Rockland Businesses Missing Untapped Opportunity
An annual event on RCC’s campus on the November weekend before Thanksgiving may be an untapped opportunity for Rockland’s food, hospitality and tourism businesses
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Rockland County Living, Arts & Entertainment, Food & Drink, Tourism
Rockland Art Storage Company Opens Fourth Facility in Brooklyn
Uovo is spending up to $100 million to buy and renovate the 150,000-square-foot Brooklyn property into a first-class storage facility to house coveted art.
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New RCC Student Culinary Center To Benefit Area Businesses
Rockland Community College’s culinary students will open up opportunity for artisanal food sellers, corporate entities, and area employers in the food and hospitality business.
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Nyack Restaurateur At A Fork in the Road
Chef/owner Constantine Kalandranis of 8 North Broadway in Nyack has for six years kept things interesting with daily menus and seasonal offerings. But now, the chef is really mixing things up because the business climate demands it.
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The Village Blend Capitalizes on Sloatsburg Revitalization
Barbara Berntsen dreamed of opening a coffee shop in Sloatsburg for 15 years. The Village Blend is housed in a section of the two-building complex Berntsen, and her daughter Nicole Scanlon, co-own.
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New Shared Use Path (SUP) Likely to Stimulate Local Economy
The anticipated completion of the new biking/walking path on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge for the spring/summer 2019 is likely to represent opportunity for a handful of entrepreneurs who want to cater to the hoped-for crowds that will be streaming back and forth between Westchester and Rockland counties.
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Holiday Inn Express, and Other Retailers to Replace Thruway Plaza Strip
Plans are moving forward to demolish Thruway Plaza on Route 59 and replace it with a five-story, 123-room Holiday Inn Express.
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Food Truck Vendor Enjoys Being In The Driver’s Seat
Five Senses Food Truck is a Staple of the Haverstraws By Tina Traster Sometimes an accidental question puts you on an unexpected road. For Jason Quinones, that road is 56 West Broad Street in the Village of Haverstraw, where he parks his food truck five days a week. Four years ago, the 37-year-old Stony Point […]
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Like a Pie, Growing a Business Takes Time and Love
The Pie Lady Is Ready for Its Next Act By Tina Traster Wil Tyler’s business education began in his mother’s kitchen. Deborah Tyler, aka “The Pie Lady, not only taught her son to bake, she showed him what entrepreneurial persistence looks like. Those lessons are paying off as Tyler, and his sister Bri Tyler, scale […]
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