Outlook
Businesses remain optimistic about the future of their companies in Montgomery County. The 2001 Marvin & Company Business Climate Survey, which also covered other counties in the Capital District, showed that 64.1% of the businesses responding said that last year their business increased, and another 24.8% said it remained stable. Looking towards 2001, an overwhelming 62% stated they thought profits would increase, with another 31.7% indicating stability. These figures are more poignant taking into consideration that the same respondents saw other areas of the region as stagnant or struggling.
Health Care
Health care options available in Montgomery County include St. Mary's Hospital and Amsterdam Memorial Hospital, both located in Amsterdam. St. Mary's Hospital provides acute inpatient care, a cardiac care center, natural family planning and prenatal care, mental health and alcoholism services, oncology, outpatient surgery, wellness programs, and a birthing center.
Amsterdam Memorial offers emergency services, a general medical and a women's health center, rehabilitation services, adult day care and respite, acute care, pediatrics and ambulatory surgery, and wellness programs. Health care choices are supplemented by a number of private physicians, specialists, and providers of eye care, hearing, chiropractic and acupuncture care.
St. Mary's Hospital, founded in 1903 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, is the largest acute care hospital in the region. The hospital cares for over 130,000 patients each year. St. Mary's range of services is designed to fulfill the total health care needs of the community, while being the lowest cost provider.
More than a hospital, St. Mary's has become a health care system with three primary care centers and additional sites in the planning stages. St. Mary's was the first hospital in the region to develop community primary care centers. These centers, with doctor's office settings, include the provision of specialty medical services and laboratory services as well as occupational health services.
St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam
427 Guy Park Ave.
Amsterdam, NY 12010
Phone: 842-1900 Fax: 842-0107
Contact: Jerri Cortese
Chief Officer: Victor Giulianni
Services:
- Inpatient and outpatient services:
- Emergency
- cardiac rehabilitation,
- alcohol/mental health
- pre-natal
- primary care
- Club 60/Lifeline
Number of certified beds: 143
Number of 1999 admissions: 5,323
Average length of stay: 5.79 days
Number of physicians on active staff: 92
Network/affiliation: Capital Health Network,
Rural Health Network of Fulton and Montgomery Counties
Counties of operation: Fulton, Montgomery
Amsterdam Memorial Health Care System
Amsterdam Memorial Hospital
Amsterdam Memorial Hospital, incorporated in 1888, is a medical health complex that provides outpatient, ambulatory care and acute inpatient medical, surgical and long term health-care services to over 100,000 patients each year. The Amsterdam Memorial Hospital medical complex is one of the region's largest employers, employing over 560 nurses, therapists, technicians and support professionals.
4988 State Highway 30
Amsterdam NY 12010
Phone: 841-3100 Fax: 841-3497
Contact: Marie Austin
Chief Officer: Donald Massey
Services:
- Inpatient and outpatient services
- In-patient rehabilitation unit
- Sleep lab
- Occupational medicine center
- Sports medicine
- Hyper baric oxygen problem wound center
Number of certified beds: 242
Number of 1998 admissions: 2,246
Average length of stay: 4.84 days
Number of physicians on active staff: 85
Counties of operation: Fulton, Montgomery
Education
Secondary education in Montgomery County is provided by the Greater Amsterdam, Fonda-Fultonville, Canajoharie, Fort Plain and St. Johnsville school districts, the Board of Cooperative Educational Services and private schools such as Montgomery Academy, St. Mary's Institute and St. Stanislaus School. A number of approved day care centers serve the area and a complete up-to-date listing can be obtained from the Children Services Network in Amsterdam.
Post Secondary and Graduate in Montgomery County is served by Fulton-Montgomery Community College; Union College and Schenectady County Community College in Schenectady County; and Skidmore College in Saratoga County. In addition, there are 13 other colleges and universities in the Capital Region, offering students and residents an unlimited choice of educational and career opportunities. Ten are located in nearby Albany County including the University at Albany; Albany Medical College; Albany Law School and Albany College of Pharmacy, both part of Union College; Siena College; and the College of Saint Rose. Other colleges and universities within the six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area are Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Hudson Valley Community College in Rensselaer County
Montgomery County's New York Lottery Aid to education for 1997-98 was $6.9 million.
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Sources of Public School Revenue
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Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1996 (in thousands)
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All Sources
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State
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Federal
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Real Prop. Tax
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Non-Prop.Tax
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Other
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Montgomery
County
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75,562
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41,404
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4,727
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25,852
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3,579
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Source: State Comptroller's Office - Represents zero
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Communications
Keep informed on area events through the daily newspaper, The Recorder, the weekly Courier Standard Enterprise or My Shopper. The area is also serviced by the Albany Times Union and Schenectady's Daily Gazette. WBUG and WCSS provide excellent local radio coverage of area events.
Cultural Amenities
Montgomery County is located just thirty-five miles from Albany, the crossroads of the Capital Region. The Capital Region is the home for two resident professional theaters, community and college theaters, a professional symphony orchestra, choral societies, a chamber music group and a resident contemporary dance company. Famous artists from around the world visit the region and perform at such theaters as Proctor's in Schenectady, the Troy Music Hall and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs. SPAC is the summer home of the New York City ballet and opera companies and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Also within an hour's drive of the Capital Region is Tanglewood - summer home for the Boston Symphony.
The list below describes the major arts centers within the region and their offerings.
County Cultural Amenities
Our county boasts six libraries and the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, all of which are rich resources for local history and genealogical research.
Nearly 90 churches, synagogues and places of worship are available for the spiritual needs of the community.
Montgomery County is fortunate to have a number of agencies that provide services to the less fortunate. For example, the Independent Living Center provides services to those with disabilities in conjunction with the New York State Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities. Independent Living provides advocacy, living skills training, transportation, equipment and consultation to nearly 500 individuals and their families.
A strong United Way supports another 13 agencies, which serve youth, seniors and the community at large. United Way agencies in Montgomery County are:
Amsterdam YMCA
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Montgomery County
Catholic Youth Organization
Community Maternity Services
St. Johnsville Youth Center
Horace J. Inman Senior Citizens Center
Alternatives to Incarceration
American Red Cross, Montgomery County Chapter
Catholic Charities
Sanford Home
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York
Montgomery County Literacy Volunteers of America
The Greater Amsterdam Clergy Relief Association
In addition, a growing Hispanic Population in Amsterdam is served by two agencies: Centro Civico, which provides youth educational programs, mentoring and internship programs, bi-lingual advocacy and business assistance counseling; and Hispanic Outreach Services, which offers family assistance services and employment assistance as well as youth programs to the Hispanic community.
Other service agencies include the SPCA Animal Shelter, Hispanic Outreach Services, American Cancer Society, United Cerebral Palsy Association, Association for Retarded Children (Liberty Enterprises), American Heart Association, Amsterdam Housing Authority, Fulmont Development Facility, Montgomery Transitional Services, Office for the Aging (Mohawk Valley Senior Resource Center, Dial-A-Ride, Meals for the Elderly, Veteran's Affairs, Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence, as well as numerous county and state agencies.
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