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Businesses beating the odds, expanding despite pandemic
CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — From furniture.. to food. Two unrelated businesses betting on themselves to successfully bring their product to new locations.
Hattie’s fried chicken coming to Albany’s South End
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Hattie’s Restaurant, a popular fried chicken joint in Saratoga, is opening a location in Albany. The restaurant will open in the old Lombardo’s Restaurant space that’s been empty since 2018.
Hattie’s Restaurant to Open Fourth Location in Downtown Albany
CAPITAL REGION LIVING – Get ready for some breaking news from the Capital Region’s fried chicken scene: Hattie’s Restaurant, Saratoga’s longtime comfort food HQ, will be opening a new location in the former Lombardo’s Restaurant on Madison Avenue in Downtown Albany.
2021 Capital Region Gives Back: Lisa Mitzen, Member of the Board of Directors, Shelters of Saratoga
SARATOGA LIVING – In December 2013, Nancy Pitts, a 54-year-old woman without a home, froze to death on the loading dock of the Saratoga Springs Senior Center. It shook the city to its core.
Business for Good Foundation Donates Long-Term Use of 1 Franklin Square to Shelters of Saratoga
SARATOGA LIVING–The historic building, which is currently equipped to house at least four furnished apartments, will help expand SOS's affordable apartments program.
Business for Good: Local Entrepreneurs Present a Model for Philanthropy
SARATOGA TODAY — It is a place where local businesses thrive and share their prosperity with the community. It is where full-time employees receive free healthcare benefits and competitive salaries, and where entrepreneurs are provided tools to help them succeed and flourish.
Foundation buys Capital Region businesses to donate profits to charity
WNYT — An area foundation is buying up and running successful local businesses and giving away all the profits to charity.
Business for Good helping local restaurants
NEWS10 — Hattie’s in Saratoga has been a staple in the community for over 80 years. After surviving the pandemic, the restaurant is now partnering with a new foundation called Business for Good.
A New Bottom Line
ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW – Ed Mitzen started three companies over the past 25 years, creating more than 800 jobs with a combined annual revenue exceeding $800 million.
Foundation poised to buy Hattie’s
TIMES UNION – Entrepreneurs Lisa and Ed Mitzen and their new foundation, Business For Good, are closing in on a deal to purchase Hattie’s Restaurant in Saratoga Springs and Hattie’s Chicken Shack in Wilton from Beth and Jasper Alexander.