We have just the thing to lift your spirits during these difficult times: an opening reception of the Holiday Show at the Riverfront Studios, 96 Broad Street on Saturday, the 7th, from 5:00 till 7:00, complete with munchies and music by Ria Curley and her band. The West Gallery will feature small works by artists from past shows and exhibits. In the East Gallery, Laura Von Rosk and Deb Hall will present new work. Come meet the artists and enjoy an evening of great jazz!
We probably fail to fully appreciate what this wonderful gallery has accomplished in its relentlesss pursuit of the finest artists from the area, and beyond, to exhibit and demonstrate their skills for us. The recent live demonstrations by Skidmore faculty artists got rave reviews from the SRO crowd. Next time you read about an artist's demonstration at the gallery, do yourself a favor and come to be inspired.
Schuylerville is fortunate to have many prominent artists and craftsmen living and working here. Doug Klein, of Saratoga Clayworks, has his home and studio across from the monument, and offers classes, workshops, and group tours and demonstrations. Ivy Associates, a relatively new gallery on Broad Street, features continuing exhibits of outstanding artists. Sue Reynolds, an artist herself, although some of us remember her best as My Fair Lady, runs the Gallery on the Hudson, upstairs at 92 Broad Street, featuring local artists. Schuylerville resident Noah Savett is a sculptor of national renown, and his daughter Cassandra is a recent honor graduate of Alfred and a fine potter and artist in her own right.
These are but a few of the artists in our midst. Though Schuylerville has been known in the past as a battleground or hub of river transportation, it always has and always will have the beauty of its riverfront location. Current museum exhibits of Hudson River art, commemorating its 400th anniversary, attest to that. Small wonder artists are attracted to the area. Come join some of them on Saturday, or any other day the galleries are open.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Times are Tough? Buy Something From a Neighbor.
Ever hear of the multiplier effect? It’s the economy’s equivalent of “what goes around comes around.” That’s right. If you spend your money locally YOU will get some of it back.
“Think of yourself as being at the center of your own consumption Solar System with emanating rays of purchasing power,” says Michael H. Schuman, author of The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition. “Each purchase you make triggers purchases by others. For instance, a dollar spent on rent might be spent again by your property owner at your local grocer, who in turn pays an employee, who in turn buys a movie ticket” This is the multiplier effect. “The more times a dollar circulates within a defined geographic area and the faster it circulates without leaving that area, the more income, wealth, and jobs it generates. This basic concept in community economics points to the importance of maximizing the number of dollars entering a community and minimizing their subsequent departure.”
“The multiplier obviously diminishes with geographic distance,” Shuman continues. “The farther from home you go to make a purchase, the less of the multiplier comes back and touches your community. Buy a radio down the block, the multiplier is high; buy it ten miles away, the multiplier weakens; buy it mail order, and your community gets practically no multiplier.”
The most obvious boundaries for the multiplier benefits are the taxing subdivisions within which we live. All business generates taxes of one kind or another. Businesses that are paying taxes to the school district, for example, are paying in to a pool of money that we would all have to top up with our own cash if they didn’t.
The Schuylerville community has many local businesses that compete for our money with national chains. If you are comparing their products dollar for dollar, don’t forget the multiplier effect. For every dollar you spend locally, you get a financial return.
Think of Byron’s Market, Curtis Lumber, Saratoga Apple, and Parisi’s Appliance House. Think of Mid-Town Service, Joe’s Garage, Shelly’s Barber Shop, Olde Saratoga Bike and Board. There are many more: the bank, insurance agency, the restaurants… you probably know one, some or most of the folks who own or work in those places. You can probably even guess where they will spend the money you spend with them.
When times get tough, spend with your neighbors. The multiplier effect will put some of that money right back in your pocket, and remember… what goes around, comes around.
Dave Roberts, SCofC President
Ever hear of the multiplier effect? It’s the economy’s equivalent of “what goes around comes around.” That’s right. If you spend your money locally YOU will get some of it back.
“Think of yourself as being at the center of your own consumption Solar System with emanating rays of purchasing power,” says Michael H. Schuman, author of The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition. “Each purchase you make triggers purchases by others. For instance, a dollar spent on rent might be spent again by your property owner at your local grocer, who in turn pays an employee, who in turn buys a movie ticket” This is the multiplier effect. “The more times a dollar circulates within a defined geographic area and the faster it circulates without leaving that area, the more income, wealth, and jobs it generates. This basic concept in community economics points to the importance of maximizing the number of dollars entering a community and minimizing their subsequent departure.”
“The multiplier obviously diminishes with geographic distance,” Shuman continues. “The farther from home you go to make a purchase, the less of the multiplier comes back and touches your community. Buy a radio down the block, the multiplier is high; buy it ten miles away, the multiplier weakens; buy it mail order, and your community gets practically no multiplier.”
The most obvious boundaries for the multiplier benefits are the taxing subdivisions within which we live. All business generates taxes of one kind or another. Businesses that are paying taxes to the school district, for example, are paying in to a pool of money that we would all have to top up with our own cash if they didn’t.
The Schuylerville community has many local businesses that compete for our money with national chains. If you are comparing their products dollar for dollar, don’t forget the multiplier effect. For every dollar you spend locally, you get a financial return.
Think of Byron’s Market, Curtis Lumber, Saratoga Apple, and Parisi’s Appliance House. Think of Mid-Town Service, Joe’s Garage, Shelly’s Barber Shop, Olde Saratoga Bike and Board. There are many more: the bank, insurance agency, the restaurants… you probably know one, some or most of the folks who own or work in those places. You can probably even guess where they will spend the money you spend with them.
When times get tough, spend with your neighbors. The multiplier effect will put some of that money right back in your pocket, and remember… what goes around, comes around.
Dave Roberts, SCofC President
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