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The Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council (CDGLCC) is dedicated to serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) in the Capital District. Based in Albany, the CDGLCC has been meeting the diverse needs of LGBT people in a seven county region since 1970. Our programs, both at the Center (332 Hudson Ave in Albany) as well as held throughout the region, meet the health and human service needs of the LGBT community as well as educate and advocate for those needs in the broader Capital District. As the oldest continuously-operating gay and lesbian community center in the country, the CDGLCC has worked to build a welcoming and empowering community for all people.

Lanie and Bud Delphin found what they were looking for - in each other. Now they're in business to help other singles do the same. Encouraged by their success using a national dating service to meet, and looking for a home-based business they would enjoy, the Delphins launched Single Search Western Mass. in Amherst two years ago, promising a more personal, attentive type of service than other dating services. Growth has been a challenge, especially in a dating landscape dotted by higher-profile competitors, particularly Internet-based firms such as match.com and eharmony.com that have saturated the national marketplace with radio and TV ads. But positive word of mouth, as well as a focus on setting themselves apart from the field, have the couple - as well as the company's relationship coach, Rebecca Belofsky - looking up. "Everyone's using the massive Internet dating services, and we had to focus differently," Bud said. "We have to be personal and local, and we have to show we care and that we're more involved than the more impersonal services.

Hi Lanie, I saw your letter in the Republican and just wanted to thank you for providing the dating service that led me to Jack. Fifteen months after our first meeting (in which I was, actually, pretty much swept off my feet), we are so happy together, now living in a house we just purchased in Westfield. I agree with the author Joan Didion, whom you refer to, that "fate and luck" aren't what make a love affair work out. At 59, I know how much a role intentionality plays. Still, I feel lucky that you sent Jack my way.

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