Big Business Saturday in Schroon A Big Deal

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Photo Courtesy Schroon Region Chamber

Photo Courtesy Schroon Region Chamber

A record 21 different businesses in greater Schroon participated in Small Business Saturday, the biggest event ever.

“The Town was jumping,” Susan Palisano, the Executive Director of the Schroon lake Area Chamber of Commerce, told us.

 “It was aggressive marketing. We went out and got businesses involved that hadn’t been approached previously.”

Sue attributes the success of this year’s event to the way the Chamber attracted new businesses to join.

“We left it up to each individual business to come up with their own deal: Buy one get one, 10 per cent off, whatever they felt comfortable with”.

The Community Church’s Arts and Crafts event – which featured a free gift wrap service – generated a lot of buzz.

There was a steady stream of of pedestrian traffic at Pine Cone Mercantile, 9 Mile Coffee and the Towne Store, Sue said.

Another Big Storm for SNOWVEMBER in Greater Schroon?

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This just in from the National Weather Service:

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED, MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. THERE WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. * WHERE...EASTERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL COULD BE HAZARDOUS. THESE CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING OR EVENING COMMUTE ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY.