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The superpower that every 
citizen has is the ability to 

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control where they spend their 
time, money and attention by 

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focusing these on supporting 
local businesses who are having 

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a profound impact on your 
friends, your family, and your 

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local community. 
So if you want to change the 

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world, you can start with buying
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Welcome everyone to buying local
Saratoga. 

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I'm your host Mike Nelson here 
with Samantha Bosshart. 

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From Saratoga Springs 
Preservation Foundation, thank 

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you for joining us. 
Thank you for having. 

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Us. 
Yeah, absolutely. 

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I should. 
Say, well, you're a 

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representative of a group, 
correct? 

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Is that fair? 
And so why don't actually, why 

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don't you kind of give us a 
quick rundown of what the 

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foundation does? 
The Saratoga Springs 

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Preservation Foundation was 
founded in 1977 and our mission 

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is to preserve and enhance the 
architectural and cultural 

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landscape heritage of Saratoga 
Springs and we do that through 

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advocacy, education, technical 
assistance and restoration. 

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That sounds like a lot. 
We do a lot for a small organ, 

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small staffed organization. 
How? 

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Many are you. 
We are myself included A2. 

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Two full time staff and a part 
time administrative assistant. 

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OK. 
And and and I do know that you 

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do a lot of things, so why don't
what kind of, you know, give us 

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the rundown of all the great 
work you're doing in town? 

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Well, one of the things that one
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going right now is in, which is 
actually underway for those of 

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you who want to drive by is our 
rehabilitation project at 65 

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Fila St. 
That house was. 

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Endangered and was listed on our
endangered list since 1998 and 

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and and it's been on that list 
since 1998 and then eventually 

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the owners sought to demolish 
that building along with the 

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building next door at 69 Fila 
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We oppose that demolition and we
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property two years ago and due 
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COVID construction, you know, 
challenges with availability of 

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contractors and supplies, we 
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the work going until just 
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spring weather and so. 
We are actively doing work. 

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Yeah, it's, it's interesting. 
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moved into the area was either 
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the corner of Circular and Fila 
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So you're familiar with the? 
Property familiar. 

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Yeah. 
I used to walk by it all the 

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time way back in the day there 
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following that whole story and 
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knowing that it was going to be 
demolished and then you guys 

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stepped in. 
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understands though like what is 
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Objective with those properties 
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Well, 65 Fila and 69 Fila both 
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our history. 
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which is relatively early in the
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was in the same family, the 
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He actually owned a Spring. 
And had a large building for his

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spring at the corner of Fila and
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is today. 
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building. 
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city Springs and our development
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lived in 65 Fila for 90 years. 
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boarding house. 
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representative of a different 
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So we felt it was important for 
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was important to preserve the 
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owners had essentially did 
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And we didn't feel that that 
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preserved at the heart of our 
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And so we own 65 Fila St. a 
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beginning their rehabilitation 
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they plan to raise their family 
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So we will have two buildings 
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looking beautiful, hopefully by 
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So our goal is, and we've been 
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underwrite the cost of the 
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do. 
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repairs and then we're going to 
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restoration. 
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interior that is going to be 
we're going to sell the property

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to somebody that we hope will be
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allow them the freedom to decide
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interior. 
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And hopefully any net proceeds 
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future preservation project here
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That's great. 
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So we're excited about it. 
Now, has the foundation done 

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projects like this in other 
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we've done one. 
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Ave. 
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station most of people would 
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Kitty corner from. 
West Side Stadium and we also in

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the early 80s, one of the row 
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5, the sidewall was going to 
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to demolish that last one on 
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the foundation acquired it from 
the city for not very much 

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money. 
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Apologize. 
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off the top of my head. 
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Yeah, that's very good. 
So we've done it before. 

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We just haven't done it very 
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It's not your primary 
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Saratoga, you would say. 
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an opportunity to step in, we 
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restoration projects like one of
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partnership to restore the 
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And Spencer Trust Memorial in 
Congress Park which was a five 

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year project and a three quarter
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we did with the city and we've 
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Church on Washington Street 
raise funds to restore their 

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most endangered stained glass 
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quote projects we've been 
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But this is the first building 
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And so how does that work with 
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right? 
Like, you know, do you guys just

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kind of sit around waiting for 
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You know what I mean? 
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all of a sudden you're like, 
hey, we're going to go help 

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rescue these stained glass 
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rescue this monument or we're 
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Like, how does that work for 
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Well, for example, with the 
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Many of you may remember it had 
these very tall white Pines that

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stood as a backdrop to the 
spirit of life, and several 

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concerned citizens came forward 
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could possibly, because of their
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life in the memorial and do 
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To assess the trees and assess 
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architectural surround and 
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And from there it ballooned into
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that's been it's been my most 
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Of the things we've done, 
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65 file I'll change my mind. 
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know people came to us again 
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They're very small congregation.
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assistance or guidance I would 
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could potentially help them 
secure a grant at which which we

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did two grants as well as. 
Do some fund raising efforts 

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ourselves and so we've been a 
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project. 
Gotcha. 

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What a great thing that you get 
to kind of do some of this stuff

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right, Like must be a very 
fulfilling and rewarding job. 

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I love my job. 
You have to say I love my job. 

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It's different. 
No day is the same, you know. 

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Just this week I was hauling 
windows out of a building to get

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them loaded to go to a, to get 
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Speaking out this week, I'll be 
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meeting. 
So, you know, I do a little bit 

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of everything, yeah. 
Yeah, for sure. 

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What's now, I know that you, you
have an event coming up. 

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Yes, yes. 
Tell us a little bit about that.

