Fulton firm certified as service-disabled vet-owned business

FULTON, N.Y. — New York Office of General Services (OGS) Acting Commissioner Jeanette Moy recently announced that a Fulton pet-service business has been certified as a service-disabled veteran-owned business (SDVOB).

The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification to Fort Frisbee, LLC, which is located at 801 West Broadway (Route 3) in Fulton and specializes in animal care, boarding, and training services.

On its website, Fort Frisbee says it was developed to “encompass all aspects of pet ownership under one roof: boarding, daycare, grooming, training and self wash.”

The business owner and founder is Steve Mollica, a U.S. Army veteran. His wife is Dr. Andrea Dattellas, owner of the Fulton Animal Hospital, who has been providing animal care to the Fulton community since 2011.

Fort Frisbee was among 17 newly certified businesses announced by OGS on Feb.8. The DSDVBD was created by New York State government in 2014 through enactment of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act. The state currently has 950 certified businesses.

For a business to receive certification, one or more service-disabled veterans — with a service-connected disability rating of 10 percent or more from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (or from the New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs for National Guard veterans) — must own at least 51 percent of the business. Other criteria include: the business must be independently owned and operated and have a significant business presence in New York, it must have conducted business for at least one year prior to the application date, and it must qualify as a small business under the New York State program. Several more requirements also need to be met.