Entries from AOA Startup Grant 2011
Listed in alphabetical order.
Who:All Good Bakers
Who:Nick and Britin Foster of All Good Bakers
Project:
Signage, equipment and advertising for new Albany bakery
Who:Apple Blossom Bunch: Pre-school with a heart
Who:Heather Stewart
Project:
Apple Blossom Bunch: Pre-School Program with Heart
Who:Birthday parties for homeless children
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
Who: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.
Who:Co-Original Creations
Who:Beverly Carrubba
Project:
Kitchen space rental for a start-up cheesecake business
Foxy Trot Dance & Foxy Trot Burlesque.
Who: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.
Who:
Who:Living Walls
Bio:Samson Contompasis
Project:
Materials and promotion for Living Walls, a public art series
Mother and Child Sculpture
Who?
miChelle M. Vara
Project:
An 800 lb welded metal sculpture called Mother and Child
Navigate: New York U.I.
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
Who:Mollie Dambrocia
Project:
Funding for a space for a new physical therapy business in New Scotland
Who: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
Who:Ira Marcks
Project:
Workshops in the art of storytelling through comics.
The Albany Barn
Who:The Albany Barn
Project:
The Albany Barn: a creative arts incubator and community center in Albany.
Who:The Digital Eye
Who:Warren E. Hamilton
Project:
Teaching kids how to shoot and edit video at a Vacation Bible School
The Radix Ecological Sustainablity Center
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
Who:Kirpaul and Mike
Project:
A new line of organic fusion spice rubs
Who: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.
