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Month: December 2022

State’s Innovation Summit Will Be Held At Saratoga City Center In October Of 2023

Posted onDecember 13, 2022
This is one of the exhibits at the 2022 Innovation Summit held in Buffalo. Next year’s event will bring exhibitors and attendees to Saratoga Springs.
Courtesy FuzeHub

Next year’s New York State Innovation Summit will be held in October in Saratoga Springs, presenters of the event  NYSTAR and FuzeHub announced last month.

The event will be held Oct. 16-17 at the Saratoga City Center. 

The multi-day event is for New York state organizations that want to showcase and discover new and emerging technologies that support innovation and drive business growth.

It serves as an opportunity to foster collaboration; introduce industry to experts that can assist growth, strengthen our statewide innovation ecosystem and showcase promising early stage companies.  

“Whether you’re a startup, an economic developer, or an established manufacturer, the NYS Innovation Summit is for you,” organizers said.

The 2023 New York State Innovation Summit will showcase companies and researchers at the forefront of emerging technologies and new advancements in production capabilities.  

The event celebrates New York State leadership in technology-led economic growth with experts in biotechnology, new materials, energy innovation, and artificial intelligence that will explore current technology convergence opportunities, ways to accelerate commercialization, and issues of manufacturing sustainability.

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West Mountain And Gore Ski Centers Anticipate Strong Season Based on Early Sales

Posted onDecember 13, 2022
West Mountain installed a radio-frequency identification system that will help with the staffing shortages by reducing the need for ticket takers. The anticipated opening is Dec. 24.
Courtesy West Mountain

By Christine Graf

With ski season officially underway, staffs at Gore Mountain and West Mountain are gearing up for what is likely to be another very busy winter. Last season, Gore had a record-breaking year for both revenue and season pass sales. 

According to Gore’s general manager James “Bone” Bayse, pass sales for the 2022-2023 season have been strong.

“I’m not sure that we will break last year’s record because it was so high, but we will be very close. At the moment, we are tracking that way.”

Meanwhile at West Mountain in Queensbury, “Last winter was a good, solid, profitable year,” said co-owner Spencer Montgomery. “Coming into this year, revenue-wise which includes season passes, we are up about 20 percent over last year. We pre-sell school programs, and that has been really strong this year. We’re on a fiscal year that starts May 1 and we’re probably pushing a 30 percent increase in sales for the same period last year.”

During the off season at Gore, an additional 230 snow guns were added to the snowmaking fleet. Some of these guns will be used on the new trail that was cut into Burnt Ridge Mountain. 

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Motif Opens As Showroom For Interior And Architectural Designer Kennedy Taylor

Posted onDecember 13, 2022
Kennedy Taylor, left, sits in Motif with Rachel Gac, a designer. Taylor owns Studio K.
©2022 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Susan Elise Campbell

Only one year after starting her own residential interior and architectural design business, Stuidio K owner Kennedy Taylor has opened a retail showroom called Motif Home Gallery that she says  “bridges the gap” for homeowners, design professionals and vendors. 

The new venture comes at a time when home renovation has been in high demand, especially for the large scale remodels and luxury construction that is Taylor’s niche.

“Motif is a one-stop shop where homeowners can have their spaces deigned from the ground up,” she said. “We display some favorite vendors of lighting, fixtures, wall coverings, fabric and furniture and assorted items of cool and unique home décor, all under one roof.”

Taylor plans to introduce cabinetry displays in the spring, she said.

Describing her style as “a mix of classic Americana and modern with some rock ’n roll,” Taylor said, “I like high-end glamour and elegance with a little glitter among the refined.”

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SARATOGA CoWorks Opens Third Branch In Saratoga Springs; Space Filling Fast

Posted onDecember 13, 2022
Owners Dorothy Rogers-Bullis and Dan Bullis opened a new SARATOGA CoWorks location.
©2022 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Christine Graf

In response to the growing demand for coworking spaces, SARATOGA CoWorks has opened its third location at 92 Congress St. in Saratoga Springs.

