Entries from AOA Startup Grant 2011
Listed in alphabetical order.
All Good Bakers
![All Good Bakers](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/All%20Good%20Bakers%20interior-thumb-225x225-6730.jpg)
Nick and Britin Foster of All Good Bakers
Project:
Signage, equipment and advertising for new Albany bakery
Apple Blossom Bunch: Pre-school with a heart
![Apple Blossom Bunch: Pre-school with a heart](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/Apple%20Blossom%204-thumb-225x225-6719.jpg)
Heather Stewart
Project:
Apple Blossom Bunch: Pre-School Program with Heart
Birthday parties for homeless children
![Birthday parties for homeless children](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/Fazana%20children%27s%20parties-thumb-225x225-6766.jpg)
Who:
Fazana Saleem-Ismail
Project:
To create a website to help organize birthday parties for homeless children.
Bottle Service: TV series
Who:Kevin Craig West
Project:
Post-production for Bottle Service -- a locally produced television series
Children's book about chiropractic care
Who:Dr. Bianca Treski, Active Family Chiropractic
What:
A children's book that would teach kids and parents about the immune system and chiropractic care.
Co-Original Creations
![Co-Original Creations](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/Cooriginal%20creations%20image-thumb-225x225-6765.jpg)
Beverly Carrubba
Project:
Kitchen space rental for a start-up cheesecake business
Foxy Trot Dance & Foxy Trot Burlesque.
![Foxy Trot Dance & Foxy Trot Burlesque.](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/Stephanie%2002-thumb-225x225-6734.jpg)
Stephanie Marie
Project:
A website for Foxy Trot Dance and Burlesque: Dance classes that come to you.
Green energy consulting
Who:Kimberly Deso-Fitzsimons
Project:
I have a green business idea to assist owners of multi-family and commercial buildings to assess and adapt their present energy systems to utilize the latest ideas in solar, cogeneration, geothermal and fuel fired assisting energies to conserve energy.
Living Walls
![Living Walls](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/M-thumb-225x225-6741.jpg)
Samson Contompasis
Project:
Materials and promotion for Living Walls, a public art series
Mother and Child Sculpture
![Mother and Child Sculpture](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/mVara-Mother%26Child%202-thumb-225x225-6721.jpg)
Who?
miChelle M. Vara
Project:
An 800 lb welded metal sculpture called Mother and Child
Navigate: New York U.I.
![Navigate: New York U.I.](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/iphone%20mockup%202-thumb-225x225-6753.jpg)
Who:
Matthew John Burnham, Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Project:
Navigate: New York U.I., a smart phone app to help navigate New York's Unemployment Insurance system.
New Scotland Physical Therapy
![New Scotland Physical Therapy](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/NewScotlandPTLogo2-thumb-225x225-6738.jpg)
Mollie Dambrocia
Project:
Funding for a space for a new physical therapy business in New Scotland
Professional Emergency Planning
Who?David A. Cook and Henry J. Kolakoski
Project:
Improved commercial fire response
Snipits: cuts for kids
Who:Denise Deitz-Morgan
Project:
A party room at Snipits, a hair salon for kids.
Teaching storytelling through comics
![Teaching storytelling through comics](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/Ira%20maracks%201-thumb-225x225-6733.jpg)
Ira Marcks
Project:
Workshops in the art of storytelling through comics.
The Albany Barn
![The Albany Barn](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/Albany%20Barn%202-thumb-225x225-6752.jpg)
The Albany Barn
Project:
The Albany Barn: a creative arts incubator and community center in Albany.
The Digital Eye
![The Digital Eye](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/Screen%20Shot%20Digital%20Eye-thumb-225x225-6762.jpg)
Warren E. Hamilton
Project:
Teaching kids how to shoot and edit video at a Vacation Bible School
The Radix Ecological Sustainablity Center
![The Radix Ecological Sustainablity Center](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/aquaculture%20system%202-thumb-225x225-6757.jpg)
Who:
Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew
Project:
The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center
The Sanctuary for Independent Media
Who:The Sanctuary for Independent Media
Project:
Rehabing the stage of The Sanctuary for Independent Media
The Throwaways
Who:Ira Mckinley
Project:
The Throwaways, a film that documents the experience of living on the streets
Troy Bike Rescue
Who:
Troy Bike Rescue
Project:
Bringing the future home of the Troy Bike Rescue up to code.
Two Poor Schmucks Organic Spices
![Two Poor Schmucks Organic Spices](http://alloveralbany.com/startups/assets_c/2011/05/Two%20Poor%20Schmucks-thumb-225x225-6767.jpg)
Kirpaul and Mike
Project:
A new line of organic fusion spice rubs
moSAYics: stories about us
Who:Shanna Goldman
Project:
moSAYics -- A play based on real life interviews with people about surviving in the current difficult economic times.