Editing Sharon Springs, New York (section)

== Places of interest ==
[[File:American Hotel, Sharon Springs, NY.jpg|thumb|American Hotel]]The restoration of The American Hotel on Main Street was among the first completed projects in Sharon Springs' rebirth. The structure was collapsing and abandoned when buyers bought it in 1996. The two buyers refurbished the three-story Greek Revival (c. 1847) into a functioning hotel with a full-service restaurant. The guest houses were renovated in 2005

The Klinkhart Building is also across from the American and formerly housed a 300-seat theatre. There are plans to renovate the building and develop a center for the Arts.

One of the grandest structures during the Village's Spa heyday is The Roseboro. Two local residents prevented the 150-room Roseboro from being demolished and began a massive restoration process. The restoration was never fully completed, but the Roseboro Hotel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roseboro.com/history.htm |title=History & Progress of the Roseboro Hotel |publisher=Roseboro.com |date=June 4, 1997 |access-date=May 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226090743/http://www.roseboro.com/history.htm |archive-date=February 26, 2012 }}</ref> could now afford to hold shops. Since 2000, the building operates a functioning restaurant, banquet and retail space. It now houses an antique shop and a Victorian tea room.

=== Local successes and Village enterprise ===
Another Village business is Beekman 1802 Mercantile, which was founded in 2008 by Dr. [[Brent Ridge]] and author [[Josh Kilmer-Purcell]] with the help of soap craftsman Debbie McGillicuddy. The business has been featured in publications and on ''[[The Martha Stewart Show]]''. A Planet Green cable network reality television series, ''[[The Fabulous Beekman Boys]]'', followed the efforts to build a rural business in 2010 and 2011. The show is notable for its cameo appearances by [[Martha Stewart]], [[Rosie O'Donnell]] and other celebrities.

[[File:Beekman 1802 Mercantile, Sharon Springs, NY.jpg|thumb|left|Beekman 1802 Mercantile]]

The 177 structures in the Village appear on the National Register of Historic Places as a mineral resort.<ref name="Glenn Collins 20002"/> The Village won a grant from the New York State Council for the Humanities to establish a self-guided walking tour through Sharon Springs in 1997. There are plaques that remain to present day in Main Street that allow guests to take the tour. Because many structures no longer stand today, historic photos and informative text on the plaques help visitors to imagine the town's grandeur of a prior time.

The boutique trade in bed and breakfast type inns has allowed the Village to take advantage of the sweeping valley and rolling hill type geography of the community for benefit of the town's economy.  Several other inns, beds and breakfast, and houses offering rooms for rent currently operate in and near the Village.

Other entrepreneurs who have moved to the Village continue to contribute to its the city's growth as word of the area's rebirth has spread to neighboring towns, the county, and surrounding regions during the 21st century.

The biggest employer for the Village is a Walmart distribution center; however, there is no actual Walmart in town.

=== Seasonal Events ===
* The Garden Party festival in May
* The Father's Day Tractor & Antique Power Show in June
* Fourth of July parade and celebration
* The summer concert series every Wednesday night in July and August
* The Sharon Springs Annual Antique Fair in August
* The Harvest Festival in September
* The Sharon Springs Poetry Festival in October
* The Victorian Festival in December