for delivering network, systems, and cyber security solutions to our customers around the country.
Adirondack Thunder In Playoffs Again, Tickets Are On Sale For Series With Manchester
The Adirondack Thunder has made the ECHL playoffs for the third year in a row and the team has announced the schedule for Round 1 of the 2019 Kelly Cup Playoffs.
The playoffs, presented by SmileDirectClub, will begin on Friday, April 12, at Cool Insuring Arena in downtown Glens Falls. Adirondack will take on the Manchester Monarchs in Round 1 as the Thunder finished in second place in the ECHL’s North Division while the Monarchs came in directly behind them in third.
The Thunder and Monarchs will play a best of seven series in a 2-3-2 format, beginning with Games 1 and 2 at Cool Insuring Arena on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13, with both games dropping the puck at 7 p.m. The series will then shift to SNHU Arena in New Hampshire for Games 3, 4 and 5, occurringon April 17, 19 and 20.
Common Roots Brewing Co. Plans To Rebuild After Fire; Fundraisers Are Helping The Effort
Terry Williams
Common Roots Brewing Co., whose brewery burned down in a March 25 fire, is already planning to rebuild and has been getting assistance from the community and other craft brew manufacturers.
Supporters of the South Glens Falls business went to the Queensbury Hotel on Sunday, April 7, for a “Rally for Roots” event to help raise money.
The fundraiser featured locally made beer, live music, raffles and silent auctions. The project also has a GoFundMe fundraising page.
Convention & Visitors Bureau Helps Spur Tourism By Bringing Sporting Events To Area
Courtesy Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce
The Lake George Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau continues to see growth in the sports tourism market.
The Lake George Regional CVB, a division of the Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce, has funding supplied through occupancy tax dollars with the goal of realizing a return on that promotional money in the form of weather-proof year round business in the form of meetings, conventions, sports tournaments and other events.
This year, officials said the Lake George Area has netted three awards for sports tourism including:
• The 2019 SportsEvents magazine’s Readers Choice Award. The bureau has won this award twice in the last three years. SportsEvents asks readers annually to nominate events, planners and locations for the award. Voting is done on online ballot.
Mannix Marketing Honored With A Win At The 2019 Interactive Marketing Awards Event
Mannix Marketing took home “Best Interactive Marketing – Health & Beauty” in the Interactive Marketing Awards 2019 competition in recognition of the agency’s work with Eddy Senior Living.
The award was presented to Mannix Senior digital marketing strategist Lisa Bishop and digital marketing strategist Danielle Martindale in March at the Fort Lauderdale Convention Centre.
Business Report: Succeed Anyway!
All entrepreneurs share one secret. Whether you have just started your company — or are running one you started a while ago. The secret is in the mantra, ‘Succeed Anyway”.
They understand that we all live in an imperfect world. And, that life is not fair. They may not even have a clear picture of their goal. Yet, they keep moving forward. That separates them from the pack.
The entrepreneur does the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis. Their focus is on two aspects. Strengths and opportunities. Not their weaknesses, they merely want to be aware of them and mitigate them. Not the threats. They cannot do much about threats.
Business Briefs: April 2019
The Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce will kick-off of the ARCC women’s business council with a meeting 7:30-8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, at Rachel’s Spice Cafe & Co., 240 Warren St., Glens Falls.
The purpose of the council is to promote the affinity group of women-owned businesses, sole proprietorships, and women professional members of the ARCC to encourage increased business and collaboration among its ranks.
This is an introductory/informational meeting for women to attend and learn more about the council.
Admission is free, but registration is required. To register, visit www.adirondackchamber.org.
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The North Warren Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its annual VIP and Business of the Year Awards.
Nominations are due to the Chamber by April 26 and can be sent via email or postal service.
David O’Rourke Becomes New President And CEO Of The New York Racing Association
Courtesy NYRA
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) board of directors has unanimously appointed David O’Rourke as NYRA CEO and president.
O’Rourke had been serving as interim CEO since Jan. 23 following the resignation of Chris Kay.
“David has made significant and lasting contributions to NYRA since he joined the organization more than a decade ago,” said NYRA board chairman Michael Del Giudice. “He possesses broad expertise in nearly every facet of the industry, enjoys deep respect among his NYRA colleagues and industry peers, and understands how the sport and the business will continue to evolve in the future. His combination of skills and obvious leadership ability made this an easy choice and we congratulate David on this appointment.”
BNI Adirondack Chapter In Glens Falls Tops $1.4 Million In Business, Leading Upstate
Courtesy BNI Adirondack Chapter
BNI’s Adirondack Chapter in Glens Falls was recognized in February for passing $1,412,198 in business in 2018.
This makes them Upstate New York’s leading chapter, officials said. BNI is the world’s largest networking organization. There are three chapters in Glens Falls.
The ceremony took place at the Hyatt Place in Malta. Jeff Detrick (JCG Footprints LLC Home Inspection Services) and Keith Crist (A2000 Ink and Toner) were present to receive the award.