...finding a "north" experience in community sustainability and the best coffee.
The product of our collaborative mission with local agencies, local government, and PEOPLE expressing need for sustaining a community experience around good food choices;—this mutual effort since May 2018 was to create the 2021-2026 Development of Schuyler County's own gathering/marketplace of Farm Produce, Local High-craft Products and Learning—lovingly called...
MONTOUR MARKET.
NORTH is a place I can meet with others and be creative—to envision key aspects of sustainability coming alive locally.
Mark and Rebecca
Designers
NORTH NEW YORK LLC has been formed in New York on June 1, 2018 to flaunt the expertise, talents, experiences and education of its founder/startup entrepreneur Mark Wilber and co-owner/designer Rebecca Wilber. The team is well apportioned with High Art, High Craft, Analytic & Design Thinking; Branding and Marketing Development, Completely Contagious to WorkGroups and Clients. Impassioned by Nature, Health and Wellness, OrganicFarming, Viticulture, The Finger Lakes, The Adirondack Park and New York Lake Villages. Strong in implementing efficient business process, able to measure ... capable to develop repeatable process; eyes wide open for next locations in the FLX and ADK!
OUR FIRST BIG COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT: Montour Market’s central focus is to serve as an outlet for the sale of local produce and products as well as household essentials and specialty food products not available to the consumer locally. Currently, the market works with Muddy Fingers Farm located in Hector, Spice of Life Farm located in Alpine, NY, Plowbreak Farm in Burdett, NY, and Birdskog Farm in Alpine, NY. Additionally, Montour Market sells fresh bread from Wide Awake Bakery, hummus from Ithaca Hummus, mushrooms from Hawk Meadow Farm, apothecary from Bespoke Apothecary, jams from Ort Family Farm, milled organic grain from Farmer Ground Flour, dairy products from Ithaca Milk, grass fed beef from Pine Meadow Farm, and honey from Almosta Apiary and Dancing Bees Honey Farm. Additionally, Montour Market does special pop-up collaborations with Mangus Farms, Mandeville Farm and Shaw Vineyard.
The product of our collaborative mission with local agencies, local government, and PEOPLE expressing need for sustaining a community experience around good food choices;—this mutual effort since May 2018 was to create the 2021-2024 Development of Schuyler County's own gathering/marketplace of Farm Produce, Local High-craft Products and Learning—lovingly called...
MONTOUR MARKET.
Thanks to: Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development (FLXgateway.com) & The FLX Gateway Community Development Corporation
A special thanks to Michael Lausell for a special tranche funding gift to kickstart due to the pandemic onset and food supply/demand disruption.
And to: The Village of Montour Falls, Amanda Rodriguez Demaria and fellow members of Sustainable Montour Falls
And to: Cornell Cooperative Extension—Schuyler County
And to: our advisors, friends/volunteers and customer/members.
MONTOUR HOUSE (Just 100 meters from the Shequaga Falls Park!)
401 W Main St, Montour Falls, New York USA
Open at Montour House:
Tuesday-Friday 8AM to 2PM
Saturday 9AM to 2PM
Special Openings by Appointment for Groups
*our Google platform is most accurate for quick schedule changes we may make*
Montour Market by NORTH NEW YORK LLC
Montour Market is started ahead of plan (June 1, 2020!). We named this phase with passion and hope: design zero. Design 1 was the original start date of January 2021 but then we were faced with a SARS CoV-2 pandemic which escalated concerns among our friends and stakeholders that we could be dealing with some grave challenges over time here in Montour Falls, Watkins Glen and our whole county regarding food supply.
Our stakeholders want food stability and local food sources. They are an amazing blend of local non-profits, village government, Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development, doctors & nurses, educators (nutritionists, public health specialists), other artists & designers, businesses and villagers.
During this “design 0” phase, we connected with some initial farms and local food producers using investment from some key Montour Market stakeholders to purchase Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSA) Shares. Many of our family and friends have joined in as a food hub experience to grow this community activity to design 1 and design 2.
THIS IS ABOUT YOU. THANK YOU!
Along this path you will be helping to feed many in need as special moneys are being fronted to our local villagers. Montour Falls has around a quarter of its residents, and nearly forty percent of families with children, living below the poverty line. In addition, nearly one quarter of households in the Village receive SNAP benefits and our systems are now set up and "SNAP ready."
In “design zero” you are saving some beautiful Schuyler County Farms as we invest in 1000’s of acres of production that has been experiencing double digit growth for the last 2 decades. The green economy is a baseline economy of all of Upstate New York which is healthy and strong. By investing in shares of Montour Market OR EVEN simply volunteer to come to our new food hub, help, and then purchase shares to take home, you are plugging in to the strength of this new economy.
We look forward to seeing more of you soon!
Love & Hope-
-Mark & Rebecca, Sanna, Mattea, Roxanne, Michael, Rusty, Chip, Colleen, Jess, Amanda, John, Jim, Roger, Phil, Judy, Bruce and Bruce.
