LOCALadk Magazine

Winter 2018 LOCALadk Magazine 49 LOCALadk These days along Main Street you'll find shops like the Johnson Family Farm Store. The Johnson's started out sell- ing produce from their town of Hope-based farm at farmers markets around the region. Anne-Marie Johnson said, "Brad [her husband] always had a dream of opening up a store. I was ver y ner vous of letting go of all these markets." But when the Johnson's were of- fered first refusal on their current 200 -year-old space, they took it. The store was open four weeks later. Aside from pro- duce, the shop offers healthy lunches, and dinners to bring home. They also sell a variety of goods from other local pro- ducers. "I've seen a big change in Northville. Ever y year there's new faces coming in and more ideas from a lot of people who are motivated. Lots of little things that have added up," Anne-Marie shared. The Adirondack Countr y Store is Joyce Teshoney's beauti- fully appointed gift shop. In Januar y of 2018, she was recog- nized by the Fulton-Montgomer y Regional Chamber of Com- merce with the Small Business of the Year Award. For Joyce, opening a shop was something she always had an interest in. After moving to the area for her husband's job in the 1980's, they bought the building and things took off from there. "Northville has come a long way in the last 30 years. There's just more here in town for people to come up and see. It's the kind of place you can take a drive to and just spend the afternoon, walking from one place to another." Northville is also home to the oldest five and dime in the countr y, dating back to 1907. It's famous for its fudge, which co-owner Susan Correll started making a few years ago. Ac- cording to her husband Brian, "She really enjoyed making fudge, and started making 15 varieties at a time. [It's] worked out real good." The Correll's recently received a $500,000 grant from the State's Economic Development Fund. They plan to build a camping and fishing section on the second floor, and a tea- room/baker y/restaurant in the building next door, which they purchased. They already have their baker, Erick Draper, a local who moved back from South Carolina for the position. The couple also wants to add a courtyard, a banquet hall, and then some. Another interesting store is Sacandaga Dog Supply. Bill Ellsworth, the owner of this family run emporium, stocks dog feed and supplies as the name suggests, but he also sells items for all kinds of pets—including cats and birds—along with wood pellets, farm feed, canoes … " Whatever works," he said. Originally from Binghamptom, Bill says his family—includ- ing son Sam and daughter in-law Melissa, who also work at the store —is blessed to live in Northville. "There's gobs and gobs of good people up here. We ended up moving here to- tally by accident… I'll never leave, it's perfect." Peck's Flowers recently opened its second shop across from Tops in an old red stagecoach barn on their property. The original store in Gloversville was started by Bob Peck's family years ago. The addition of a second shop in Northville marks a new chapter for the Peck family. The store has an "earthy"-themed full ser vice flower shop, and sells Ameri- can-made gifts.

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