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Each month during our 30th Anniversary year, The Volunteer will feature articles by longtime BSBPA members who will recall the people, places and events which have contributed to the history of our Association. This month, Roseanne Antolick, chairperson for the Concerts in the Park Se-ries talks about Ballston Spa’s longtime summer tradition.

We are once again at the time of year when everyone looks forward to the summer and all the fun activities that go on. Many of these activities can become family traditions before you realize it. The Concerts in the Park Series is one of those events that the BSBPA has been putting on for more than twenty years. I do not know exactly when the first concert was or who organized the whole thing but I do know that the Concerts in the Park are something that so many of us look forward to year after year. The concerts have always been free to our close knit community and draw people from the surrounding areas as well. We try to find and book new local bands as well as some bigger, better known groups. There is always a variety of music from week to week. We get the support needed to book our bands thanks to the generous sponsorship of local businesses and individuals. In years past, we had one sponsor for one band, therefore we had smaller local bands. Over the years, we have made some changes and we now have levels of sponsorship where all the sponsors get recognition throughout the entire concert series. This gives us the ability to book a few more well known bands. Over the years, we have booked major acts such as Hair of the Dog, Burners UK, McKrells, Ernie Williams, Skeeter Creek and Sirsy. The latter band is once again joining us for this year’s series. I am very excited to tell you that we have booked a great line up for the coming summer. We start out on June 27th swinging with Jump Daddies . The following week it wouldn’t be the 4th of July without a performance by The Ball-ston Community Band. On July 11th we bring you byrds of prey, followed by Three Quarter North on July 18th and to finish the month we have Ray Murray and the Bomb Squad on July 25th. We move into the dog days of August with the ever popular Ice Cream Social featuring the Union Fireman Band on August 1st. Then we welcome back Sirsy on August 8th followed by the Rob Skane 3 on August 15th. We can't forget the kids, so we have once again brought back the Zucchini Brothers on August 22nd and we finish the season with Bentwood Rockers on August 29th. We have covered all types of music from bluegrass to indie rock and folk music along with a touch of swing. Each and every week is a new sound, all brought to you by the BSBPA and our very generous sponsors. Please take a moment to thank them if you see them because without them, the Concerts in the Park would not have had over 20 successful seasons. Thanks to everyone for your support and love of this wonderful event!

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Thank you to the following members for their support for Adopt A Plot through their donations: Fun ’N’ Jump Bounces, L&C Intercable, Mohican Hill Apartments, Paul Van Arnum Greenhouses, The Chamber of Southern Saratoga County, Steve Springer. Your generosity helps Ballston Spa “bloom”!

The Adirondack Trust Company was recently named to the national Top 200 Community Bank list. The annual list was released by the American Banker Magazine and cov-ers the year ending December 31, 2012. The ranking for best perform-ing banks is based on the average return on equity over the past three years ending December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Founded in 1901 in Saratoga Springs, The Adirondack Trust Company is an independent, employee and locally owned and op-erated community bank offering a wide variety of business and personal financial services. The bank has over $1 billion in assets and twelve branches. The Adirondack Trust Company is rated a 5-Star superior bank (the highest) by Bauer Financial for the period ending December 31, 2012 based on the most recent data available. The Bank's website is

www.adirondacktrust.com. Brookside Museum kicks off sum-mer with the Brookside Bash on Fri-day, June 7th, featuring two local bands. Doors will open at 6pm. Opening the show at 7pm will be the BSHS band Assembly Required. Fea-tured band, The Familiars, will play at 8pm. There will be food and a cash bar all night. Tickets are $12 advance sale or $15 at the door. Stop by the museum to purchase, pay online via brooksidemuseum.org and Paypal, call 885-4000, or email [email protected]. To compliment the museum’s Here Comes the Bride exhibit, a series of Wedding Photography will be on dis-play in the Long Room through the month of June. The photographs on display will be donated from several people, showing their own wedding experiences. The Here Comes the Bride exhibit opens on June 14th and will feature historic wedding gowns, invitations, marriage certifi-cates, photographs, and other wed-ding items from the museum’s col-lection of historic artifacts from Saratoga County. Ballston Spa Elks Lodge #2619 will be holding a Flag Day Ceremony on Saturday June 15 on Low Street at