SARATOGA CoWorks provides fully remote, hybrid, or independent professionals with a shared workspace that features all of the amenities of a traditional office. The company’s other locations are at 462 Broadway and 153 Regent St.

Owners Dan Bullis and Dorothy Rogers-Bullis also own drb Business Interiors, a commercial design and furniture company. That company designed and outfitted each of the three SARATOGA CoWorks spaces.

After purchasing the building at 92 Congress Street, the couple transformed the second floor into a state of the art coworking space.  It features private offices, suites, private desks, best in class internet, security, kitchen and on site parking.  Falkbuilt wall systems were used for floor to ceiling privacy and reduced sound.

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Skidmore College Selects New Dean Of Faculty, Vice President Of Academic Affairs

Posted onDecember 13, 2022
Dr. Dorothy E. Mosby will be dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs.
Courtesy Skidmore College

Skidmore College announced that Dr. Dorothy E. Mosby will serve as the college’s next dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs following a national search. 

Mosby will join the Skidmore community on or around June 1. She will succeed Michael Orr, who will return to a faculty role in the Department of art history. 

 “Dr. Mosby brings exceptional experience, skill, and leadership that will be key in supporting and leading our faculty and staff,” President Marc C. Conner said. “She also prioritizes students, will be a wonderful addition to Skidmore’s leadership team, and will act as an integral partner in the College’s efforts to support a more welcoming, diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible campus community.” 

Mosby most recently completed a two-year term as interim dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., where she has been a faculty member since 2003 in the Department of Spanish. 

She earned a master’s degree in Spanish and a doctoral degree in romance languages from the University of Missouri-Columbia. At  Mount Holyoke, she served in a wide range of leadership roles, including chair of the Spanish, Latina/o and Latin American Studies Department, faculty director and resident director of the MHC-Goucher Costa Rica Program, chair of the African and African American Studies Program, and the inaugural associate dean of faculty for faculty diversity, inclusion, and development.

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Tourism Group ‘Discover Saratoga’ Honored At Northstar Meetings Group Stella Awards

Posted onDecember 13, 2022
Darryl Leggieri, president of Discover Saratoga, poses with staff in the group’s Saratoga Springs offices. The organization was awarded a Stella Award for its outstanding promotional work.
©2022 Saratoga Photographer.com

Discover Saratoga was honored by the Northstar Meetings Group at the organization’s sixth annual Stella Awards. 

Discover Saratoga was named a bronze winner in the Northeast category for Best CVB/DMO. 

The Stella Awards are the meeting industry’s highest honor, recognizing hotels, convention centers, conference centers, airlines, cruise lines, DMOs/CVBs and DMCs that consistently deliver quality service and innovation to meeting and event professionals.

A total of 220 organizations from around the globe are honored for consistently delivering quality service and innovation to meeting and event professionals.

“What an honor,” said Darryl Leggieri, president of Discover Saratoga. “We are thrilled to be recognized as one of the top Convention and Tourism Bureaus in the industry. We’re so grateful to our hospitality partners for their service, and for making Saratoga Springs a popular destination for meetings and events.”

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Havana Cigar Lounge In Ballston Spa Offers Two Spacious Suites For Enjoying A Smoke

Posted onDecember 13, 2022
Havana Cigar Lounge owner Matt Akari finds time to relax in his new shop. It was a Stewart’s Shop on Route 50 that he completely renovated.
©2022 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Christine Graf

Less than six months after selling his Ballston Spa Citgo station, longtime village resident Matt Akari opened Havana Cigar Lounge in the former Stewart’s building on Route 50 and Northline Road. 

Before establishing his own lounge, Akari visited cigar lounges throughout the United States.

“I’ve been visiting cigar lounges all over the country for the past 18 years,” he said. “I was invited by vendors because I was selling tobacco products at the gas station.”

