Month: April 2017

Adirondack Foot Care Plans To Build A New Facility To Accommodate Growing Business

April 7, 2017

By Liz Witbeck

Adirondack Foot Care is planning on constructing a new facility for its medical practice, as well as other practices, pending the approval of the Clifton Park Town Board.

Adirondack Foot Care is located at 950 Route 146 in Clifton Park.

“We’ve grown over the years and are expanding because of our success,” said Dr. Salvatore Galluzzo, who founded Adirondack Foot and Ankle in 1991.

Galluzzo currently owns three buildings in Clifton Park: Adirondack Foot Care and Advanced Laser Med Spa, which are housed in the same building; Lab Corporation, a laboratory testing facility; and Little Lambs Daycare.

Plans are underway to construct a much larger building that would accommodate Adirondack Foot Care and Lab Corporation. In the new space, Lab Corporation would have double the amount of space they have now, he said.

The building will also have other medical practices. While Galluzzo did not want to disclose the exact businesses at this time, he said that the medical businesses who will be tenants will be new medical practices to the town of Clifton Park.

Woman’s Love Of Cars Leads To A Venture Providing Many Services To Auto Owners

April 7, 2017

Dawn Morrison is the owner of the Kar-Ma LLC, a mobile automotive maintenance business.
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By Maureen Werther

Dawn Morrison, owner of the Kar-Ma LLC, refers to herself as a “motor head” and confesses that she has loved cars her entire life. So, when she experienced what she calls “an early mid-life crisis,” she figured out a way to turn a passion into a viable business.

The Kar-Ma LLC is a mobile automotive maintenance, detailing, and service business, offering monthly “mini” detailing, auto shuttling service to and from the dealership, emergency automotive assistance and more.

Morrison, who has a degree from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communication, started Kar-Ma in 2009. After working for several years in the trade publication industry in Manhattan, she returned to the upstate area sold advertising for Valpak and air time for radio station WGNA. She reached a point in her career where she decided it was time for a change.

The business began informally at first, with Morrison taking care of cars for her friends. It morphed into a membership service, with Morrison charging a flat monthly rate.

Personnel Briefs: April 2017

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017

Sarah Robinson, a partner at Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte, CPAs, PC was named to the Albany Business Review’s list of 40 Under Forty.

The award honors 40 professionals in the Capital Region who are under 40 years of age for their outstanding business achievements and community influences.

Robinson is the third TBC employee to receive the accolade since the program’s inception in 2000. As one of the 40 honorees selected by an advisory committee of business leaders, she will be honored on May 12 at the Albany Capital Center.

Robinson joined the firm in 1999, after receiving her Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree from the College of Saint Rose. By 2014, she was named a partner at the firm.

She is the treasurer on the board of directors of the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is involved specifically with the AICPA’s employee benefit plan quality control center and internally, she sits on the firm’s employee benefit plan audit niche committee.

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Rebuilding Together Saratoga County announced four new members of its board of directors.

Added to the board are Deanne Devitt, assistant treasurer/main office branch manager at the Adirondack Trust Co; Alicia Jacobs, director of communications and community engagement at Excelsior College; Catherine French, assistant general manager/corporate sales development at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs; and Bridget Reilly, chief financial officer at Bonacio Construction Inc.

Rebuilding Together Saratoga County provides critical home repairs and accessibility modifications for low-income homeowners who are older adults, individuals living with a disability, veterans or families with children. The services are provided at no cost to the families they serve and focus on ensuring they can live independently in a home that is safe and healthy. Rebuilding Together also rehabilitates properties that house qualifying nonprofit organizations serving our community.

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Business Briefs: April 2017

April 7, 2017

Creatacor Inc., an exhibit design, fabrication and trade show management provider in Clifton Park, took home four silver awards from the 2017 ADDY Awards, hosted by the Albany Ad Club on March 3 at Proctors GE Theater in Schenectady.

As the local version of the American Advertising Awards, the Albany ADDYs recognize the best advertising work being done in the Capital Region.

Creatacor received a silver award for each of its four nominated entries, one in the category of Product or Service Sales Promotion: Sales Promotion Campaign and three in the category of Out-Of-Home: Single Installation.

The work was completed on behalf of the following clients: rNRG, a renewable energy firm; DSM, a global health-focused company; Callaway, which specializes in golf equipment; and MINDBODY, which provides cloud-based software to the wellness industry.

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The Adirondack Trust Co. has again earned a 5-Star rating from BauerFinancial, a national bank rating firm.

A five-star rating indicates that the bank excels in areas of capital adequacy, profitability, asset quality and much more. In addition, by earning the top honor for 43 consecutive quarters in a row, the bank was named an “exceptional performance bank” by BauerFinancial.

BauerFinancial Inc., based in Coral Gables, Fla., has been reporting on and analyzing the performance of U.S. banks and credit unions since 1983.

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NYS: Rexford Bridge Between Clifton Park And Niskayuna Should Open To Traffic This Fall

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017

Work on the new bridge over the Mohawk River started back up again in late March. State officials say the new bridge, with four lanes instead of two, will be open this fall.
Courtesy New York State DOT

The new Rexford Bridge, carrying Route 146 over the Mohawk River between the towns of Clifton Park and Niskayuna, will open to traffic this fall, state officials said.

Work on the $32.5 million project resumed in the last week of March. The bridge carries approximately 22,000 motor vehicles per day.

“The Rexford Bridge is a vital link for commuters and visitors to the Capital Region and, as we resume construction this spring, we help ensure that the new bridge opens to traffic on time this fall,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “The safety improvements and structural upgrades to this bridge will help ease congestion while also ensuring its continued viability for years to come.”

The work is being done under a design-build contract that calls for a single team of contractors to be responsible for both designing and building an entire project in order to ensure that coordination is seamless, and that work is completed in the shortest possible time frame, officials said. Design-build also provides cost certainty for the state with contractors assuming the risk for project delays and cost overruns.