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MALTA – Small businesses will be getting an added boost through May 2, and consumers that spend at least $20.21 can enter to win weekly gift certificate giveaways and a $500 grand prize.
The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership, a Saratoga County-based economic development organization, this week unveiled the MaltaWorks $20.21 Campaign in partnership with the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Malta Economic Development Committee.
The MaltaWorks $20.21 promotion will help drive traffic to small businesses in the Town of Malta that have been fighting to keep their operations open after battling the economic impacts of COVID-19 for the past year.
Saratoga Economic Development Corp. sues state Authorities Budget Office, saying it’s exempt from oversight | The Daily Gazette
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The economic development organization that has helped bring scores of businesses to Saratoga County is suing the state Authorities Budget Office, contending it’s a private organization not subject to state oversight.
The Saratoga Economic Development Corp. says it is entirely privately operated, and revenue contracts it has with the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency, Saratoga County, and two local IDAs create a “strictly contractual” relationship.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in state Supreme Court for Albany County, disputes an October finding from the ABO that the SEDC is subject to state oversight, because “SEDC is sponsored by and affiliated with both Saratoga County and the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency.”
Sacandaga region looks to grow while keeping its character
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Jason Kemper, right, with his sons Cal and Cole, ice fishing on the Great Sacandaga Lake. (Photo provided)Jason KemperShow MoreShow Less
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From left, Harper Richardson, Ella Hammons, Macy Weaver, Carter Richardson, Cole Kemper, Callan Kemper, Logan Hammons and Parker Kemper Brown (in orange) with a pike that was released in February of 2020.Jason KemperShow MoreShow Less
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A shot of the 2016 Ring of Fire, an annual Labor Day event when lakeside residents are encouraged to build bonfires on their beaches as a show of unity around the Great Sacandaga Lake. This drone photo was taken in Edinburg looking south toward the Batchellerville Bridge. Photo by Pepe Productions for the Great Sacandaga Lake Advisory Council Show MoreShow Less
For Saratoga County Partnership it s bed tax or bust
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Saratoga Partnership President and CEO Shelby Schneider speaks at an event at Wiswall Park on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Ballston Spa, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
MALTA – Since its establishment in 2015, Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership had enjoyed generous funding from the county coffers, about $4.2 million over six years.
But no more. The new county leadership will adhere to the what the county is legally obliged to provide to SCPP, half of the county’s bed or hotel tax revenue, and nothing more. And as the pandemic continues to ravage county tourism, that decision could cripple SCPP s 2021 operations, since that amount is so uncertain.