Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
In 1996, Rich Davidson took the chance to start a new restaurant and microbrewery in a then struggling downtown Glens Falls. Now, 11 years later he is being called a “visionary.” “We felt something was going to happen down here,” says Davidson.