The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce is set to host the 2018 Saratoga County Business-to-Business Expo on Thursday, Oct. 4 at the Saratoga Springs City Center.
The event will start at 3:30 p.m. for members and vendors and at 5 p.m. for non-members. It will conclude at 7 p.m. Non-members pay a $5 fee,
The Adirondack Trust Co. is the presenting sponsor of the expo.
By Susan E. Campbell
The quest for healthier, cozier homes is driving residential interior design trends, say two Saratoga-based professionals.
“The move to more natural, organic materials is driven largely by health concerns, just like food trends,“ said Shelly Walker, owner of Finishing Touches Home Decor in Wilton. “We are using more stone, copper, concrete, bamboo and wood in residences now, along with non-toxic organic fabrics. Parents don’t want their children exposed to toxins and gasses.”
Beverly Tracy, founder of Beverly Tracy Home Design in Saratoga Springs, agrees that color selections and textures are influenced by the trend back to nature.
By Warren Evans
Zero energy (ZE) commercial buildings are grid-integrated buildings capable of generating as much energy as they consume through advanced efficiency technologies and onsite generation systems such as solar power and geothermal energy.
Beyond the environmental benefits, ZE projects provide owners with significant business value through resilience, employee and tenant retention and the ability to enjoy higher rents. Through intelligent design, clean construction and well-planned financing, developers can substantially increase the value of a commercial building with ZE.
The 2018 Saratoga Showcase of Homes will take place over three weekends this month and tickets are now on sale.
The event benefits Rebuilding Together Saratoga County and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties.
Now celebrating its 23rd year, this annual community event has contributed over $1 million local charities.
By Maureen Werther
The recent damage to the Saratoga Springs City Hall after being struck by lightning may have prompted some business owners to look at their own insurance policies and see if they have business interruption insurance.
What would happen to a business if an unforeseen disaster struck? Are businesses prepared to weather the storm and rebuild without breaking the bank?
Business interruption insurance is the part of a business policy that will help when businesses are recovering from a fire, flood, or natural disaster.
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Sherry Finkel Murphy, MS, RICP
The ability to grab and hold on to the best talent is crucial to the long-term success of any business.
One of the most effective ways to keep employees engaged and motivated is by offering them a carefully crafted benefits plan. Along with salary, it’s what employees look at most carefully when deciding whether to join and stay with a firm.
By Breanna L. Lundy
You may not be aware of it, but September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. Of course, you probably recognize, at least in a general sense, the importance of life insurance, but do you know the various ways in which it can help you?
Life insurance can play a sizable role in your ability to achieve some important financial goals, such as these:
Capital Financial Group Inc., headquartered at 89 Saratoga Ave. in South Glens Falls, recently rebranded as the Employee Benefits Division of Upstate Agency LLC, its sister agency.
Both Upstate and Capital have been part of the Arrow Financial Corp. family of companies, which includes Glens Falls National Bank and Saratoga National Bank, for many years.
The joining of Capital under the Upstate brand seeks to deliver more value to the customer through efficiency and synergy.
This year a record year for Backpacks of Hope, a program of the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County’s Women in Business committee.
Over 400 new backpacks, with over 200 containing complete school supplies, were donated by the committee to Wellspring on Aug. 15. Every year since 2007, Women in Business Committee members have gathered in August to fill new backpacks to aid Wellspring, the domestic violence services resource for Saratoga County residents. The committee has donated over 1,300 new backpacks to Wellspring.
Baskets of Hope benefits local families who seek the assistance and refuge of Wellspring. As financial hardships only add to the burden of a family facing domestic violence issues and relationship abuse, providing a child with a new backpack filled with school supplies helps ease that burden at the start of the school year.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has issued a tool that provides guidance and resources for communities seeking to develop solar projects on underutilized properties such as landfills and brownfields.
What is called the Municipal Solar Procurement Toolkit supports recent revisions to the NY-Sun Megawatt Block Program which provides financial incentives for developing solar projects in those areas.
The NY-Sun initiative supports the mandate for 50 percent of the state’s electricity to come from renewable resources by 2030 to combat climate change.