Cortlandt Manor, NY, 10567 Market Update & 3rd Quarter Stat’s 2011

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Cortlandt, NY 10567 Market Trends June 2011

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Cool spots to Celebrate the 4th of July in Westchester

Peekskill fireworks at the Riverfront

The past two years I have celebrated the 4th of July at the Peekskill Riverfront and had a blast with friends and friends of friends. Several of us got there a bit early to secure a spot near the river for perfect viewing and a breeze to take the edge off the heat. Last year’s evening was hastily put together with emails, texts, and who is bringing what….you should have seen the spread of culinary delights! Some cleverly took the train from Croton, and others, like me, drove, either way whoever got there first staked out the spot for all. The kids all hung out together and scattered about until sundown, the adults ate, drank (ahhh white sangria!) and chatted away. Good times.

This year, the Peekskill Riverfront celebration is on Monday the 4th at dusk. Take a look at other happenings going on in the area.

Bear Mountain starts it all off this weekend, Friday the 24th at 9pm.

July 3rd– Free – Celebrate the 4th of July with old-fashioned games and ice-cream making. 1-3 pm
Muscoot Farm Route 100
Somers, NY 10589

July 3rd- Free-Music starts at 6 p.m. Enjoy music and fireworks. Bring blankets and chairs for seating.
KENISCO DAM MUSIC FESTKensico Dam Plaza
Bronx River Parkway
Valhalla, NY 10595

July 3rd and the 4th– Starts at 9:30- Parking: Sunday $7, Monday $10
Playland Park Playland Parkway
Rye, NY 10580

July 4th: Free- 8:30 pm– Bring blankets and chairs for seating.
General Motors/Riverfront
Sleepy Hollow

July 4th: Free-Dusk- Bring blankets and chairs for seating.
Peekskill Riverfront

July 4th– Music Under the Stars and Fireworks- Bring blankets and chairs for seating.
Westpoint, NY

July 4th, Wappinger Falls, fireworks launched from a barge on the Hudson River
Wappinger Falls, NY

And, if you have never experienced the View Macy’s July 4th Fireworks, well, whatcha waiting for? The best views are from Manhattan’s West Side below 59th Streets or along the New Jersey waterfront — any spot with a good view of the sky above the Hudson River.

Wherever you may go, have fun and make it safe, and drive carefully!

Hudson Valley “Experience” Expo Review

OK OK, I’m E X P E R I E N C E D, and I am so pleased to share my day at the expo the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce created, The Hudson Valley “Experience” was March 19, 2011, a business to consumer event at the Colonial Terrace, for residents to experience many of the Hudson Valley businesses, artists and nonprofit organizations in and around the surrounding areas of the lower Hudson Valley, and the river towns.

I must say it really was “happening”! We had approx 95 vendors, ranging from local restaurants, such as Croton on Hudson’s UMAMI, Cortlandt Manor’s THE WOODS AT HOLLOW BROOK, Peekskill’s most awesome 12 Grapes, Division Street Café, Panera Breads, Kathleen’ Tea Room, and many more food establishments, to home improvement companies, and a really informative bed bug demo/informative talk by Garrie Pest Control. Other highlights was a compost demo by Pamela Davis from Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Peekskill local artist Jeorjia Shea, Go NO Sen Karate demo was fun to watch, and the beer sampling table by Bertoline and Sons was quite busy!

What a great way to spend a Saturday, meeting up with friends and other business’s here in the lower Hudson Valley. I was able to meet Bob Yedowitz the gardening guru, and Susan Jacobson from the Lincoln Depot Museum, and Liz Giegerich from thePeekskill Patch, (we follow each other on Twitter, and it always fun to meet up with other folks who have a passion for social media, and Peekskill, too!). Fun and games for the kids, my daughter had a blast! All that extra gold? Guests brought in their gold to Arthur Weeks & Son who paid out cash.

This was the Chambers first “Experience” expo, and being involved with the HVGCC and personally being actively involved in the coming together of this day was energizing as it was a total success! Guests walked away with bags of goodies, delish food samples, gift certificates for many businesses and purchased one of a kind art, and services. The ability to meet local businesses and organizations involved brought a nice connection to it all. Here and there, I walked around and ran into Chris Marra from the Peekskill BID and Economic Business Development, Hilltop Hanover Farms, WHUD, Teatown, and Croton’s new business, Feed the Birds, be sure to go and check them out!.