11am. Following the ceremony, the Lodge will host a picnic and provide information about who Elks are and what they do in the community. The food and information will be at the Lodge at 10 Hamilton Street. All events are open to the public. There will also be a flag retirement cere-mony at the Lodge. If anyone has flags they wish to retire, please bring them to the event. We are very sad to report that the village Christmas tree, located in the middle of Wiswall Park, was a casu-alty of high winds during one of the recent thunderstorms. There aren't currently any plans for replacing it, but we will keep you posted. Ballston Spa United Methodist, 101 Milton Ave., will hold its Church Tag Sale during the Village Wide Ga-rage Sale on Saturday June 8th, 9 am-4 pm. Quality items will be offered as well as craft items and vendor items, books and baked goods.

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Renewing members this month: A Little Help Computer Services; Ballston Chiropractic Office; Bulldog Farms Greenhouses; Canty Financial Services; Digital Imaging Technologies, Inc.; Elliott Property Services; Fifty South; Fun ‘N’ Jump Bounces, LLC; L&C Intercable; Mangino Buick GMC; Mohi-can Hill Apartments; North Country Printing & Graphics; Paul Van Arnum Greenhouses; Red Dragon Karate School; RosieBloom Again; State Farm/Sherry Hoffman Insurance; Sunmark Federal Credit Union; Sunset Café; Sutton & Tarantino Agency; Team Howard; The Chamber of Southern Saratoga County; Two If By Sea Galleries: Village Photo, LLC; Ballston Spa Community Band; Ballston Spa Boot Camp; Brookside Museum; Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Services; FANs of Ballston Spa; North Star Church; Cyndi & Rob Pastore, Beth Loewenstein; David Schlitzer & Jennifer David. Thank you for your continued support!

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BSBPA Members: Do you have upcoming events or news that you would like to share in our next issue? Contact Ellen Mottola, [email protected], 885-2772 (phone or fax) or mail to BSBPA, PO Box 386, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. The deadline for the July issue is June

27, 2013. I am also interested in spotlighting member businesses. Promptness is always appreciated, questions answered with a smile!

Member ItemsMember ItemsMember Items Ballston Spa School District News: Ballston Spa High School has once again been recognized as one of "America's Best High Schools" for 2013 by Newsweek. This is not the first time the school has been recog-nized, also making the list previously as well as being recognized by US World and News. In other news, the district's students raised over $9,300 in pennies and donated the funds to fifteen local non-profit organizations during the district’s annual Penny Harvest Celebration that took place recently at the High School. This year, nearly 100 students were cho-sen as Penny Harvest leaders in their schools and were responsible for re-searching local community issues and the non-profit organizations that ad-dress them. End of the year events for the district include: National Jun-ior Honor Society Induction Cere-mony. 6/6, HS Auditorium, 7pm, Senior prom, 6/15, Gideon Putman, 8 pm; High School Graduation, 6/20,SPAC, 4pm; Last day of classes, 6/21. Complete event information is located on the district website’s events calendar at www.bscsd.org. Thank you to John Cole of Cole's Collision Centers for helping to attract visitors to the village during the Saratoga National Car Show, May 18-19. John graciously offered to have BSBPA-created flyers with a listing of our downtown merchants and map to hand out to attendees of the car show, held at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds, and in-cluded our map guide in his goody bags for participants. We hope to have these flyers available for future large events held at the fairgrounds. The National Bottle Museum will begin its summer schedule on June 1, 2013. The museum’s hours of opera-tion will be Friday – Tuesday, 10 am–

