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A Monopoly game, based on the classic board game, is being sold locally.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Andrea Harwood Palmer
\nThe Adirondack Trust Co. Community Fund has created a Monopoly board game, specific to Saratoga Springs, is being sold to benefit nonprofits in the area.
\nThe game\u2014based on the classic board game played by millions over decades\u2014is currently for sale in hotels and retail locations throughout Saratoga.
\n\u201cThis was primarily an effort on the part of our own community outreach managers, Leah Ferrone and Caroline Putnam, who work with the Community Fund; Rob Ward, who recently retired, and the board members of the Community Fund,\u201d said Celia Vincek, digital marketing assistant at the Adirondack Trust Co.
\n\u201cCaroline has been down in the trenches with Leah and Rob, working on this project. Brian Straughter (Community Fund chair) has been a huge advocate for this project as well,\u201d she said.
\nPutnam was chair of the Community Fund at the time of project implementation. She is now the board treasurer.
\n\u201cIt started with the Cooley Advertising Firm reaching out to the Chamber of Commerce. Kathleen Fyfe was smart enough to know it would be a heavy lift. The project was brought to Adirondack Trust, in the marketing department, and made its way to Rob Ward and Leah Ferrone, who brought it before the Community Fund,\u201d said Putnam.
\nJeana Nicotera of the Cooley Group was the brainchild of this whole project, said Putnam.
\n\u201cI immediately thought, \u2018Wow, I think this is a great idea. I have no idea what\u2019s involved, but I think this would be so much fun, to put the town of Saratoga on a board,\u2019\u201d said Putnam. \u201cWe were all very excited about it. We went to the bank to get their blessing, and they gave it completely.\u201d
\nNicotera has done this project before in other cities. She worked with Hasbro, the game publisher (the original Parker Brothers company was absorbed by Hasbro in 1991) to put the city of Utica on a Monopoly board as a fundraiser. She did the same with Syracuse.
\nThere were 39 \u201csellable\u201d local spots on the board, money and cards. Adirondack Trust sponsored the photo appearing on the game\u2019s box top. The photo was taken by SaratogaPhotographer.com\u2019s Tom Stock of Stock Studios Photography in Saratoga Springs. The interior board game photo was taken by Randall Perry of Randall Perry Photography, an architectural photographer in Saratoga Springs.
\n\u201cEvery piece of the game has a lot of nice touches. Everyone saw things a little differently, and made it a little better. It really was like a family working together. It was a great time,\u201d said Putnam.
\nTo create the game, Adirondack Trust matched last year\u2019s donations of $77,000, which will be added to the proceeds of the board game sales. The bank also sponsored advertising costs and paid for all employee time involved with the project.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really been a fantastic project. We\u2019ve been chomping at the bit for 18 months to share everything. With only 39 spots, we tried to get places on the board that would make people want to buy the game, because it\u2019s an important fundraiser,\u201d said Putnam.
\n\u201cPersonally, I love it,\u201d said Straughter. \u201cI\u2019ve been a Monopoly fan from childhood. It\u2019s such an iconic game that people remember from growing up.\u201d
\n\u201cThe fact that we had many businesses and nonprofits in Saratoga who wanted to support the game, and wanted to be on the game board\u2014It\u2019s something that brought the community together and is raising important money for the Community Fund,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing game,\u201d said Vincek. \u201cAnyone with a tie to Saratoga is going to love this game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Andrea Harwood Palmer The Adirondack Trust Co. Community Fund has created a Monopoly board game, specific to Saratoga Springs, is being sold to benefit nonprofits in the area. 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