The lower Hudson Valley is abuzz with arts, culinary delights and businesses; Kudos to the HVGCC for bringing this all together under one roof for the opportunity of business owners and local consumers to make face time with each other. If we want our communities to grow and expand, we must support them; get out there stroll around your village and visit other surrounding areas and see what they have to offer, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Lower Hudson Valley- Get Experienced

Besides being an associate broker with Coldwell Banker, blogger, and Mom, I also am a very active member of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce. I very much enjoy working together with others who also want to promote our community and the surrounding areas, especially our local businesses. I have written about this before, when you have a thriving businesses community, the community thrives, the residents, the children…our daily life is enhanced.

So, what’s going on?

The Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce is having a business to consumer event HVGCC.com This is the first-ever “Experience”, a regional showcase for businesses to display, demo and share products and services to the surrounding communities. Simply, a great way to experiencing everything the Hudson Valley has to offer

The Hudson Valley Gateway Experience

March 19 from 11 to 5 at
The Mansion on the Hill at Colonial Terrace Conference Center
119 Oregon Rd.
Cortlandt Manor, NY
colonialterracecaterers.com

Celebrity guests include Hudson Valley’s top radio, television, home improvement and culinary talents in person. Already signed up to appear are News 12’s Emmy-Award winning “In the Greenhouse” host Bob Yedowitz and WHUD 100.7 radio personality Kacey Morabito. Additional popular guest appearances will be announced in coming weeks.

Residents are invited to attend this fun-filled, jam-packed day to find out how Hudson Valley based businesses can add convenience and enjoyment to their lives while helping them find ways to save money and time.

Admission is $5 for adults
$3 for seniors and young adults (12- 16 years old)
children under 12 are free
Free Parking

The list of vendors is way too long for me to write, yet, you foodies will be thrilled to know there will be food demonstrations with samples from local restaurants including Umami’s, 12 Grapes, Kathleen’s Tea Room, Panera Bread, Ruben’s Cafe, La Villetta II, Sharion’s D’lish Dish and many more.

Featured vendors are restaurants, home goods and services, fitness, home improvement, artisans, new technology, culinary crafts, healthful tips, financial services.

We also have some non for profit organizations hosting tables, such as Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, as well as a Master Gardener from Cornell University Cooperative Extension speaking with demo’s of composting.

Just coming in gives you access to free give-a-way and raffles to restaurants to home services, and much more!

Please come on by, and share with others, it is sure to be quite a day! Are you Experienced?

RE Market Update-Croton on Hudson Nov.2010

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December Happenings in Croton on Hudson

There is much going on in Croton the next several weeks, please take a read and remember to get out there and support our local businesses, by doing so you are supporting and strengthening our community.

By us all supporting our neighbors and their local based businesses (whether storefront or home based) it is a win win scenario: making the effort to shop locally impacts us all by so many things…the jobs they create, raising home values, attracting outside shoppers to venture here thereby assisting us all to have a strong and thriving community, linked to and by the businesses here. More and more we are forced to shop chain and clone stores ( insert choking sound), it makes it difficult for independent small businesses to stay open if they are not getting the patronage of the residents, and, you, the buyer gets to buy free trade and unique items with the added benefit of saving on gas and time.

Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot

Spencer Field, 9:30 am registration $5 entry fee goes to the American Heart Association.

Contact: cslaughter @verizon.net

Small Business Saturday

November 27th – Give your local businesses a booster shot! Consumers are encouraged to celebrate the local businesses they care about it. More info?

http://www.smallbusinesssaturday.com and facebook.com/smallbusinesssaturday

Candle Light Vigil

December 2nd -6 to 8pm-The Croton Community Coalition has planned a Candlelight Vigil and Coffee House event to raise awareness about encouraging healthy choices and substance abuse. Students and community members are invited to come to the park to gather for coffee and conversation, to light a candle in Celebration of someone in recovery, in Support of someone who is struggling with substance abuse, and in Memory or someone who has passed due to alcohol or drugs.

