New York Main Street Applications Open for Au Sable Forks
Au Sable Forks has been awarded $315,00 through the New York Main Street (NYMS) Program administered by North Country Rural Development. Property owners, business owners, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations are eligible to apply for funds for interior and exterior building improvements, site upgrades and enhancements, and changes or upgrades to businesses. Projects must be located […]
Public Meeting Notice: Washington County Land Bank
NBC5: North Country Rural Development Coalition shows off finished downtown development projects
by Lindsay Jones, 3-6-2026 https://www.mynbc5.com/article/north-country-rural-development-coalition-shows-off-finished-downtown-development-projects/70645883 The group has completed three projects using money from New York’s Small Projects Fund, with four more lined up TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — Three downtown projects are now complete in Essex County, New York, and the North Country Rural Development Coalition is celebrating the transformation. The coalition showed off three completed […]
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North Country Rural Development has partnered with Downtown Strategies to support the continued growth of the Ticonderoga community by helping recruit new businesses to Downtown! We want to hear from you. Your feedback will help guide this effort and shape the future of Downtown Ticonderoga. Please take a few minutes to complete our anonymous survey […]
Adirondack Explorer: Modular homes offer relief to Adirondack housing crisis
by Tim Rowland, 9-23-2025
NCPR: Ticonderoga workforce apartments project secures $10 million in state funding
2-21-2026 https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/53052/20260221/ticonderoga-workforce-apartments-project-secures-10-million-in-state-funding A 60-unit workforce housing project in Ticonderoga has secured almost $10 million dollars in state funding. As the Plattsburgh Press Republican reports, the proposed apartment building would consist of one- and two-bedroom units and include a daycare center. It would be located by the Ticonderoga Firemen’s Field, between the local Walmart and Route 22. The project’s […]
NBC5: North Country Rural Development brings region new affordable housing opportunities
by Lindsay Jones. 12/11/2025 https://www.mynbc5.com/article/north-country-rural-development-brings-region-new-affordable-housing-opportunities/69702942 The Vacant Rental program aims to give residents more long-term rental options TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — A new initiative is helping to develop long-term rentals and affordable housing units in Essex County, New York. A unit in Ticonderoga became the first finished apartment from the North Country Vacant Rental program. Vacant […]
The Sun: Small Project Fund groundbreakings underway
10/21/2025 https://suncommunitynews.com/news/121793/small-project-fund-groundbreakings-underway TICONDEROGA | The North Country Rural Development Coalition (NRDC), in partnership with the Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance (TRA), the Essex County Land Bank, and New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), has announced that construction is officially underway at three downtown properties through the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) Small Project Fund. The $600,000 […]
The Sun: Major apartment complex receives funding
by Shaundra Bartlett Yaw https://suncommunitynews.com/news/123870/major-apartment-complex-receives-funding TICONDEROGA | A major development in the continued revitalization of the Town of Ticonderoga and the quest to bring more affordable workforce housing to the area has been announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul. $9.7 million has been awarded for the construction of a 60-unit apartment complex that will also include […]
Press-Republican: Ti grabs $9.7M to build affordable housing complex
by Lohrv McKinstry, 2-19-2026 https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/ti-grabs-9-7m-to-build-affordable-housing-complex/article_c304af1e-03a8-4a0d-a281-8af420598fc6.html “Bright Sand is looking at coming to Ticonderoga. If they do, housing in the area will be an important aspect. They’d bring 200 new jobs.” James O’Bryan Ticonderoga Town Supervisor TICONDEROGA — The old Firemen’s Field in Ticonderoga will see new life soon as a large, mixed-use apartment complex goes […]