On Dec. 2, 2019, Nicole Hylton-Patterson was hired as the Adirondack
\nDiversity Initiative\u2019s first director. A year later, she\u2019s now providing a
\nbundle of gifts gathered from area shops to an African American family
\nthat\u2019s recently settled in Saranac Lake.<\/p>\n
This is one of many initiatives she\u2019s launched to make the region more
\nwelcoming to visitors of diverse backgrounds and, in this case, a family
\nthat\u2019s taking up residence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Dec. 2, 2019, Nicole Hylton-Patterson was hired as the Adirondack Diversity Initiative\u2019s first director. A year later, she\u2019s now providing a bundle of gifts gathered from area shops to an African American family that\u2019s recently settled in Saranac Lake. This is one of many initiatives she\u2019s launched to make the region more welcoming 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-2908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional-press-coverage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n