Posts Categorized: Member Spotlight

Founded in 1956, the International Center of the Capital Region is one of 84 designated member organizations that host international visitors for educational exchanges, advocating… Read more »

The Costumer was established in 1917 by Anna White when people began asking her about a local dressmaker that had moved out of town. Seeing… Read more »

Riverview Orchards was settled by the Barretts in 1945 and is currently owned by Isabel Barrett Prescott and her family. The farm has transitioned over… Read more »

Pine Ridge Industries, a production and manufacturing center in Scotia that partners with businesses to accelerate their goals while employing people with disabilities, is highlighting… Read more »

Bountiful Bread first opened in 1997 in a tiny storefront in Albany’s Stuyvesant Plaza. We outgrew that space in short order and moved to larger… Read more »

The Lafarge Ravena plant was originally started in 1962 by the Atlantic Cement Company. That company was purchased by Blue Circle Cement in 1985. Lafarge,… Read more »

Pauline Bartel founded Bartel Communications, Inc., in 1997 as a corporate communications firm. From those early days of offering public relations and writing services, Pauline expanded… Read more »

Jeffrey Kiplinger, owner of Cohere Business Strategies, founded his business in 2018. After a long career in pharmaceutical development, in the early 200s he took… Read more »

Tripi Detective Agency was founded in 2018 by Christopher Tripi. The agency provides many services, including fraud investigations, personal and background investigations, surveillance, divorce asset… Read more »

Angelo Mazzone founded his business in 1980 – it began as a small diner in Schenectady with four employees. He had two mottos as his… Read more »