27,315, the population increases immensely in summer due to the horse racing events. Saratoga Race Course events contribute greatly to the economy of Saratoga Springs over the summer. According to the 2015 census data, 92% of Saratoga Springs is classified as and 2.6% are while 3.2% are classified as or “White”, “African American”, “Hispanic the most common industries between 2008-2012 in Saratoga Springs, 8% are Latino”. Of accommodation and food services. As of 2014 city data, there are 102 full-service restaurants in Saratoga Springs. 3.3 Instrumentation and Data Analysis Our research team consisted of two students, Raquel Escobar and Melissa Kaslowski, under the supervision of one faculty advisor, Andrew J. Schneller. The data for this study was collected over an eight-month period from 2014 to 2015 (September, 2014 to April, 2015). Interviews began in February 2015 and were conducted through April 2015. Interview questions were designed to gather information on on restaurant’s knowledge composting and motivate them to composting. Two sets of semi-structured interview questions were created depending on whether or not restaurants are composting. In total we conducted 12 interviews; one informal interview with our stakeholder Evolv, another informal interview with Scotty Kellogg, who manages a compost collection program in Albany, and interviews with ten restaurants. The ten restaurants included: The Mouzon House, One Caroline Bistro, The Local, Saratoga Farmstead Wheatfields, Max London’s, B&B, Olde Bryan Inn, The Brook Tavern, 50 South, Henry Street Taproom. Seven out of ten interviews with restaurants were conducted on site at the restaurants, two were
27,315, the population increases immensely in summer due to the horse racing events. Saratoga Race Course events contribute greatly to the economy of Saratoga Springs over the summer. According to the 2015 census data, 92% of Saratoga Springs is classified as “White”, and 2.6% are “African American”, while 3.2% are classified as “Hispanic or Latino”. Of the most common industries between 2008-2012 in Saratoga Springs, 8% are accommodation and food services. As of 2014 city data, there are 102 full-service restaurants in Saratoga Springs. 3.3 Instrumentation and Data Analysis Our research team consisted of two students, Raquel Escobar and Melissa Kaslowski, under the supervision of one faculty advisor, Andrew J. Schneller. The data for this study was collected over an eight-month period from 2014 to 2015 (September, 2014 to April, 2015). Interviews began in February 2015 and were conducted through April 2015. Interview questions were designed to gather information on restaurant’s knowledge on composting and motivate them to composting. Two sets of semi-structured interview questions were created depending on whether or not restaurants are composting. In total we conducted 12 interviews; one informal interview with our stakeholder Evolv, another informal interview with Scotty Kellogg, who manages a compost collection program in Albany, and interviews with ten restaurants. The ten restaurants included: The Mouzon House, One Caroline Bistro, Wheatfields, Max London’s, The Local, Saratoga Farmstead B&B, Olde Bryan Inn, The Brook Tavern, 50 South, Henry Street Taproom. Seven out of ten interviews with restaurants were conducted on site at the restaurants, two were
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