October

SEDC!

Check out upcoming events that are designed to

connect Member/Stakeholders and engage connections!

October

Coffee Connector

Thursday, October 16

9:00-10:00 A.M.

Holiday Inn

Broadway, Saratoga Springs

Email Vicki to Register

October

Cocktail Connector

Thursday, October 23

4:30-5:30 P.M.

Bookmakers

at the Holiday Inn

Broadway, Saratoga Springs

Email Vicki to Register

Save the Date!

SEDC Trivia & Holiday Reception

December 2, 2025 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Back by popular demand, SEDC will host their holiday trivia and reception on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at the Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs. Put your trivia knowledge to the test and take on other Member/Stakeholder organizations for prizes and bragging rights while enjoying light food, drinks, and fun networking.

Trivia will take place from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., registration to begin at 3:30,

and will be hosted by Trivia Nights Live. Immediately after, join over 150 Member/Stakeholders for networking, food, and holiday cheer. More than 150 attendees, comprised of SEDC Staff, Board Members, and Member/Stakeholders will be in attendance for an evening of holiday cheer.

The event will conclude at 7:30.

Click Here For Sponsorship Information and to Register!

BALLSTON SPA NATIONAL BANK AND THE NATIONAL BANK OF COXSACKIE ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC COMBINATION

Merger deepens regional presence, creates a stronger, more competitive bank and offers customers greater convenience and enhanced financial solutions

BALLSTON SPA, NY AND COXSACKIE, NY / September 24, 2025 -- Ballston Spa Bancorp, Inc. (OTCPK: BSPA), holding company for Ballston Spa National Bank (collectively “BSNB”), and NBC Bancorp, Inc. (OTCPK: NCXS), holding company for The National Bank of Coxsackie (collectively “NBC”), today jointly announced a strategic merger of equals whereby the banks will combine forces and create a $1.3 billion community bank serving the greater Capital District and surrounding markets. The combined bank will conduct business under the BSNB charter, with the NBC locations known as “Coxsackie Bank, a division of Ballston Spa National Bank.”

Click Here For the Full Press Release

The SEDC Annual Golf Fundraiser

was a great success!

It was a beautiful day at Airway Meadows with our Golfers and Supporters enjoying awesome golf and wonderful company!

Thank you to all of our Golfers and our Sponsors for your continued Support!

SEDC President/CEO Greg Connors Joins

University Council

Empire State University is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Connors, president and CEO at Saratoga Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) to its University Council. The appointment was made by New York State Governor Kathy Hochul.

Read the Press Release Here!

SEDC

Member to Member Introduction Tour

LISSMAC Corporation

It was a great evening hosted by LISSMAC!

Attendees enjoyed light refreshments while they learned about what LISSMAC has to offer in our area and across the world!

Check our next Newsletter for information on the next

SEDC Member to Member Introduction Tour!

Thank You to all our Member/Stakeholders who responded to our first in SEDC history Stakeholder Survey.

Close to 20% of our membership responded.

The results are being compiled and will be shared with our

Member/Stakeholders in future

SEDC Newsletters and Stakeholder Spotlights!

Tourism to Saratoga National Historical Park Contributes $10.4 Million to Local Economy

A new National Park Service report shows that 116,537 visitors to Saratoga National Historical Park in 2024 spent $8,200,000 in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $10,383,000.

Click Here to Read the Story from the Capital Region Chamber

Our area Food Pantries need your help!

The need is great and inventory is dangerously low at many of the Saratoga County Food Pantries

Please consider donating to one or more, no donation is too small!

Below is a list of local Food Pantries

Breaking News!

New SEDC Member/Stakeholder Benefit!

WE WANT TO FEATURE YOU!

SEDC is excited to share an easier way for Member/Stakeholders to be featured on the SEDC website and/or in the Stakeholder Spotlight!

Please add breakingnews@saratogaedc.com to all of your media distribution lists!

Send us press releases, image(s), website articles, or a featured news piece that you would like to share with your fellow SEDC Member/Stakeholders!

SEDC would be happy to provide our current Media Distribution List if you are in the process of building or updating one for your company. If interested email Keith at keithv@saratogaedc.

Welcome to SEDC's Newest Member/Stakeholders!

Not able to attend the

SEDC Annual Meeting & Event?

Take a look at this wonderful video!

We encourage all our Member/Stakeholders to use the video in both your internal and external company

marketing promotions!

Call the office and ask for details if you need assistance.

Thank you Joe Pepe and Pepe Productions!

Welcome Ironglass Productions, SEDC's newest Member/Stakeholder

The Official Photographer of SEDC!

As the SEDC Official Photographer, Jake and Iron Glass will be out and about in Saratoga County capturing updated images of public points of interest and economic development initiatives over the next two weeks!

Check out Discover Saratoga's New Podcast

Destination Saratoga

Hot Dogs, Happy Hours and Fall Happenings

SPAC announced a new $17.5 Million

“Four Seasons Campaign” including a historic renovation of

Spa Little Theater at their Annual Meeting

Watch the clip below or the complete Annual Meeting to hear more about the campaign, as well as exciting summer season updates, and educational programming and community outreach news.

Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Sobol shares plans for the Four Seasons Campaign and SPAC’s vision for the future.

Learn more about the SPAC Four Seasons Campaign

Join SPAC on social media and check out their YouTube channel!

Watch the full Annual Meeting:

SPAC Annual Meeting

Saratoga Bridges, A Chapter of the Arc, New York, was founded in 1953 by parents to create a rightful place in society for their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Since their inception, they have grown to provide not only day services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but housing, clinical care, art programs, support groups, and much more.

They remain a family-centered organization, with a majority of their board members being family members of individuals with intellectual disabilities. Currently they serve approximately 650 individuals and family members benefit from their services throughout the organization.

Click on the logo to learn more!

CAPTAIN Community Human Services

is a not for profit in Saratoga County that supports and empowers people of all ages to reach their goals of personal growth and self-sufficiency.

They strengthen communities. As a volunteer-driven organization, CAPTAIN CHS strives to be a recognized leader in finding effective solutions to

social issues in the communities they serve.

Click Here to Learn Their Story

Thank You to our Community Partners

SEDC Community News

Together We Move Saratoga County Forward

Thank You to our Founder Stakeholders

SEDC Mission Statement

Saratoga Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) is a private sector, non-profit consulting firm established in 1978. With more than 45 years of economic development success, we are the primary resource and first-point of contact for any business or individual considering an investment in Saratoga County, New York.

SEDC works collaboratively with state, regional and local government on economic development programs currently available for targeted sectors. SEDC also encourages investment in our existing industries, attraction of new business, the creation of new and permanent full-time jobs and the opportunity of complementary business development operations.

SEDC will coordinate available incentives and provide direction for your specific project. We bring a degree of experience and confidentiality that sets us apart from other economic development organizations.

Saratoga County, New York is OPEN for BUSINESS and SEDC is ready to help!