Akari found the cigar lounge experience to be so relaxing and enjoyable that he resolved to one day open a lounge of his own. After selling his Citgo station in May, he realized that day had come. He purchased the former Stewarts building that same month and got to work remodeling it.

“It’s a good location and a good-sized space, and it has plenty of parking,” he said. “There was nothing in there. It was wall-to-wall empty. We built some walls and redid the whole insulation and all of the electrical and ventilation.”

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Dark Gem Shoppe Offers Jewelry Mostly Designed, Made By Owner Jessica Boshek

Posted onDecember 12, 2022
Jessica Boshek displays some of the items she sells at Dark Gem Shoppe, a business she owns in the Beekman Arts District in Saratoga Springs.
©2022 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Jill Nagy

One could easily get lost browsing in the Dark Gem Shoppe, jewelry designer Jessica Boshek’s new shop at 30 Beekman St. in Saratoga Springs. 

There is jewelry everywhere, much of it designed and made by Boshek, and trays of jewelry-making supplies including pearls, precious stones, silver and gold.

Elsewhere, there are crystals, candles, incense holders, and enough skeletons and moons for year-round Halloween celebrations. 

She describes the decor as “dark academia” mixed with “steam punk.” There are pillows, a bird cage, paintings and other wall hangings, beauty products and shelves of odds and ends. On the whole, more jumble shop than Harry Potter.

Boshek makes custom jewelry and also offer classes for the do-it-yourself crowd. She plans “design and wine” and “design and dine” classes, probably beginning in January. 

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Personnel Briefs: December 2022

Posted onDecember 12, 2022

Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co. recently appointed A. Kishani Choudhury as branch manager of the Clifton Park office.

Choudhury joined the bank in 2018 as a business development officer and was most recently branch manager of the Schenectady Office.

In her Clifton Park Office role, she manages the staff and branch operations to deliver quality customer service while strengthening established relationships. She brings almost 20 years of banking experience to the position.

Choudhury is active in her community, serving on the Women In Business committee for the Southern Saratoga Chamber, as a member of Schenectady Business and Professional Women’s Club, a member of Business Network International and as a children’s ministry leader in her church. She currently lives in Malta.

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Upstate Agency LLC part of the Arrow Family of Companies, recently welcomed Matthew S. Ellis as senior commercial lines account manager.

Ellis is responsible for servicing a dedicated book of existing clients, which includes processing service-related needs and marketing renewals, as well as developing new business.

Ellis brings more than 10 years of local commercial lines insurance experience as an account manager and in commercial lines marketing. He is a licensed property and casualty agent and broker and is a designated certified insurance service representative.

He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The College of Saint Rose and lives in Schuylerville.

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Salerno Law PC Now Operating Out Of New, Spacious Offices In Ballston Lake

Posted onDecember 12, 2022
Kimberly Salerno in her new offices at 16 Round Lake Road in Ballston Lake.
©2022 Saratoga Photographer.com

By Christine Graf

After eight years of being located in downtown Ballston Spa, real estate attorney Kimberly Salerno has relocated Salerno Law PC to 16 Round Lake Road in Ballston Lake.

She has been practicing law for 20 years and specializes in residential and commercial real estate. Salerno also owns a title company that operates out of her law office.

It was after outgrowing her leased space in Ballston Spa that Salerno began looking for a larger office. Although she initially planned to remain in the village, finding a space with adequate parking proved impossible.

“For closings, sometimes we have 10 people coming,” she said. “I needed a parking lot.”

Salerno lives less than a mile from her new office which is conveniently located just off Northway Exit 11. Before purchasing the building—a former Stewart’s shop—she drove by it every day on her way to work. It sat empty for many years.

While driving by one day she realized the empty building could function as a law office. She purchased the property in April and embarked on a major renovation project. Prime Construction is the contractor and Jenna Burger is the interior designer.

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