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DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE

Ticonderoga was awarded $10 Million as the North Country region’s winner of the sixth-round Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding in January of 2023. New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) is a cornerstone of the State’s economic development program. The DRI transforms downtown neighborhoods into vibrant centers that offer a high quality of life and are magnets for redevelopment, business, job creation, and economic and housing diversity.

North Country Rural Development Coalition (NRDC) was awarded $600,000 through the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) to create the Small Projects Fund, which provides matching grant funds to commercial properties in the Ticonderoga Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) target area.

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The Ticonderoga Natural Foods Co-op was awarded $376,000 of these state monies to:

1. Expand and improve our storefront
2. Add space for eating-in
3. Update our commercial kitchen
4. Add more refrigeration in the store and improve efficiency
5. Build equity for our members

WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW

Dec 2025-Jan 2026

Feb-May 2026

In mid December, the Co-op issued an invitation to Architectural & Engineering Services firms to bid for our renovation project. The invitation was published in the Sun Newspaper, the Post Star, and distributed through the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, North Country Rural Development Coalition and the Adirondack North Country Association.

Based on the bids received, we adapted our plan to hire two separate firms. Singer Kittredge was hired to do the kitchen design in compliance with NYS stipulations, and a new RFP was opened for a Design-Build Construction firm to oversee the entire renovation. The Singer Kittredge design is currently in its final phase of approval!

Bids will be accepted until June 26, 2026 at 5:00pm EST. Please view the RFP below and share with potential interested parties.

RFP: Construction Services