Contact: crotoncoalition@gmail.com

1st Annual Village Holiday Special

December 11th, 10 to 5pm- The low down is….The Croton Business Council of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce have planned a fun-filled day of special sales, food eating contests, arts and crafts, and a visit from Santa Claus at Happy Hearts, too! The Village of Croton has also donated a tree and Groovy on Grand is having tree-trimming celebration with hot cocoa and cookies, Treasures and Tales a scavenger hunt, and sales by many businesses, including Le Petite Spa, Lifestyles and Interiors by Lisa, The Blue Pig, Trinkets. A hot dog eating contest at Grouchy Gabes…sounds like fun…well, for others! Old Post Liquors is having a wine tasting 2-5 (more my style). I am awaiting more details, though what a great way to support our local businesses and meet up with friends and neighbors! As I get more info I will update this post.

“Oh, the Drama” trunk show

Treasures and Tales- December 18- 2pm to ?

Meet 10-time-Emmy-nominated, costume designer, Shawn Reeves as he opens his jewelry box to daytime drama. Buy some bling from The Guiding Light, and other soap operas. For ten plus years, Shawn worked as the head of the costume department for the Guiding Light and other soap operas. He is now welcoming the public to own a small, but exciting, piece of these TV shows.
Jewelry worn by Joan Collins, or find other amazing, lovely and fun jewelry to take home for yourself, or give as a special gift to your loved one.

Contact: treasuresandtales@gmail.com

Please get out there, spread the word and get some holiday shopping done right here in Croton. Now I really have to get started on my gift giving list. Look for updates here and on Facebook.

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Where do YOU shop small?

This just came to my attention and I want to share and show my support of the first national
Small Business Saturday, soon to be as popular as Black Friday This movement and event, starting this November 27, will be held on the Saturday after our Thanksgiving holiday! This is an awesome way to give back to our communities, boost the economy and preserve our community businesses around the country.
Many advocacy groups, public and private organizations have already joined in on this annual event. I am ALL about supporting and promoting local and small businesses, this is what connects residents, encourages community growth, and adds to everyone’s lifestyle! Shopping local, buying local is a campaign that comes and goes, depending on the economy, don’t you think? Consumer awareness of shopping local brings in people and creates a more vital business community. If you want to see your community flourish, PLEASE, get out there, walk or drive only 5 minutes and support your local INDEPENDENT businesses!
JOIN the MOVEMENT~SPREAD the WORD, give your local businesses a booster shot!
Consumers are encouraged to celebrate the local businesses they care about it.
More info?
smallbusinesssaturday.com and facebook.com/smallbusinesssaturday

Get Local!

Croton Landing 9/11 Memorial Site

Croton on Hudson, NY: Croton Landing, a beautiful riverfront park, has been selected as the memorial site to honor four local residents who died on 9/11, emergency responders, and the many impacted by this day. Croton Landing is a beautiful and tranquil location right on the Hudson River, on a clear day you can see the Manhattan skyline, I see it as a perfect spot for such a significant memorial.
The committee who is bringing this about are Linda D. Puglisi, Supervisor of the Town of Cortlandt, Sean Murray, Mayor of the Village of Buchanan, Leo A. Wiegman, Mayor of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, Abraham J. Zambrano, Manager of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, Janet M. Mainiero, Project Director and Croton resident.

Two steel girders from the World trade center have been approved and will be part of the design. The Port of Authority of NY and NJ, which owns the steel has been filling requests for these artifacts, there are about 1800 to 2,000. The agency requires a detailed description in each request of how the steel will be displayed. Individuals cannot receive artifacts, only cities or organizations. The requests that are pending supplied detailed specifications for the pieces they want.

The Village in collaboration with the Town Of Cortlandt, are seeking volunteers who have expertise in design, architecture, landscaping and fund raising, what a great way to give back to your community and honor those who passed on this tragic day.

Please contact: 911memorial@townofcortlandt.com

Submissions may also be sent to:
Ms. Karen Grexa
Town of Cortlandt
1 Heady Street
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567-1254

Village of Croton, Goblin Walk, October 30th 2010

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