Table of Contents
Cover Story:
Putting All The Pieces Together
County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef keeps Rockland in his sights
as he looks ahead to the Governor's race.
Feature Story:
Everybody's Going Downtown
What four of the county's villages are doing to encourage economic
development.
Feature Story:
The Expo's Coming!
Annual Business-to-Business event partners RBA with Mahwah Regional
Chamber of Commerce.
DEPARTMENTS:
Economics Roundup
• What's Your Investment Behavior?
• Taxes and Long-Term Care Insurance
Business Roundup
• HVCFI Accepting Applicants
• The Fine Art of Advertising
Retail Round-Up
• It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
• New in Town
Ask the Expert
• Human Resources
• Legal Matters
• Workplace Hotline
• Information Technology
Invest in Your Community
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• JCC-Y of Rockland's Capital Campaign
• Other News
Odds & Ends
• From The Publishers
• PR Patter
• Reaching Out to Small Business
• Rockland Joins the Empire
• Big News for Local Small Businesses
Dedicated Section:
Rockland Business Association:
The President’s Desk
Empire Zone designation, grant programs drive new opportunities for
business.
The Investor Hotline
Avoid these three common mistakes
RBA Happenings
• Other News
• Committee and Council Info
• Calendar of Events
• New Members
RBA
New Members
The Rockland Business Association would like to
welcome its newest
members to its growing organization.
For membership
information, visit www.rocklandbusiness.org,
or call 845-735-2100.
AMH Restoration
Brian Blotner,60 North Harrison Ave., Suite 27,Congers, NY 10920.
AVX Integrated Technologies, Inc.
Jason Etter, 11 South Greenbush Rd., West Nyack, NY10994.
BBR Salon
Benedita Gennodie, 163 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956.
Bills And Things
Naomi Reinstein, PO Box 344, Mahwah, NJ 07430.
Biz-to-Biz Cafe
Mariana Maldonado, 972 Juniper Way, Mahwah, NJ 07430.
BL Advisors, Inc.
Barry Lewis, 177 S. Mountain Rd., New City, NY 10956.
Black Diamond Seal Coating
Rick Roscoe, 84c N. Route 9W,Congers, NY 10920.
Blue Hill Data Services
Ralph Horne, 2 Blue Hill Plaza, 2nd Fl., P.O Box 1614, Pearl River,
NY 10965.
Citi Merchant Services
Bruce Weyant, PO Box 208, Highland Mills, NY, 10930
Creative Networking Concepts
Daniel Edge, 330 North Franklin Tpke., Mahwah, NJ 07430.
Dave & Buster's
Brian McCleary, 4661 Palisades Center Drive, West Nyack, NY 10994
Dr. Clement's Educational Services
Francis Clement, 41 Etna Place, Nanuet, NY 10954
Empire Solutions Consulting LLC
Thomas J. Basile, 5 Catawba Drive, West Nyack, NY 10994
Employer Alliance for Affordable
Health Care
Pam Finch, PO Box 1412, Albany, NY 12201-1412
Globe Institute of Technology
Irena Shteyn, 25 Robert Pitt Drive, Suite 102, Monsey, NY 10952
General Office Environments
Mark Young, 18 Railroad Ave., Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
Hudson Valley Technology & Commerce Inc.
Ric Dragon, c/o Oxclove Workshop, 106 Enterprise Dr., Kingston,
NY 12401
Hudson Valley Answering
Larry A. Bear, 3 Mystic Circle, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987
Ivax Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Jeffrey S. Blumenfeld, 77 Brenner Dr., Congers, NY 10920
Junior Achievement of the Hudson Valley
Angela D. Giustino, 2 South Broadway, Suite 2, Tarrytown, NY 10594
MetLife
Oren Sher, One Blue Hill Plaza, 2nd. Floor, PO Box 1666, Pearl
River, NY 10965
MultiTasking Inc.
Irene D'Anna, 158 S. John Street, Pearl River, NY 10965
Nyack College
Andrea Hennessy, 1 South Blvd, Nyack, NY 10960
Nyack Seaport
Angelo Rubino, 21 Burd Street, Nyack, NY 10960
On Course Marketing Concepts
Anthony D'Alessandro, 2510 Linette Court,
Yorktown, NY 10598
Rockland Window Covering
Aron Lieberman, 58 Route 59, Monsey, NY 10952
Santiego Moving & Storage
Giulio Zangrilli, 711 Executive Blvd., Valley Cottage, NY 10989
Second Nature Naturopathic Care, LLC
Isadora Guggenheim, 105 Shad Row, Suite 1B, Piermont, NY 10968
Sessler and Sessler LLP
Ira Sessler, 715 Route 304,2nd Floor, Bardonia, NY 10954
T.H.E. Assembly Point
Doris Shepherd Wiese, 348 Route 9W (Box 719), Palisades, NY, 10964
The College of Westchester
John Hunter, 325 Central Park Ave., White Plains, NY 10606.
Turn Key Inspections
David Cassese, PO Box 1147,Wurtsboro, NY 12790
V.I.P. Cleaners
Aaron Klein, 61 S. Main Street, New City, NY 10956
Valentine Electric
Paul Valentine, 374 Greenbush Rd., Blauvelt, NY 10913
Zylon Corporation
Alan Zamore, 600 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
