Blog Entries in May 2012

May 30, 2012
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Categories: General
      That's the view from my corner office (above). I am not very important in the scheme of things, so getting a corner office in the Adirondack Wild was the result of serendipity as much as pecking order.       We are a county of small hamlets dispersed among huge swaths of wilderness. Tourism is big here and existing businesses are small and independent
May 29, 2012
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I was having a conversation last week with someone who asked how the tourism season will shape up this year. He was concerned about gas prices.The season will be fine despite gas prices IF the weather is good. That is reality for outdoor destinations.After weather, it is the general state of the economy more than gas prices that dictates demand and spending in the tourism world, particularly for