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So our largest annual fundraiser
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that takes place on Saturday of 
Mother's Day weekend and it is 

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an opportunity for people to see
the interior of private homes 

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that they otherwise would not be
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And this year we have a nice 
array of houses and a couple of 

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buildings, I guess you would 
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Okay. 
And so is it a surprise of what 

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buildings are on the list or? 
I could. 

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I could actually share. 
Well, and I just and I and I 

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would ask you know like so like 
how does that happen like do you

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is it like? 
I don't want to spoil you. 

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Tell us how does it? 
How does it go down? 

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How does it go down? 
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area in in the city. 
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focusing at the east side 
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identify an area that will be 
walkable ideally and we often 

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are in the enviable position of 
approaching homeowners to see if

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they are willing to open their 
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Our organization and to help 
underwrite our mission. 

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OK, that sounds you have to be 
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approach strangers and ask them 
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is that, is that a comfortable 
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somebody on our board or 

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somebody we know we or we may 
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connection there. 
There have been times when we've

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asked homeowners that we do not 
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And sometimes you just have to 
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But overall, I don't think I've 
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disappointed or frustrated or 
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They're a little stressed before
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thinking of all the things that 
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they're always sort of happy 
when they've gotten everything 

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that they've been wanting to do 
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But this was the motivation to 
get it done, and it's done right

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before the summer season. 
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ultimately are very happy with 
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Very nice. 
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group for the tour or is it like
there's a list and you kind of 

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go through at your leisure? 
How does that work? 

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It's the second you have a 
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We have three different starting
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different starting points just 
so not everybody goes to the 

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same house at the same time. 
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that route. 
But if you want to go into your 

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own route, we do not. 
You can do that on your own and 

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you can do it at your own pace 
and and just take in what you 

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want. 
Like if some people want to go 

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through the houses slowly and 
take it all in while other 

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people kind of zip through and 
just want to peek and move on, 

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you can do it either way. 
And and how do you choose the 

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houses? 
Part of the building, say, Is it

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architecturally based? 
Is it historically based? 

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I mean, I would say both 
architecturally. 

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I'm this year's tour, we have a 
really great diversity of what's

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being featured. 
We have some homes that were 

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built in the early 1850s that 
have actually changed over time,

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which is pretty common with some
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Then we have some beautiful 
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And we have the stone. 
We have a condo and the Stone 

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Abbey, which is the former 
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and Circular St. 
OK with it, features some 

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beautiful stained glass window. 
Building, that is, I'm not 

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driven by it a zillion times. 
So this is your opportunity to 

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see one of the. 
Condos see like what it looks 

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like inside, cuz I've always 
wondered if it's. 

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Just, I mean this is just one 
condo and years past we've had 

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other condos. 
So this this is the first time 

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this condo. 
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bit long, has ever been 
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that. 
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Breakfast, which is Kitty corner
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what part of the country you're 
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Anne. 
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wondered what the guest rooms 
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from the inside and several 
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That's awesome. 
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people where they can find more 
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that fun stuff. 
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tickets on our website, which is
Saratoga preservation.org. 

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You can call our office, which 
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If you buy your tickets before 
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Saturday, May 13th, you get a 
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If you're a member or you become
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The tickets are $35 if you're a 
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member before the tour and then 
the day of the tour they're $40 

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and $50.00 for members and non 
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And if you become a member you 
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that discount. 
Very nice and and so become a 

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member. 
What? 

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What does membership look like? 
You can join as an individual 

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for as little as $35, and with 
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only this event, but to our 
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throughout the summer we have 
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areas of the city. 
Like guided tours? 

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Yeah. 
Oh, that's so cool. 

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I had no idea. 
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Guided walking tours We do lots.
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that, but that you do a lot. 
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like guided tours. 
That's really cool. 

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Yeah, so we so and then let's 
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members only events if you 
become a member as as well as 

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you're just helping to support 
our mission and help us to be a 

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strong voice for preserving what
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Yeah, that's amazing. 
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would imagine. 
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about the house tour is it's a 
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Oh. 
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like to go through and see some 
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historical. 
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sell right there, Samantha, 
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that being the day before 
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So, so and it's a great activity
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ticket and a friend of hers a 
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way. 
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Good or go with them. 
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Depends on who you are. 
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That's right. 
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with them from. 
That I was just giving options. 

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I was just giving options. 
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other programs that day. 
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Charlie Kunzel's going to speak 
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Jamal. 
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great presenter and we're always
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for us. 
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Presentation at Cafe Lena. 
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breakfast and buildings program 
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going to talk about the history 
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Wish Coffee, which is a really 
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It was has a really interesting 
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people to check that out. 
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with both of those programs and 
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But those those have limited 
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interested right, they better 
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Get while the getting's good. 
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I feel like I missed something. 
Do we miss something? 

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You've got the 13th, we've. 
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All the great stuff that you do 
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We got that. 
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that you do guided tours because
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Yeah, and we couldn't do. 
We couldn't do the house tour or

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our We do our summer Sunday 
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and like I said, we do a 
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Sunday. 
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Typically, unless it's like a 
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lightning, we will not be doing 
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But we do them from our tour. 
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and it will run through Labor 
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Awesome. 
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Well, thank you so much for 
coming in. 

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Well, thank you. 
I appreciate it and appreciate. 

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You having us? 
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And if you're listening to this,
you know, make sure you get 

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tickets or even better, sign up 
for membership. 

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Or do both. 
Or do both. 

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That's right. 
And you can always find 

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this@saratogabusinessreport.com 
and saratogatoday.com in the 

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podcast section. 
And thanks everybody for 

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listening. 
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