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Downtown Albany bid revives gift cards, plans new Split the Bill

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By Steve Barnes, senior writer
on May 25, 2021 at 2:14 PM
Georgette Steffens, executive director of the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District, stands on North Pearl Street in Albany holding a phone displaying the virtual Downtown Albany Gift Card the BID introduced in February. (Provided photo.)
The Downtown Albany Business Improvement District has revived its Downtown Albany Gift Card promotion, which was launched in February to help boost sales at more than
45 participating locations, including restaurants, beauty and wellness shops, tattoo parlors, jewelry stores, florists and more.
The virtual card, delivered via text message or email, will have its information entered manually by businesses that accept the Downtown Albany Gift Card; physical cards are not issued. Available in amounts from $5 to $250, cards may be sent to the purchaser’s own phone/email or to another recipient. ....

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Get half off the bill at Albany restaurants on Tuesday

Get half off the bill at Albany restaurants on Tuesday
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Posts on social media during the Feb. 11, 2021, Split the Bill restaurant promotion described traffic in downtown Saratoga Springs as resembling Travers weekend, as seen here, or other busy track-season days. (File photo.)John Carl D Annibale/Albany Times Union
ALBANY Split the Bill, a promotional campaign created to spur sales at an individual city s restaurants on one day of business, will be held Tuesday at 28 participating downtown dining spots.
Nearly 2,300 people spent more than $180,000 at Saratoga Springs restaurants during a Split the Bill day in February.
Patrons who submit qualifying receipts by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for meals purchased that day only will be reimbursed 50 percent of their restaurant tab, up to $25 per receipt, under Split the Bill. The campaign, launched in spring 2020 on Long Island by the Sidgmore Family Foundation, has been held seven times previously, incl ....

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Half off at downtown Albany restaurants on Tuesday

Table Hopping
By Steve Barnes, senior writer
on May 16, 2021 at 11:28 AM
Posts on social media during the Feb. 11, 2021, Split the Bill restaurant promotion described traffic in downtown Saratoga Springs as resembling Travers weekend, as seen here, or other busy track-season days. (File photo.)
Split the Bill, a promotional campaign created to spur sales at an individual city’s restaurants on one day of business, will be held Tuesday (5/18) at
spent more than $180,000at Saratoga Springs restaurants during a Split the Bill day in February.
Patrons who submit qualifying receipts by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for meals purchased that day only will be reimbursed 50 percent of their restaurant tab, up to $25 per receipt, under Split the Bill. The campaign, launched in spring 2020 on Long Island by the Sidgmore Family Foundation, has been held seven times previously, including the Spa City, five on Long Island and one in Westchester County. Th ....

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New Effort To Open A Grocery Store In Albany's South End

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Plans are in the works to bring a full-service grocery store to Albany s South End.
One by one, stores that sold staples like bread, milk and eggs have shuttered in the South End community, which has created a food desert.
Trayvon Jackson is president of Blue Light Development Group representing the African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region
The Rite Aid left the neighborhood and then the Walgreens more recently, as well as the Golden Fried Chicken and some other restaurants. And then, of course, the McDonald s. So in the course of two years, we lost, you know, anywhere from four to eight establishments from the same corridor. And it s put a lot of undue stress on the smaller bodegas and medium sized grocery, that can t really afford to carry that diversity of our product range. So moving into that McDonald s site, and developing it the way we re thinking is a good solution to that. ....

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A celebration of Albany's public murals

A celebration of Albany s public murals
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1of39Mural at 220 Second Avenue in Albany. (Chris Churchill / Times Union) Show MoreShow Less
2of39Buy PhotoA mural is seen on a building from Broadway on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)Lori Van BurenShow MoreShow Less
4of39Mural at Delaware and Second avenue in Albany. (Chris Churchill / Times Union) Show MoreShow Less
5of39Mural facing a vacant lot along Livingston Avenue in Albany, painted as part of the 2011 Living Walls project. (Chris Churchill / Times Union) Show MoreShow Less
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7of39Elk mural overlooking parking lot between Spring Street and Central Avenue in Albany. (Chris Churchill / Times Union) Show MoreShow Less ....

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