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We appreciate them, and we hope you do as well.

A special shout out to the folks at New World Bistro Bar . This Thursday, September 7, they'll be hosting a Dine to Donate event, giving 20 percent of all the proceeds that night to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund and the Houston Food Bank.

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Food and Drink

Oktoberfest
Wolff's Biergarten, celebrating the annual North Albany Oktoberfest, Saturday, October 1 September 30.

Great Flats
Great Flats Brewing in Downtown Schenectady just released their Super Brunch Stout -- a sweet dark stout brewed with 8 different malts, oats, brown sugar and molasses, with a healthy dose of Schenectady's own Electric City Roasters' single origin Congo organic coffee.

Local, healthy, delicious
Honest Weight Food Coop. Eat healthy, eat local.

Catering
New World Catering, bringing small dinners, big parties and weddings to you.

Nine Pin Ciderworks
Check out their beautiful tasting room.

City Beer Hall
Albany's City Beer Hall, great food, beer dinners and more.

Ways to get where you're going

CDTA: whether it's work or play, CDTA can get you where you're going and safely back home again. Shuttles, bikes and the Navigator card make it easy.

Higher Education
The College of Saint Rose, sponsor of the AOA Startup Grant 2017--offering a Masters in Business Administration

Staying Healthy
CDPHP started out as a small business. Now they're a sponsor of the AOA Business Startup Contest.

Stuff to do

B'nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany welcomes you to their Days of Awe celebrations of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, free of charge.

Downtown Troy Restaurant Week
Downtown Troy Restaurant Week is coming up , September 11 - 17.

Troy Flea
Troy Flea, a collective market filled with vintage and homemade goodies on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month in Troy's Riverfront Park.

Make stuff
Tech Valley Center of Gravity. This maker space in a renovated historic Troy building currently has co-working available for just $50 per month. The Center of Gravity also offers space, equipment, education and camaraderie to makers, hackers, crafters, tinkerers and artists.

Troy Music Hall
Troy Music Hall just announced a new season, including appearances by Puddles Pity Party, and Randy Newman. Not together.

Museums
The Albany Institute of History and Art, mummies, art, history and now the home of Cafe Crisan.

Films
Spectrum 8 Theaters.

Albany County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Staycation in Albany County and make your day amazing.

Downtown Albany
The Downtown Albany Business Improvement District

Make stuff, meet people
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, hosting social media nights every first and third Tuesday from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Libraries
The Albany Public Libraries. Their mobile app helps you find library locations and hours, check your library card account, learn about upcoming events, download eBooks, audiobooks, music and more. You can even check ISBN bar codes on books, DVDs and CDs to see if the library owns what you need.

Places to Live

The Capital Team
Brian Brosen and Reggie Monroe at The Capital Team at Realty USA. Brian and Reggie can help out with your residential and commercial real estate needs in the Capital Region.

Furry friends
The Mohawk Hudson Humane Society , presenting their Paws in the Park fundraising walk with pets, Saturday, October 14, at Joe Bruno stadium