CHAMBER NEWS
Columbia County Chamber of Commerce in Hudson awarded $500 to the Chatham Business Alliance to help it launch a Web site to promote its members and businesses in the Village of Chatham. The Web site will promote business during road construction slated to begin early next spring.
GRAB BAG
TD Banknorth partnered with the Regional Food Bank to support the 23rd Annual Holiday Hunger Appeal. Cash donations will be accepted at all upstate New York TD Banknorth locations. The Holiday Hunger Appeal, the food bank's largest and most public fundraising event, runs from mid-November to Christmas Eve.
CDPHP earned Critical Outcomes Report Analysis certification for disease management and wellness by the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International Inc. CDPHP holds both corporate and individual certification, ensuring accurate disease management and wellness reporting to employers from health plans and vendors.
CDPHP also was a featured case study on competency management by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company, a research and market intelligence organization. The group's report says competency management helps an organization 'identify and define the current and anticipated knowledge, skills and/or behaviors required for optimum success.'
IT'S AN HONOR
Dr. Myron Gordon , an obstetrician-gynecologist at Albany Medical Center in Albany, received the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District II/NY 's Lifetime Achievement Award at its New York City annual meeting. The award is presented annually to a New York obstetrician-gynecologist showing a lifetime of unparalleled mentorship in obstetrics and gynecology; enduring contributions to medical education; and diligent service to the college and its fellows.
The New York State Association of Health Care Providers , East Greenbush, was awarded a Best Practices honor from the New York State Psychological Association , part of its Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards for 2007. The HCP represents interests of all home health and staffing organizations statewide and is the primary educational and informational authority for the industry.
MEDIA NEWS
Smith & Jones , a brand consultancy in Troy, created a new branding campaign for Mount Snow in Vermont by developing a multimedia integrated campaign which it says brings the mountain's personality to life. Peak Resorts had purchased Mount Snow in April.
TRANSACTIONS
Prudential Blake Atlantic Realtors Inc.'s Alex Psomas represented the sellers, Louis Kunian and James Hansen, and Realty USA Inc. 's Kelly Stamas represented the buyer, Dr. Rafael Levin, in the sale of 287 Lark St., Albany. The, property, which will remain a four-family residential property, sold for $354,500.
Compiled by Betsy Feldstein