4 pm, closed Wednesdays and Thurs-day. The museum is once again par-ticipating in the Blue Star Museum program of the National Endowment for the Arts, which is a collaboration between the arts and military commu-nities to reach out to military families and thank them for their service and sacrifice. Consumers at Saratoga Bridges Ballston Spa Day Hab construct colorful hummingbird feeders that are pleasing to the human eye and to our feath-ered friends! These beau-tiful hum-mingbird feeders are made from recycled baby food jars, polymer clay and beads. Humming-birds are attracted to bright colors such as red and orange. The consum-ers select vibrant polymer clay colors, then roll and cut the clay to create the flower shapes on the top of the jar lid. After the polymer clay is baked, a hole is drilled into the top of the lid to pro-vide the hummingbirds access to the delicious nectar. A recipe for the nec-tar is included inside each feeder. Brilliant coordinating beads on wire create a decorative hanger. These feeders are the perfect bejeweled oasis for the hummingbirds, and make a lovely addition to your garden or patio! The following BSHS seniors were re-cipients of three BSBPA-sponsored scholarships: Kathryn Rimawi re-ceived the $500 BSBPA Scholarship; Amber Peters received the $350 Linda Murphy Memorial Scholarship and Nelanjene Kissoon received the $50 Sally and Mark Monaco Me-morial Scholarship. Congratulations

to them and the entire Ball-ston Spa High School Class of 2013! Congratulations to Drew Fitzger-ald, son of Patty and Bob Fitz-gerald, on his recent graduation from Wagner Col-lege. Drew gradu-ated Summa Cum Laude with an MBA. Drew also received the Wal-ter Rohers Me-morial award for the Highest Aca-demic Achieve-ment. (Highest GPA in the Business Department). Drew is a 2008 gradu-ate of Ballston Spa High School. Ballston Spa lost a very lovely woman and generous volunteer, Ingrid Voss Melander, on May 24th. Ingrid was one of the original BSBPA members and served on the board in several capacities. Born in Germany, Ingrid married her Ameri-can husband, Richard after they met in England. Along with the BSBPA, Ingrid was also active with the Ball-ston Spa House & Garden Club. Our sincere condolences to Ingrid's family. Maplewood Manor will be holding its annual Car Cruise fundraiser, Thursday, June 20th from 3-8pm at the facility at 149 Ballston Ave. Congratulations to Ron Manna and Tracy Theriault of The Brick-yard Tavern on their marriage last month.

June 2013


Business SpotlightBusiness SpotlightBusiness SpotlightBusiness Spotlight————StrataStrataStrataStrata

Re-opening under a new name and concept! Located on 51 Front St, we purchased 51 Front Wine Bar and Bistro as a turnkey operation. A year later we are now able to articulate our vision through an exclusive restaurant that Ballston Spa is eager for.

We are proud to announce our new name; STRATA! Embracing our heritage, it is a Cypriot word which is defined as an old village street. Our concept is to get deep into our Mediterra-nean roots and create a menu that is seasonally based on the concept of meze. Meze are small bites, unlike appetizers which are intended to entice the appetite for the meal to come, that are able to be shared among the table. It is common for groups of family and friends to gather for mezethes and share several of these delightful dishes, a drink, conversation, and laughter. The little plates are shared by everyone to provide a wonderful variety of flavor and texture sensations. The purpose of the meze is two-fold: to complement and enhance the taste of the drink and to provide the backdrop for a social gathering. We will also have a selection of entrées for guest that wish to have a structured three course meal in addition to a variety of small plates for guest to create their own mezethes!

We are very fortunate to live in an area with a number of great local farms and local Artisans that have and will continue to help us provide our guest with fresh ingredients and quality. We feel very blessed and would also like to extend a thank you to the commu-

nity for their ongoing support. Come and see us as we celebrate our grand opening with a fun filled weekend

Friday June 14th from 6-8pm: Official Ribbon cutting followed by a cocktail reception with compli-mentary food and drinks. Special guest Garland Nelson from Soul Session! Followed by a reverse happy hour 8:00pm to close.

