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LAKE PLACID \u2014 New business owners Tyler Merriam and Nick Prechel are continuing the decades-long legacy of a community shop in Lake Placid, an opportunity they say was made possible by the support of the local community.<\/p>\n

Merriam and Prechel are now the third owners of Adirondack Awards, which was founded as a family-run business by the Abbotts in 1962 before Mark and Amy Ervin bought the shop in 2014. The shop, known for its customized trophies and awards, screen-printed T-shirts, and embroidered and engraved products, has had a few locations throughout the years \u2014 it was first located on Main Street before moving to Sentinel Road. The Ervins moved the shop to its current location on Saranac Avenue around six years ago.<\/p>\n

Merriam, 34, and Prechel, 39, have known each other for around 11 years. They first met in graduate school while earning their master\u2019s degrees in recreation management at SUNY Cortland, ended up becoming college roommates and managed to stay in touch over the last decade. Merriam said he\u2019d always wanted to be a business owner, but he\u2019s always wanted a business partner by his side. Prechel was always his ideal co-owner candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always thought, \u2018there\u2019s nobody I could go into business with other than Nick,’\u201d\u00a0Merriam said.\u00a0\u201cOur skills are pretty complementary \u2014 our work ethic and attention to detail, passion and everything are all really well-aligned. So it just ended up falling into place, time-wise, for both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story in the Lake Placid News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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