6th Generation Violin and Off-Track Records celebrates with a ribbon cutting
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(Credit: Steve Thurston, 2022)
From left: Tom Dunn, of Sixth Generation Violin, and Jason Planitzer of Off-Track Records, celebrate the grand opening of their business with State Sen. Daphne Jordan and Saratoga Springs Mayor Ron Kim.
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(Credit: Steve Thurston, 2022)
Laura Melnicoff plays the cello on Broadway at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for 6th Generation Violin and Off-Track Records.
Cellist Laura Melnicoff serenaded passers-by and helped music store owners Tom Dunn, of Sixth Generation Violin, and Jason Planitzer of Off-Track Records, celebrate their grand opening, in mid-October.
[Read our full story on 6th Generation and Off-Track Records here.]
On the instrument-side of the house, Dunn, a master luthier, makes cellos (Melnicoff said she had one on order) and other stringed instruments. While Planitzer turned his love of vinyl into a record store. The two businesses share the space at 480 Broadway in downtown Saratoga Springs.
Melnicoff and her family moved to the Capital Region from Brooklyn during the pandemic. She teaches and gigs.
“I feel the music community operates in a completely different way” than in Brooklyn, she said. “There’s a lot more room for individual projects.”
The Wesley Community announces management promotions and new Director of Assisted Living at Woodlawn Commons
From a press release: The Wesley Community today announced a series of management promotions among its senior leadership team. Katie Lahoff was named Chief Financial Officer; Katelynn Ethier was appointed Executive Director of The Wesley Foundation; and Greg Dixon was promoted to Chief Development and Marketing Officer. In addition, Heather Roselan was hired as Director of Assisted Living at Woodlawn Commons.
“It is always a source of great pride when our existing leadership team members advance with us in their careers,” said J. Brian Nealon, CEO of The Wesley Community.
Lahoff began her career at Wesley in 2006 as Controller before being promoted to Director of Finance in 2018 and charged with overseeing all business office operations. In her new role as CFO, Lahoff will expand her oversight of business office operations to include admissions to The Wesley Health Care Center.
Ethier joined The Wesley Community in 2016 as a Foundation Assistant. She earned a series of promotions beginning in 2017 to Marketing and Advancement Associate, Development Manager in 2018 and Assistant Director of The Wesley Foundation in 2021.
During her tenure as Assistant Director, Ethier led The Wesley Foundation’s event series and oversaw its grant program. In her new role as Executive Director of The Wesley Foundation, she will work with Wesley’s Senior Management team and the Foundation’s Board of Directors to generate funding to enhance the lives of Wesley’s residents and clients.
Roselan, a newcomer to The Wesley Community and incoming Director of Assisted Living at Woodlawn Commons, will oversee the 40-bed assisted living facility’s operations and staff while promoting Wesley’s core tenets of exemplary care and compassion for all residents.
Dixon, who was promoted to Chief Development and Marketing Officer for The Wesley Community, will continue his oversight of all marketing and development functions for the nonprofit organization. Additionally, his portfolio will expand to include leadership support for the directors of Woodlawn Commons Independent and Assisted Living communities as well as Wesley Senior Solutions home care services. Dixon spent his past eight years as Executive Director of The Wesley Foundation spearheading all marketing and development efforts for the fundraising arm of The Wesley Community.