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Saratoga Springs firm among fastest-growing in country
IT, AV company makes Inc. 5000 list.
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A Spa City company was named one of the fastest-growing companies in the country.
cb20 Managed IT and AV Services, headquartered on Broadway in Saratoga Springs, was included Inc. magazine’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America, known as the Inc. 5000.
This marks cb20’s third straight year on the prestigious list, with the company achieving 135% revenue growth from 2021 to 2024, a reflection of the firm’s rapid and consistent growth trajectory.
With over 30 years of experience, cb20 provides managed IT and audio visual services to organizations including both large institutions and growing small businesses across New York, Massachusetts, and the greater New England region.
The Inc. 5000 list celebrates entrepreneurial success stories across the country, recognizing companies that combine innovation with sustained expansion. To qualify, businesses must meet revenue thresholds and demonstrate strong three-year growth performance.
cb20’s continued inclusion on the Inc. 5000 underscores the company’s momentum and growing market share, reflected in dozens of new hires and the acquisition of properties in the Capital Region and Greater Boston area to meet accelerating demand and expand its service footprint across the Northeast.
“This milestone underscores how cb20 is leading at the convergence of IT and AV,” said Chris Pickett, President and CEO of cb20, in a press release. “Organizations today are under pressure to modernize – to upgrade, optimize, and fully leverage technology that helps them thrive and outpace competitors. Our ability to unite secure IT environments with frictionless collaboration experiences is what sets cb20 apart, and this recognition reinforces the value we’re creating for clients across the Northeast.”
Across the public and private sectors, cb20 helps its clients design, deploy, and manage secure hybrid work through managed IT, cybersecurity, strategic staffing, video collaboration, conference room technology, and digital display solutions.
More information about cb20 and its services is available at cb20.com.
Is CPK the new Chick-fil-A?
Foodie gossip is making the What’s Going on Saratoga Facebook group fun again.
By: Abby Tegnelia
Remember when the Chick-fil-A jokes just wouldn’t stop?
It was the early days of the What’s Going on Saratoga Facebook group, when Owen Wilson sightings were on steroids and the meanness — the actual vitriol we see today — hadn’t quite taken off. Posting as “Anonymous Participant” wasn’t yet an option, and checking the page was still…a little exciting.
And then the Chick-fil-A gossip started — as in, an outpost of the popular chicken joint was planned for Saratoga, allegedly — and somehow took off, like really took off. (We never did get one…which was part of the joke.)
And here we go again…this time we’re getting a (“wink, wink”)
California Pizza Kitchen.
Yup, that mediocre pizza place found at airports countrywide, with its jaunty yellow logo with a palm tree sprouting out of it…
“Heard somewhere we were getting a California Pizza Kitchen in place of the TGI Fridays after they blow it up at the end of August,” read the OG post, published last week. (Are they actually going to “blow up” the vacant restaurant on Route 50? Who cares!)
People for the most part were unimpressed. “I’d love something like Uncommon Grounds, a place to meet and get work done,” begged one commenter, anonymously. “There isn’t anything like that in Wilton.”
Others preferred (as if it’s our decision): Wawa, Sheetz, In-N-Out, White Castle, Raising Cane’s, Culver’s, Freddy’s, Chili’s or Buc-ee’s.
The original CPK suggestion, inevitably, also stirred up some pizza debate. “Support local,” said one. “Most of it sucks,” countered a response.
MORE FROM WHAT’S GOING ON SARATOGA: The $8 bread debate at BuonaSera on the Lake
“California is not known for good pizza,” scoffed one, member calling the idea of a Wilton CPK “foolish.” Other complaints read: “That has to be the worst pizza I have ever had” and “sounds gross.”
“Hasn’t been popular in years,” sneered one. “This is probably feeble attempt at humor.”
Um, yeah, probably.
Let the games begin.
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Moran censure comes to Saratoga Springs City Council
Coll pushes for censure of Moran's actions as incompetent.
By: Stephen Thurston
After a contentious debate, the Saratoga Springs City Council voted largely along party lines to censure Dillon Moran, the commissioner of accounts who last Friday was convicted of three counts of unlawful prevention of public access to records subject to the New York State Freedom of Information Law. With court fines and fees, the judge required Moran to pay about $660 for the conviction.
Commissioner of Public Safety Tim Coll, who is endorsed both as a Democrat and Republican in this fall’s elections, brought the matter forward with a resolution of censure that said Moran’s actions “demonstrate incompetency and maladministration of his office and constitute a breach of official duty and of the public trust.”
The matter concerned three messages that Moran did not include in his responses to Freedom of Information Law requests, and that he signed certificates that said he had looked and confirmed that no more documents exist. The request for documents and the request for the certificates were made by Michael Brandi, the chair of the Saratoga Springs Republican Committee. Moran is a Democrat. Read more about the case here.
Moran along with Democrat Commissioner of Finance Minita Sanghvi voted against the censure.
Mayor John Safford and Commissioner of Public Works Chuck Marshall along with Coll voted for the censure during the city council meeting, Tuesday Sept. 2.
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