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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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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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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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
It might not look it from the bevy of construction workers, building materials and rough edges seemingly everywhere, but owner Ed Moore and manager Tyler Herrick are sure the Queensbury Hotel’s $3.8-million expansion will be done in time for their planned ribbon cutting and community celebration on July 21.
“It has to be done,” owner Mr. Moore prods Mr. Herrick. “The Police Chiefs are …
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