Interview with David Girard, Managing Partner of 518 Craft and Artistic Director of Troy Foundry Theatre How would you explain Troy to someone who's never been here? I would say that it’s one of the most historical— sneaky historical— places in the United States. I think it’s one of, I don’t think, I mean, it is one of the oldest cities. A lot of people like to talk about how it was the third richest city in the United States. It was probably actually the richest city at cert

Interview with Melanie O'malley, owner of O'Malley's Oven When have you most felt supported by Troy? "In general, having a booth at the farmers’ market. I started there, I think, 10 or 11 years ago, and I just had a little incubator kitchen, no storefront. That was my sort of introduction to really being part of the Troy community, and that was just through the farmers’ market. That was what drew me to Troy for putting roots down. And so it’s been this building of just seeing

Interview with Kathleen Tesnakis, Owner of Ekologic If your your studio could talk, what do you think it would say? "I think what’s so amazing in here is that the work is actually very difficult, and we are problem solvers, so we’re always overcoming obstacles. And that is why there aren’t as many people doing this type of work. But what gets missed is the longevity of the item, the bespoke qualities of the item. So we’re imbuing love into things here in the studio, and I thi