Saturday June 15th 6:00pm: Join us for wine and meze food pairing; $55 per person (reservations recommended)

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“I would like to thank you all for your time and great efforts to pro-mote our Artists Reception on Friday. Your work greatly helped to promote our business and showcase what Front Street Home Center is all about. I think it was a nice turn out and great opportu-nity for us, with the help of the BSBPA!” Jaime Cashier, Front Street HomeJaime Cashier, Front Street HomeJaime Cashier, Front Street HomeJaime Cashier, Front Street Home

“I have been meaning to share with you how fantastic the An-tiques Extravaganza was...I was so busy that I came in on Sunday so as not to miss out! It brought in a lovely, well heeled customer. The antiques shops seemed to get a lot of bang for their buck...I was amazed by the volume of new people who were thrilled to learn about B. Spa!” Corina Oberai, Corina Oberai, Corina Oberai, Corina Oberai,

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The TEARS Foundation will be having their 2nd Annual Walk and Rock for on June 22nd at The Cross-ings of Colonie from 10am to 1pm. Visit thetearsfoundation.org for more information. The First Baptist Church of Ball-ston Spa (FBC) will once again be implementing a Summer Lunch Pro-gram to supplement the Ballston Spa school children and pre-schoolers who had breakfasts and lunches pro-vided at no cost or reduced cost dur-ing the school year. This assistance stops when school stops in June. Some children will go hungry. Sum-mer Lunch Program volunteers will go to work making and delivering healthy, nutritious lunches to needy children during July and August. Last year, FBC partnered with the United Methodist Church to provide 40-75 lunches each day. If you would like to donate some money or donate supplies, make lunches, deliver food or help in any way, please contact FBC at 885-8361.

The next BSBPA

Board of Directors Meeting will be held

Monday, June 17, 7 pm

at Brookside Museum, 6 Charlton Street

We encourage members to attend and

welcome your input.


Summer Networking Breakfasts

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:30-8:30 am

Brookside Nursery, 824 Route 67

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 7:30-8:30 am

Strolling Village Artisans, 20 Washington Street

Tuesday, August 20 7:30-8:30 am

Brookside Museum, 6 Charlton Street, hosted by Chips Landscaping

RSVP to [email protected], 885-2772, $5 with RSVP, $10 walk-in

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Saratoga Bridges Day Hab Volunteers at Animal Shelter by Brian Burnett

Of the many jobs that the Ballston Spa Day Hab does in the community, one of our favorites is volun-teering at the Saratoga County Animal Shelter. A group goes there to help out one morning a week. Some of the things we do are washing windows and sweeping the floors. We also wash dishes and wash, dry and fold laundry such as cat beds and towels and blankets that many people have donated to the Shelter. When we have time we enjoy visiting with the cats in the small visiting rooms that are used to help the cats get comfort-able with people. We also bake homemade dog biscuits that we donate to the Shelter. While we are sure they do not smell as good as the candy that used to be made years ago at the Chocolate Factory it is surprising how good the dog biscuits smell. We hope that the dogs enjoy them as much as we enjoy helping all the animals at the Saratoga County Animal Shelter. We also bake homemade dog biscuits for other Shelters and Rescue groups as part of fundraising efforts.

June 4th is Pet Advocacy Day in New York. Numerous events will be taking place in honor of this event. Stop by Crea-tive Endeavors during June's First Friday for a pet-centeric evening! Check out our show of pet themed artwork, raffles for pet themed baskets (to benefit local shelters & rescues), homemade dog biscuits, information about local shelters and rescues and a special per-formance by One Voice (6-7pm).

On Saturday, June 8th, Creative Endeavors will also host adoption clinics at 49 Front Street. Representatives and pets available for adoption will be on site between 10am and 3pm. participating organizations include Estherville Animal Shelter, Helping Paws Rescue and Forever Home Greyhound Adoption. Come meet the animals and possibly find your new best friend! For more information, contact Lena at 363.0015x305. This event is part of the Ballston Spa Business and Professional Association’s 30 years of serving the community.


