Internet-Based Solutions
Adirondack Scenic Byways Online Community and Resource Guide
developed for the Adirondack North Country Association (2009)
AdirondackScenicByways.org: WEB 
This is tourism development project improves the public's ability to explore the wide diversity of free, low-cost, or non-profit attractions available along the Scenic Byways of northern New York. Scenic views, nature walks, hikes, paddles, museums and historic sites are among the over 600 resources cataloged on the website. All of the resources are organized under four main categories: Nature & Scenery; Arts, History & Culture; Outdoor & Adventure recreation; and Events. Each of the resources is linked to its closest community where more information can be found about the resource as well where to stay, where to eat, etc. Provided for each resource is a short description, its latitude/longitude, its location on a Google Map tool, and numerous links to more info. Use the website to find hidden gems and out of the way locations not commonly promoted in travel guides or on tourism websites.
AdirondackCraft.com
Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant, USDA (2001)
AdirondackCraft.com: WEB
AdirondackCraft.com continues to actively test the assumption that there are both commercial business opportunities and rural economic development benefits in providing Internet-related marketing and sales assistance to small manufacturers. Our economic analysis and systematic program evaluation provides a detailed description of how the Internet can best be used to build entrepreneurial capacity and e-commerce expertise within the Adirondack North Country region. In addition, the work raises professionalism among the region's wood products companies in terms of the Internet, e-commerce, and online customer service resulting in increased sales for small companies and leading to diversification of the region's economy. Manufacturers, craftspeople and entrepreneurs are gaining increased expertise and ability in using the Internet to development new markets and expand their businesses.
Online Atlas of Mountain Bike Trails in the Adirondack Park and Other Bicycling-Related Information
developed in cooperation with the Adirondack North Country Association (2005)
BikeAdirondacks.org: WEB
This is tourism development project improves the public's ability to use and enjoy one of the Adirondack Park's most under-utilized recreational opportunities: the mountain biking trails on NYS Forest Preserve lands. This project used the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the Internet to provide accurate, up-to-date trail map information to the bicycling public. ANCA conducted a mountain biking trail inventory and mapping project in 1994 that identified the most popular bicycling trails in the region. That publication is now out-of-print and since that time easement agreements with a number of large landowners have created many new mountain biking opportunities of which the public is generally unaware. This project created an online presentation of over 60 of the best mountain biking opportunities in the Adirondack Park. Included for each trail is a printable map, a description of the trail's characteristics and difficulty, and a list of local contacts where more information is available. This new initiative cost-efficiently builds on the success of the existing regional bicycling information website, Bike Adirondacks.org, by adding this new section of very specific, map-oriented trail information that the bicycling public is looking for before deciding where to take their next vacation.
Adirondack Rural Health Network website
developed for the Adirondack Rural Health Network (2006)
ARHN.org: WEB
Public outreach and collaboration among public health information providers begins with an informative website. The Adirondack Rural Health Network (ARHN) website was out-of-date and did not represent their current services, accomplishments, and community partners. Holmes & Associates, in cooperation with Gipfel Media, created an informative and useful website that provides an efficient and effective web presence for the organization.
EMS and EMT Training & Retention Tool for Northern NY
developed for the Adirondack Rural Health Network (2005)
NYEMTInfo.com: WEB
Emergency Medical Services education and training schedules available for a 12-county area available right at your fingertips. NYEMTInfo.com is a convenient tool for training providers to post up-coming courses, as well as a convenient source of training schedules for the many interested pre-hospital and hospital care providers throughout this rural region. As many as 100 courses are listed at one time, and over 700 local EMTs and other health care providers are signed on. NYEMTInfo.com also makes it easy to learn how to become an EMT or other emergency medical service provider and helps users to maintain and improve their certifications. One tangible result is improved retention of emergency medical service providers.
Enhancing Commercial Use of the Internet for Rural Wood Products Companies
Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research Grant, USDA (1999)
AdirondackWood.com: WEB
The purpose of this program was to research how the Internet can best be applied to enhanced marketing and sales for wood products firms based in rural areas by clarifying those Internet-related business assistance activities that proved most useful to a diverse group of wood products companies located in the Adirondack North Country region in Upstate New York. This program created a new Internet Web site: AdirondackWood.com, focusing on the wood businesses and products of the Adirondack North Country region. The Web site offered business assistance information to wood products business owners, while offering potential customers the opportunity to search for desired wood products and to link directly to wood business Web sites in the region. An experimental design guided the work, incorporating both pre-test and post-test questionnaire surveys interceded by eight Internet-related experimental stimuli.
Online Health Data Query Tools for 6 Counties in Upstate New York (2007)
developed for the Adirondack Rural Health Network
ARHN Health Data Query Tools: WEB
Interested health care providers, planners, and others can log in to access two online databases of regional health data. Using the online health data research tools, the user can examine data for hundreds of health indicators, compare data among the six counties, and find differences between county rates and Upstate averages. The Survey Data Query Tool is comprised of detailed household survey data collected by the Adirondack Rural Health Network in 2004. The survey approach was a random telephone survey of approximately 300 households in each county. The Community Health Assessment Data is comprised of county-level health data available from the NYS Department of Health and other agencies.
Online Health Services Resource Directory for Northern NY
developed for the Adirondack Rural Health Network (2004)
Online ARHN Resource Directory: WEB
We assisted the Adirondack Rural Health Network (ARHN) in establishing a comprehensive online directory of community health and social service resources in the five county area including Warren, Washington, Hamilton, Essex and the rural portions of Saratoga County. We cooperated with other resource directory efforts in the area and created an online, searchable directory that is of use to both consumers and providers of community health-related services.
