The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has received a combined grant award of $1.268 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Mastercard to develop and implement small business assistance programs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 economic crisis. ANCA will leverage the $1 million EDA CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to implement a new Center for Pandemic Response (CPR), to help small businesses across northern New York diversify income streams and decrease overhead costs.