June 2013

Marketing NewsMarketing NewsMarketing NewsMarketing News Billboards Billboards Billboards Billboards The illuminated billboard on Route 50 celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Ball-ston Spa Farmers’ market—we would welcome a sponsor for this board, which will run the sec-ond week in June to second week in July. Contact Tina at [email protected]. Our Not For Profit

board will be sponsored by Brookside with their Here Comes the Bride exhibit and their Jail House Rock 5K run.

Display ad: Display ad: Display ad: Display ad: Our ads in Ballston Life are promoting our upcoming events, such as ribbon cuttings, First Fridays and those events desig-nated as one of our “30 Events for 30 years”. The next featured events in the promotion include the Pet Adoption Clinic and BSEF 5K Run on June 8 and Village Wide Garage Sale Weekend.

Facebook: Facebook: Facebook: Facebook: Our Facebook page continues to increase visibility of our events and activities, including promoting ribbon cuttings, First Fridays, our concerts (including major sponsor recognition with each concert posting) and our 30 Events promotions. The Ballston Spa Farmers’ Market maintains its own Facebook page and welcomes its vendors to post their specials each week, once the market opens this month.


Ballston Spa’s Village-wide Garage Sale

Weekend June 8-9

Sales galore!

Community and church groups will be

holding sales downtown with many more

bargains to be found in neighborhoods

all over the Ballston Spa area.

Look for garage sale locations listed on the BSBPA website

starting June 4.

Saratoga County Chamber and BSBPA Member Mixer Samples Three Popular Village Eateries

The Ballston Spa Business and Professional Association is teaming up with the Saratoga County

Chamber of Commerce for a Member Mixer on Thursday, June 27th from 5-7 pm, featuring three

Member Locations: Brickyard Tavern, Strata and Iron Roost. You will have the opportunity to visit

each place, grab a drink and enjoy hors d'oeuvres at Strata (formerly 51 Front Wine Bar) and

Brickyard Tavern, with Iron Roost providing coffee and desserts. Networking will be taking place

at all three locations and are all within very close walking distance. Cost is $10 and is payable at

the door the day of the event, at any of the three locations. For those who visit all three loca-

tions, you will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to the participating mem-

bers. We will not be collecting pre-payment, however, pre-reservations are appreciated so we

can have an idea of how many to expect. Call the Saratoga County Chamber at 584-3255 to

pre-register.

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How do I participate in First Fridays (be listed on the How do I participate in First Fridays (be listed on the How do I participate in First Fridays (be listed on the How do I participate in First Fridays (be listed on the monthly First Friday flyer)?monthly First Friday flyer)?monthly First Friday flyer)?monthly First Friday flyer)?

Every first Friday of the month, downtown Ballston Spa celebrates First Friday. Shops, restaurants, galleries and museums offer special activities such as live music, art displays or other unique happenings. To have your event included on the monthly flyer (see page 9), simply go to

http://capturedlightphotography.wufoo.com/forms/firsthttp://capturedlightphotography.wufoo.com/forms/firsthttp://capturedlightphotography.wufoo.com/forms/firsthttp://capturedlightphotography.wufoo.com/forms/first----fridayfridayfridayfriday----eventeventeventevent----informationinformationinformationinformation----form/ form/ form/ form/ and fill in the form with your

business name and special event information. Information for the next month’s First Friday should be submitted by the 15th of the prior month (July’s info should be in by June 15th). If you have any questions at all, contact Eric Se-plowitz at [email protected]. We love to be able to showcase all the great things happening in town, so let us know in advance and join the First Friday celebra-tions!

