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Queensbury Hotel — by the numbers

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Here’s a look at The Queensbury Hotel, “by the numbers,” as derived from Chronicle conversations with General Manager/Spruce Hospitality President Tyler Herrick, comments during the ribbon cutting on July 21, and press materials.


$3,800,000: Cost of the current expansion project.
5,200: Square footage of the expanded Adirondack Ballroom when fully open as a single room
3,000: Square footage of Adirondack North, the added …

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V&H did the Queensbury Hotel expansion: Project built on long-term ties

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Queensbury Hotel expansion project was built of long-term relationships, as embodied by V&H Construction, the project’s general contractor.

“Thirty-eight years ago, when I was working for [Jim] Weller, I was the project manager” for the Queensbury Hotel’s indoor swimming pool, noted V&H President Rob Holbrook. He remarks that the hotel’s general manager “Leo Turley was afraid he was going to get fired over it.…

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Architect Michael Phinney, LG grad, ex-RPI linebacker, hotel’s go-to guy

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Michael Phinney, of the Phinney Design Group, was the architect for the Queensbury Hotel expansion.

A 1990 Lake George graduate, he said, “I had a history with Tyler [Herrick], we did the Sagamore renovations together. When Tyler got the nod here, he recommended us.”

“This is special because I was born in Glens Falls,” said Mr. Phinney. “I grew up around here…we work all …

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Tyler Herrick: Entrepreneur like my parents

By Zander & Mark Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor

Queensbury Hotel general manager and Spruce Hospitality co-owner Tyler Herrick says, “Both of my parents were entrepreneurs. They left corporate America in the early 80s.

“My mom started her own little gift shop in the town I grew up in, Topsfield, Massachusetts, about halfway between Boston and Newburyport right on Route 1 there.

“And my father left Stop and Shop …

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JG3 talks biz, ball & camp

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Joe Girard III, who led Glens Falls High School to state championships in basketball and football, is entering his senior year as Syracuse University’s point guard.

He’s been able to cash in on the NCAA’s new rules allowing athletes to profit from NIL (name, image, likeness) .

“I don’t know how many [deals] I have specifically,” JG3 told The Chronicle via Zoom from a …

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