Our mission is to create a viable business atmosphere that will attract compatible and diverse sustainable economic development opportunities while focusing on major assets, retention/expansion projects, quality of life and job creation.
We are here to help
- Finding the right location
- Workforce recruiting and training
- Financing and incentives
- Personal introductions to supportive, local business leaders
- Connections to residential realtors for relocation assistance
- Introducing you to utility providers for your site
- Navigating local, regional, federal or New York State permits
How to Apply
Ready to act? Our loan programs leverage several funding sources allowing business access to an assortment of financing programs. This cooperative approach to financing offers you, the prospective borrower, a single point of contact through which several financing sources may be accessed. We also offer technical assistance. Please contact our office for more information.
Disaster Assistance to Businesses of Essex County Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding on July 10, 2024
Businesses and private nonprofit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace disaster damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, and other business assets. For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations, the SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster. EIDL assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any physical property damage.
Agricultural Producers Revitalization Microenterprise Grant Program
The Essex County IDA has been awarded $125,000 from the NYS Department of Conservation Adirondack Park Community Smart Growth Grant Program to provide an agricultural producers revitalization microenterprise grant program. Under the Microenterprise Program, the funding must be used to promote entrepreneurship and growth while providing job opportunities for New Yorkers and can also support implementation of climate change adaption, environmental management and protection. This project will assist agricultural producer businesses by providing grants for working capital, marketing, furniture, fixtures, equipment, machinery, inventory, operational expenses, and assist with losses incurred from the 2023 storms and weather that affected agricultural producers.
Agricultural Producers Microenterprise Grant Program Rubric
2024 Agricultural Producers Microenterprise Grant Program Public Meeting Recording
Mandatory Micro Enterprise Training Class Flyer
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IDA Business Loan
Rural Development Loan
IDA Bond Program
Tax Abatement Program
ECIDA
The Essex County Industrial Development Agency is committed to developing partnerships with companies starting, expanding or relocating to Essex County New York. The ECIDA can be a single resource for companies wanting to see the best the Adirondack’s, Lake Champlain and the Olympic region can offer. We engage in the following activities: promoting community and economic development, issuing loans and bonds, and undertaking projects within the county for the purpose of promoting business and job opportunities.
Next Board Meeting
The next Essex County IDA Board Meeting will be held on Monday, November 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM at 7566 Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY
ECCRC
The Essex County Capital Resource Corporation is an arm of ECIDA and is formed and operated exclusively for charitable purposes by engaging in the following activities: promoting community and economic development, issuing bonds and undertaking projects within the county for the purpose of promoting job opportunities.
Next Board Meeting
The next Essex County CRC Board Meeting to be announced
Welcome to Essex County
Essex County
Essex County is located in the heart of New York State’s Adirondack Park—south of Montreal and north of New York City. New York State’s Interstate 87, the major highway between Albany and Canada runs right through the county. Amtrak’s Manhattan to Montreal “Adirondack” also makes a number of stops within the county.
Major Highways
I-87 (North / South); I-90 (East / West)
Exchange in Albany
Auto Route 1 (North / South route to Montreal, Quebec)
Major Alternative routes: US Routes: 3, 9 and 11
Rail
Canadian Pacific (freight)
Amtrak (passenger)
Airports
30 minutes to Plattsburgh Int’l Airport
1 hour to Burlington Int’l Airport
1.5 hours to Albany Int’l Airport
Other: Maribel, and Dorval, Qc
Deepwater ports
Port of Montreal, Quebec: 100 miles
Port of Albany, New York: 100 miles
NY Border Crossings
Service Port – Champlain, NY/LaColle, Quebec – 75 miles north of Essex County
Alternate crossings: Cannon Corners, NY; Moores, NY; Overton Corners, NY; and Rouses Point NY
The Adirondacks
The Adirondack Park is a six-million acre park comprised of both public and private lands. It comprises one of the largest protected areas in the continental United States and it is ecologically significant in that it contains one of the least fragmented temperate forest landscapes anywhere in the world. It is home to 130,000 full-time residents, is visited annually by 8 million people, and it is also significant for its historic resources, including charming hamlets and villages, a rich cultural history and access to recreational resources.
The people of New York State value the Adirondacks as a cherished resource with the Constitutional protections of the public lands of the Forest Preserve and the Adirondack Park Agency which regulates land use planning for private lands. Local communities are also stewards of this unique Park and believe that their communities must also prosper to continue to provide the environmental benefits that are shared by New York residents.
Boasting 1,907 square miles of land, Essex is the largest county in the park. Its terrain varies, ranging from 95 feet above sea level at Lake Champlain to 5,344 feet at Mount Marcy – the highest point in New York State. Lakes, rivers, streams, along with hundreds of miles of wilderness cover the landscape.
Essex County is in the northeastern part of New York State, just west of Vermont along the eastern boundary of the State. The eastern boundary of Essex County is Lake Champlain, which serves as the New York-Vermont border.
Convenient Location – Easy Access
Ideally located in the north country of New York State, close proximity to world markets through easy access of rail, air, sea and interstate. Leave the big city hassle behind for the quality of life you and your employees desire – without losing your market advantage.
All the Qualities of Living – and more!
Already the home to several high-tech, bio-medical and light industrial companies, Essex County offers more than a workforce, but a quality of life not found anywhere else – four seasons of the year. Enjoy the culture and recreation while keeping your business in the forefront.
Contact Us
Submit your request
Send Postal Mail
ECIDA / ECCRCP.O. Box 217 – 7566 Court Street
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Call or Email
Email: info@essexcountyida.com
Tel: (518) 873-9114
Fax: (518) 873-2011