Look for your Member Benefit Look for your Member Benefit Look for your Member Benefit Look for your Member Benefit Card when you renew your BSBPA Card when you renew your BSBPA Card when you renew your BSBPA Card when you renew your BSBPA Membership for 2013! All new Membership for 2013! All new Membership for 2013! All new Membership for 2013! All new and renewing members receive a and renewing members receive a and renewing members receive a and renewing members receive a card which entitles them to mem-card which entitles them to mem-card which entitles them to mem-card which entitles them to mem-ber discounts at BSBPA member businesses. Our list of ber discounts at BSBPA member businesses. Our list of ber discounts at BSBPA member businesses. Our list of ber discounts at BSBPA member businesses. Our list of participating businesses offering member incentives contin-participating businesses offering member incentives contin-participating businesses offering member incentives contin-participating businesses offering member incentives contin-ues to grow. Find the updated list on our website. If your ues to grow. Find the updated list on our website. If your ues to grow. Find the updated list on our website. If your ues to grow. Find the updated list on our website. If your business would like to offer a member discount or benefit business would like to offer a member discount or benefit business would like to offer a member discount or benefit business would like to offer a member discount or benefit or for more information on the program, please contact or for more information on the program, please contact or for more information on the program, please contact or for more information on the program, please contact Kelly DelaneyKelly DelaneyKelly DelaneyKelly Delaney----Elliott at [email protected] . Elliott at [email protected] . Elliott at [email protected] . Elliott at [email protected] .


June 2013

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Ballston Spa Farmers’ Market Celebrates 10 Years in Wiswall ParkBallston Spa Farmers’ Market Celebrates 10 Years in Wiswall ParkBallston Spa Farmers’ Market Celebrates 10 Years in Wiswall ParkBallston Spa Farmers’ Market Celebrates 10 Years in Wiswall Park

The Ballston Spa Farmers’ Market opens for the season on June 13th. This year marks the tenth year that the market has been sponsored by the Ballston Spa Business and Professional Association in the Village of Ballston Spa.

The market will meet in Wiswall Park twice a week through September 28th and features about twenty vendors per market where customers can expect to find a great selection of locally grown, raised and crafted items as well as Fair Trade products. All vendors at the Farmers’ Market are members of the BSBPA and five of those vendors have been involved with the market since it began in 2003.

Dazzle Spa CraftsDazzle Spa CraftsDazzle Spa CraftsDazzle Spa Crafts custom makes jewelry, many times repurposing old broken jewelry into new pieces, at affordable prices. The Saratoga Cookie CompanyThe Saratoga Cookie CompanyThe Saratoga Cookie CompanyThe Saratoga Cookie Company has a large assortment of classic cookies along with tea breads, jams, jellies and salsa, Saratoga BridgesSaratoga BridgesSaratoga BridgesSaratoga Bridges sells a limited selection of locally grown produce and jams as well as art work from their Creative Endeavors Art Center and Gift Shop, Stutzenstein’s Sugar ShackStutzenstein’s Sugar ShackStutzenstein’s Sugar ShackStutzenstein’s Sugar Shack features all natural sweets like maple syrup

and honey but also sells eggs and meat from animals on their farm, Mango Tree ImportsMango Tree ImportsMango Tree ImportsMango Tree Imports was one of the original vendors at the Ballston Spa Farmers Market and was also instrumental in getting Ballston Spa recognized as the First Fair Trade Town in New York State. They sell of Fair Trade foods and food related items at the Farmers’ Market.

The market will take place every Thursday 3-6 and Saturday 9-noon in Wiswall Park, at the corner of Front Street and Low Street in the Village of Ballston Spa.

For more information about the market please contact The BSBPA at 885-2772 or visit our website at www.ballston.org.

Standing: Emily Damiano of Saratoga Cookie Co. and Barbara Campbell of Dazzle Spa

Crafts Seated: Patrick, Winnie Pino and Catherine Spaneas of Saratoga Bridges Not pictured: Stutzenstein's Sugar Shack and

Mango Tree Imports

Luau Gala

Get out your Hawaiian shirts and

save the date!

July 27, 6July 27, 6July 27, 6July 27, 6----10 pm10 pm10 pm10 pm

The BSBPA will be holding a

Summer Luau Gala

In the courtyard of

The Brickyard Tavern

Look for more information soon!

