Town Of North Elba

Town Of North Elba, a U.S. local government municipality headquartered in Lake Placid, New York, receives federal grants as a prime recipient for airport infrastructure modernization and capital improvement projects, with no federal contracts. The Town acts exclusively as a grant recipient (98% of recent awards) and does not serve as a federal contractor or subcontractor on defense or civilian contract vehicles.

The Town's federal footprint is narrow and mission-specific. All substantive recent award volume flows from the Federal Aviation Administration's Eastern Region under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106). Representative work includes a $455,204 formula grant awarded June 9, 2026, for reconstruction of Runway 14/32 lighting and signage systems at Lake Placid Airport (ultimate completion June 8, 2030); a $2.03 million project grant awarded August 16, 2024, for rehabilitation of 4,196 feet of Runway 14/32 pavement (ultimate completion August 15, 2028); a $542,340 formula grant awarded August 30, 2023, for installation of a Type III Automated Weather Observing System (ultimate completion August 29, 2027); and a $283,373 formula grant awarded July 29, 2025, for replacement of snow removal equipment including a front-end loader (ultimate completion July 28, 2029). The Town also received design-phase funding of $164,249 (August 22, 2025) and $162,750 (April 17, 2024) for apron rehabilitation and runway lighting reconstruction respectively. Combined, the Town has received over $10.9 million in FAA obligated funds since 2021 for systematic airport infrastructure enhancements including runway rehabilitation, apron reconstruction, weather reporting systems, and equipment modernization.

Customer concentration is acute. The FAA Eastern Region accounts for 20 of the top awards by count; the FAA overall appears in 29 of 53 awards across the dataset. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Ray Brook holds 12 awards with $14 thousand combined potential value, representing the Town's only secondary federal customer. Activity is flat to declining — two awards in 2022, one in 2023, two in 2024, three in 2025, two in 2026. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The Town received one sub-grant award on May 8, 2026, related to a Single Family Housing Rehabilitation Program, the sole sub-award in the recent portfolio. The Town does not hold seats on GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs, or agency-wide contract vehicles and does not supply goods or services through federal contracting channels.