TOWN OF LOWVILLE, N.Y. (WWNY) – In the north country, small businesses are
\noften the backbone of a community. But there\u2019s concern many of these
\nbusinesses could disappear.<\/p>\n
Thousands of business owners across northern New York are at or approaching
\nretirement age and often times they don\u2019t have someone to hand their
\nbusiness off to.<\/p>\n
But, there\u2019s an effort to keep these businesses open, while bringing new
\nbusiness owners into the fold.<\/p>\n
After taking over the business in January, Jon Beller and his wife, Taren,
\nare excited to get to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TOWN OF LOWVILLE, N.Y. (WWNY) – In the north country, small businesses are often the backbone of a community. But there\u2019s concern many of these businesses could disappear. Thousands of business owners across northern New York are at or approaching retirement age and often times they don\u2019t have someone to hand their business off to. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional-press-coverage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n