The summer season is here and many of our community events The summer season is here and many of our community events The summer season is here and many of our community events The summer season is here and many of our community events move outdoors. The BSBPA table is at all the farmers’ markets move outdoors. The BSBPA table is at all the farmers’ markets move outdoors. The BSBPA table is at all the farmers’ markets move outdoors. The BSBPA table is at all the farmers’ markets and concerts with information about Association activities, pro-and concerts with information about Association activities, pro-and concerts with information about Association activities, pro-and concerts with information about Association activities, pro-motional items from our members and Ballston Spa merchan-motional items from our members and Ballston Spa merchan-motional items from our members and Ballston Spa merchan-motional items from our members and Ballston Spa merchan-dise. Ifdise. Ifdise. Ifdise. If you are interested in "manning" the BSBPA table at you are interested in "manning" the BSBPA table at you are interested in "manning" the BSBPA table at you are interested in "manning" the BSBPA table at the markets (Thursdays from 3the markets (Thursdays from 3the markets (Thursdays from 3the markets (Thursdays from 3----6 pm and Saturdays from 9 am 6 pm and Saturdays from 9 am 6 pm and Saturdays from 9 am 6 pm and Saturdays from 9 am to noon), please contact us. We will be compiling a signto noon), please contact us. We will be compiling a signto noon), please contact us. We will be compiling a signto noon), please contact us. We will be compiling a sign----up up up up sheet so that you can volunteer at your convenience. There's no sheet so that you can volunteer at your convenience. There's no sheet so that you can volunteer at your convenience. There's no sheet so that you can volunteer at your convenience. There's no better, more healthy way to spend a few summer hours with better, more healthy way to spend a few summer hours with better, more healthy way to spend a few summer hours with better, more healthy way to spend a few summer hours with friends, in thefriends, in thefriends, in thefriends, in the middle of our village! We also remind our busi-middle of our village! We also remind our busi-middle of our village! We also remind our busi-middle of our village! We also remind our busi-ness and nonness and nonness and nonness and non----profit members that we welcome your brochures, profit members that we welcome your brochures, profit members that we welcome your brochures, profit members that we welcome your brochures, menus, business cards and flyersmenus, business cards and flyersmenus, business cards and flyersmenus, business cards and flyers————it is one of the benefits of it is one of the benefits of it is one of the benefits of it is one of the benefits of your BSBPA membership. Contact Ellen at the BSBPA office your BSBPA membership. Contact Ellen at the BSBPA office your BSBPA membership. Contact Ellen at the BSBPA office your BSBPA membership. Contact Ellen at the BSBPA office to find out how to include your items on our table.to find out how to include your items on our table.to find out how to include your items on our table.to find out how to include your items on our table.

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Conference Room.

SECOND FLOOR-Suite,

lots of light,

$850 per month includes utilities, use of

Conference room and parking.

Call Rory at 857-6400

for details/appt.

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June 2013

Calendar of EventsCalendar of EventsCalendar of Events June 1 Saratoga Antique Bottle Show & Sale, 9:30 am-3 pm, Ballston Spa High School

June 7 First Friday in Ballston Spa, 6-9 pm, downtown shops and restaurants

Ribbon Cutting, 6 pm, The Car Hop Ice Cream Shop & Fine Roadside Cuisine

June 8 BSEF 5K Run to the Future, 9 am, Ballston Spa High School

Pet Adoption Clinic, 10 am-3 pm, Creative Endeavors

June 8-9 Village Wide Garage Sale Weekend, Neighborhoods in and around Ballston Spa

June 13 Farmers’ Market, 3-6 pm, Wiswall Park

June 14 Ribbon Cutting, 6 pm, Strata

June 15 Farmers’ Market, 9 am-12 pm, Wiswall Park

June 17 BSBPA Board of Directors meeting, 7 pm, Brookside Museum

June 18 Networking Breakfast, 7:30-8:30 am, Brookside Nursery


June 21 Ribbon Cutting, 6 pm, Bella Nani Salon & Spa



Saratoga County Chamber/BSBPA Member Mixer, 5-7 pm, The Brickyard/Strata/Iron Roost

Concert in the Park, featuring Jump Daddies, 6-8 pm, Wiswall Park


P.O. Box 386

Ballston Spa, NY 12020

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