Monthly Archives: April 2021

Downtown Albany Welcomes Its First New York Farm Meadery

April 30, 2021 – 3:02 pm

A former Albany County Land Bank property is now home to downtown Albany’s first New York Farm Meadery, following the building’s purchase and restoration by investors William “Tragedy” Yager and Patrick Chiou. Located at 140 Hamilton Street, The Bull and Bee: Meadery & Tasting Room was welcomed with a ribbon cutting ceremony April 30.  Named […]

#DowntownWorks For Garfunkel Wild

April 27, 2021 – 10:40 am

Working with Carrow Real Estate Services, when it came time to renew their lease at 677 Broadway in downtown Albany, the attorneys at Garfunkel Wild, PC didn’t have to think too hard. “Number one, we love our space here,” said firm partner Jim Dering. “I do believe it’s some of the nicest space in the […]

Back To Business: Capital Region Ujamaa Market

April 19, 2021 – 6:38 pm

The concept for the Capital Region Ujamaa Market predated the coronavirus pandemic, but the health crisis and the economic downturn it caused – as well as a national focus on social justice and equity – crystalized the need for an effort to support and showcase local Black-owned businesses, according to the market’s founder, George Lopez, […]

#DowntownWorks For Key Capture Energy

April 6, 2021 – 12:36 pm

Dan Fitzgerald co-founded the start-up company Key Capture Energy, an independent developer of utility-scale energy battery storage projects, in Houston, Texas in 2016. It was, at the time, a natural fit as Texas has long been known as the nation’s energy capital. But for Fitzgerald, a lifelong New York resident and UAlbany graduate, the idea […]