Lark Street Business Improvement District

We’ve all been anxiously waiting for this for so long but the time has come! Tickets for Lark Hall’s first ticketed concert are officially on sale. Follow the link below to get yours! #WeAreLarkStreet #LoveLark https://m.facebook.com/events/549844859749546/

Keobi is celebrating their first anniversary on Lark Street! Show them some love and pay them a visit in person at 189 Lark Street or online at https://keobirestaurant.com #WeAreLarkStreet #LoveLark

Exciting news for Lark Hall and its owners Jennifer & Justin Miller, the Lark Street BID corridor and our neighbors & friends. Thank you Jenn & Justin for choosing Lark Street, for your dedication and commitment to Lark Hall, Lark Street Yoga and Lark Street Mercantile and for all that you do for the entire neighborhood. We are so excited to watch you grow! ... #LoveLark #WeAreLarkStreet See more

Congratulations to our new neighbors at Noteworthy Resources! We are so glad you chose Lark Street for your new location. #WeAreLarkStreet #LoveLark

Next Thursday, April 8, Keobi is celebrating its first anniversary! Congratulations to their team for rising to meet the challenges of COVID-19 and finding creative solutions to build a thriving business in our walkable neighborhood! Give their page a like and a follow, and stay tuned for more on how they’re celebrating their first anniversary on #LarkStreet! You can also order online at https://keobirestaurant.com or by phone at 518.977.3991, or visit them at 189 Lark Street. #WeAreLarkStreet #LoveLark #SupportBlackBusiness #AlbanyNY

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Great feature from Capitalize Albany for Lark Street’s newest shop, Barks on Lark! Give them a visit at 272 Lark Street.

Barks on Lark is officially open to the PUPlic! Huge congratulations to the Bronners on opening their new shop at 272 Lark St.! Pet owners now have a local home for quality, ethically made, healthy products for their furry friends right here in our walkable neighborhood! Follow them on IG and FB and check out barksonlark.com, or visit them in the shop! They’re open Tues. - Fri. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome ...) Thank you to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy, 6th Ward Common Council Member Richard Conti, District 5 County Legislator Matthew Peter, and NYS Assemblymember Patricia A. Fahy for your continued support for the small businesses in our Lark St. BID Corridor. Hudson/Park Neighborhood Association Center Square Association Washington Park Neighborhood Association #WeAreLarkStreet #LoveLark #AlbanyNY #518life #iloveny #newyork #ispyny #upstateny #albany #enjoyalbany #capitalregion #albanycounty #ShopSmall #explore #instagood #thehappynow #flashesofdelight #prettylittlecity

Today is the first day you can submit an application for Albany County’s COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program. See the post below for more details! https://mycommunityloanfund.org/albany-county-covid-19-sma/

Thank you to Louis Finley and News10 ABC WTEN for continuing to shine the spotlight on the challenges faced by our small businesses. Great to see Villa di Como Ristorante’s Hot Italian Oil and Marinara Sauce product launch featured as well! #WeAreLarkStreet #LoveLark #ShopSmall https://www.news10.com//aid-could-be-on-the-way-for-local/

Thank you Elissa Halloran for another great post about one of Lark’s businesses! From Elissa: #lovelark2020 ... Happy New Year! For our New Year’s Eve dinner,my mate and I used another one of his Xmas giftcards. This one was from Rain Modern Chinese on Lark. We got our two favorite dishes - chicken fried rice and Peking Duck. It was amazing.

Calling all local artisans! Are you looking to expand your business and have an opportunity to sell your products in a brick and mortar? Lark Street Mercantile... may be the perfect place for you! For more information on becoming a vendor visit the link below: https://larkstreetmercantile.com/become-a-vendor/

#lovelark2020 Thank you Elissa Halloran for your posts! From Elissa:... With one of my mate’s Christmas gift cards, we went to TapAsia & got Kara-Age chicken, seaweed salad, crab Rangoon, massaman curry, and tonkotsu ramen soup. So delicious. Thank you Natt Polthep-Warner for TapAsia and for your commitment to the Lark Street corridor! #deliciousfood #supportsmallbusinesses

One of Lark Street’s most venerable and unique businesses hit a major milestone yesterday. Elissa Halloran Designs celebrated its 20th birthday, and we’re proud to say Lark Street has been her home since day one! Help her celebrate and visit the shop for her 20th anniversary sale! #WeAreLarkStreet #LoveLark #womeninbusiness

Thank you Elissa Halloran for your support of small businesses. A post from Elissa: #lovelark2020 ... For Christmas, I gave my mate a bunch of gift cards to his favorite places on Lark Street. We are going to start using them tonight by getting takeout from TapAsia. Gift cards go a long way in supporting small businesses in this very difficult time.

During this morning’s briefing Daniel McCoy - Albany County Executive County Legislature Chairman Andrew Joyce, and Linda MacFarlane of the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region provided additional details on the CERT grant program that will provide grants of up to $5,000 for small businesses. Applications will become available Jan. 4. Please see the post below for more details. Thank you again to Albany County Legislator Matthew Peter, Albany County Legislator Dustin Reidy, the CERT Task Force and the Albany County Legislature for your hard work and dedication to provide relief for our small business community.

If you #LoveLark, show your support for the small businesses, beautiful places, and exciting events that make Lark Street the Capital Region's best neighborhood to live, work and play! Voting is open for the Albany Times Union's Best Of the Capital Region 2021 Reader's poll until Thursday, March 4th! Here are the nominees from #WeAreLarkStreet: DINING OUT... Best Chinese restaurant (single location) Rain Modern Chinese Best Mexican/Central/South American (single location) El Loco Mexican Cafe El Mariachi Mexican Restaurant Best vegetarian Berben and Wolff's Vegan Delicatessen ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Best open mic Oh Bar BEST OF THE REST Best park Washington Park Best running race Santa Speedo Sprint Best local festival Lark Fest Lark Street would not be the amazing destination it is without the incredibly diverse community of businesses, residents, organizations, and visitors that make up Albany's Village in the City. Congratulations to those who were nominated this year! We also invite everyone who sees this post to visit larkstreetbid.org and explore the over 80 restaurants, bars, cafés, shops, services, and organizations that make up the heart of Albany. Each one of them has a one-of-a-kind experience to offer! https://www.timesunion.com/bestof2021/

Next week, Lark Hall and Mirth Films are launching Practice Sessions, a live-streamed concert series featuring local & regional artists. The series kicks off Thursday, March 4th at 7 p.m. ET with a performance by Glass Pony. Follow Lark Hall and Mirth Films for more updates! #WeAreLarkStreet #LoveLark