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Indoor Play at Magic Meadows
Magic Meadows in Clifton Park features a miniature town, fenced toddler area and open play spaces designed to support imaginative, interactive and inclusive play for young children and families. (Saratoga Business Journal-June 2026)
Childcare Gap Challenges Community
When a parent in Warren, Washington or Saratoga counties goes looking for infant care today, the search often ends before it begins. The wait list at the Saratoga Regional YMCA’s Malta Early Learning Center stretches two years. In some cases, families are signing up before they even try to conceive. (Saratoga Business Journal May 2026)
Viva Empanadas Grows
Viva Empanadas, operates two locations in the Albany area and is preparing to open a third in Saratoga Springs at 26 Congress St., inside Congress Plaza. (Saratoga Business Journal May 2026)
Hat Shop Innovates
Joyce Locks said a bad hair day at the racetrack helped launch Hatsational Haberdashery in Saratoga Springs.
Locks was in Florida watching her horse race at Gulfstream Park when she realized she had forgotten her hat and could not find a store that sold one. Back home, she said, she found the same gap in Saratoga Springs. (Saratoga Business Journal, May 2026)
Arts Sector Gains Data
The Warren Washington Industrial Development Agency has approved a study to inventory and quantify the economic impact of the creative economy across Warren and Washington counties, a sector that includes more than 85 identified arts, culture and creative economy organizations and that local leaders say has long operated without the data to demonstrate its full value. (Glens Falls Business Journal, May 2026)
New Liquor Store Opens
Tim Ortiz spent four years, a small fortune in rent and a detour through the state Legislature before he finally made his first sale at Glens Falls Liquor, the downtown storefront he had long envisioned filling a conspicuous gap in the city’s retail landscape. (Glens Falls Business Journal, April 2026)
Free Business Support
Whether drafting a first business plan, breaking into a new market or handing off a company built over decades, business owners can get help from the Capital Region Small Business Development Center. The service is free, with no time limit and no agenda. (Glens Falls & Saratoga Business Journals, April 2026)
Brewing Expansion
Guy Bucey has never done anything small.
The founder of Inovabed — a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Brunswick with 85 employees and about 20,000 beds installed at Disney properties worldwide — Bucey is also the driving force behind Mixed Breed Brewing, a craft brewery that began as a therapeutic hobby after two combat deployments to Iraq and has quietly grown into one of the Capital Region’s most decorated small brewers. (Saratoga Business Journal, March 2026)
Katy’s Opens Soon
A new chapter is being written for South Street. Katy’s Wine & Whiskey Bar, a sophisticated yet approachable destination for wine lovers, whiskey enthusiasts and anyone seeking an elevated evening out, is expected to open in June at 46 South St., in a building dating to the 1890s that has been gutted and rehabilitated by developer Chris Patten. (Glens Falls Business Journal, March 2026)
Aroxy Celebrates 50+ Years
For more than half a century, the name Aroxy Cleaners has been synonymous with fabric care in the region. While many businesses struggled to navigate the changing tides of the late 20th century, this family-owned dry cleaner has maintained a steady presence by leaning into its roots and prioritizing speed. (Glens Falls Business Journal, February 2026)
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