The Lake Placid Community Day Planning Committee would like to say thank you to the Lake Placid/North Elba community. This year’s Community Day was a great success and the committee is overwhelmed with gratitude to the many individuals and organizations that helped make our 2025 event so special.

Our Distinguished Volunteers of the Year: David J. Balestrini and Parker Scanio.

Our guest speakers: Assemblyman Billy Jones, Mayor Art Devlin, Councilwoman Emily Politi. We also thank Sen. Dan Stec for the Senate resolutions for David and Parker.

Our sponsors: Marquee – Hudson Headwaters Health Network. Gold – Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York, Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism. Silver – Premier Lacrosse League, Rotary Club of Lake Placid. Bronze – Community Investment Services.

Our partners that supported us with generous donations and time: Adirondack Popcorn Co., Adirondack Awards & Promotions, Adirondack Decorative Arts & Crafts, Ampersound Music, Big Slide Brewery, Big Slide Brewery & Public House, BIG Z’s Hangout, Cambria Hotel, Cornell Sugar Maple Program, Cornell University Maple Research Forest & Forever Wild Farm, Cunningham’s Ski Barn, Dancing Bears Restaurant, Danny Mongno @ NRS, Emma’s Lake Placid Creamery, Experience Outdoors, Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, Grand Adirondack Hotel, Heaven Hill Farm, Identity, Imagination Station, IRONMAN Lake Placid, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid Pub & Brewery, Lake Placid Public Library, Lake Placid Ski and Board, Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society, Lisa G’s, Little Blue House, Man and Beast, Mary Ballou Designs, Mirror Lake Boat Rental, Mirror Lake Inn, New York Ski Educational Foundation, Olympic Regional Development Authority, Palace Theatre, Price Chopper, Prison City Brewery, Raquette River Brewing, Saratoga Olive Oil Co., Station Street Wine & Liquor, Subway, Terry Robards Wine & Spirits, The Boat Tasting Room, The Bookstore Plus, The Breakfast Club, The Fallen Arch, The Pickled Pig, Village of Lake Placid, The Wine and Spirit Shoppe, town of North Elba, USA Luge, Wyatt’s, ZDAKS and Zig Zags Pub.

Special thanks to: Jeremy Freeman, Trent Durocher, Ward Smith and the entire North Elba Park District Crew for grounds setup; Stuart Hemsley and his great voice and talent as emcee; the Lake Placid Public Library for their awesome job with the kids’ activities; the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department Color Guard for presenting the flag and the Lake Placid Elementary School Choir for singing the national anthem; the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center for returning to serve the delicious food; and a big thanks to the McGraw Project for entertaining everyone with great live music!

Thank you to the more than 40 organizations that shared the day with us and told us about all the work they do to make this community special.

We look forward to seeing you next year on the first Sunday after Memorial Day, May 31, 2026.

Lake Placid Community Day is a joint initiative of the Lake Placid/North Elba Community Development Commission and ROOST.

Community Day organizing committee chair, Val Abraham-Rogers and committee members Karen Armstrong, John Bickford, Denise Bujold, Catherine Ericson, Celeste Gabai, Macie Huwiler, Bambi Pedu, Stephanie Pianka, Don Poulsen, Stu Ruttan and Joell Stetson