Wilton – The Saratoga County Capital Resources Corporation today donated $10,000 to the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce’s Save Our Locals campaign. The announcement of this donation was made by Anita Daly and Art Johnson, the Chair and Vice Chair respectfully of the Capital Resources Corporation, as well as Raymond O’Conor, the organization’s Chief Executive Officer, at Cannone’s Deli, on Route 9, in Wilton. The funds will be used to create a help line for use by businesses in Saratoga County during the pandemic as well as to create boosted social media posts and videos to promote hundreds of local independently owned businesses.

The Save Our Locals campaign will also include a new Take Out Promotion to support area restaurants and an Online Gift Card Promotion to support local shops, stores, salons and spas, florists and home goods, wineries, breweries, hotels, and any other Saratoga County business that sells gift cards online. “The Capital Resources Corporation’s board of directors voted unanimously to support this Save Our Locals campaign,” said Daly. “We all realize just how important it is to help our local independently owned firms across all of Saratoga County as they face restrictions and limitations to stop the spread of COVID 19. The leadership provided by the Chamber for all businesses across Saratoga County during this pandemic provided our board with the confidence to know that they will use these funds wisely to help the businesses we love to survive this crisis.” The Chamber launched the Save Our Locals campaign on Friday, October 16, 2020, in an email that was sent to close to 10,000 contacts in the Chamber’s database.

Recipients were invited to download a Save Our Locals poster and to display the poster in their place of business to remind their employees, customers, and clients to make as many purchases of goods and services from local businesses as possible. There are actually 28 different Save Our Locals posters available. Each of them uses the same logo but is then customized to promote each of the 27 cities, towns and villages across Saratoga County as well as the county itself. “We were looking to raise at least $10,000 for the Save Our Locals campaign,” noted Todd Shimkus, President of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce.

“We’ve now raised over $11,000 as a result of this generous contribution from the Saratoga County Capital Resources Corporation. Every dime we raise will be used to promote and inform local businesses who need a boost during this pandemic whether they are a Chamber member or not.” Local businesses interested in joining or taking advantage of the Save Our Local campaign are invited to visit www.saratoga.org and to click the Save Our Locals button. They can also send an email to info@saratoga.org to ask to be included in the boosted social media posts, the Take Out Promotion or the Online Gift Card promotion. The Chamber’s local SCORE volunteers are also switching from providing virtual one-on-one counseling to startups to helping local businesses to adapt to the pandemic. Local businesses can also sign up to receive weekly emails about the Save Our Locals campaign and to stay informed as state protocols change or new programs are launched of value to businesses across Saratoga County.

About the Saratoga County Capital Resources Corporation: The SCCRC is a local not for profit development company that provides low interest rate tax-exempt and taxable debt financing to not- for- profit and other organizations. The activities of the Saratoga County Capital Resource cover all of the towns, cities and villages within the borders of Saratoga County. The organization is able to assist existing non-profits and for-profit private sector organizations already located within the county, or organizations outside the county that want to move into Saratoga County, or branch out to one of the communities within our borders.

About the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce: The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce is the only independent chamber of commerce staffed by a team of 10 professionals in Saratoga County. With offices in Saratoga Springs and Clifton Park, the Chamber is a visible and vocal advocate and promoter of local businesses, nonprofits and all of the communities across Saratoga County. The organization has an annual operating budget of $1.5 million and also serves as Saratoga County’s Tourism Promotion Agency.