The North Rockland Cash Mob started with a flash. Local resident Ellen Donovan contacted me via Facebook to get a local cash mob initiative launched and generating buzz. Well, the mob is buzzing. Now over 700 members in size, and growing by the hundreds each day, the North Rockland Cash Mob is becoming, well, unruly. [...]
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Get Your Mob Gear Ready . . .
Posted: April 2, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, Events, Local Artisans, New Stores, Opinions & Politics, SustainabilityTags: Broadway, Brooklyn, Cash Mob, economic growth, food, hardware store, Haverstraw, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, local economy, local food, Main Street, mobbed, New York, NYC, restaurant, river, slow food, slow money, small economy, State, upstate new york, upstater, village of haverstraw
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Why Buy Local?
Posted: February 16, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Activities, Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, History, New Stores“Every day we’re faced with choices: Buy from Home Depot or the guy that owns the hardware store in the Village? Get a cup of coffee from Starbucks or the local coffee shop? In these difficult economic times, to me it makes more sense to shop, buy, and dine at our local businesses. Buying local strengthens [...]
Downtown2GAGA: An Art-focused Pedestrian Path
Posted: February 1, 2012 by HaverstrawLife.com in Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, Local Artisans, SustainabilityTags: artists, arts, bike path, Celebration, community, Conservation, Crafts, creekside, Downtown, Emeline Park, farmers market, GAGA, garnerville, Haverstraw, haverstraw ferry, haverstraw new york, haverstraw village, Haverstraw Village Hall, Henry Hudson, high tor mountain, hudson art, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, industrial complex, minisceongo creek, new urbanism, pedestrian, sculpture park, sustainability, The Picturesque Hudson, village of haverstraw, walking path
Wouldn’t it be great if a resident or a visitor to the Village of Haverstraw could walk, jog or bike to the Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center, also known as GAGA?
“Pop-Up” cafes are springing up in downtowns across the nation.
Scenes from Ossining (Sing Sing)
Posted: July 18, 2011 by HaverstrawLife.com in Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, Ferry Service, Sustainability, WaterfrontFive elderly women ride the NY Waterway Ferry to Haverstraw for an evening of fun and dinner at Union Restaurant.
For Immediate Release
Posted: June 6, 2011 by HaverstrawLife.com in Activities, Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, Events, SustainabilityCONTACT: MICHELLE NATALE at 845-429-8447 or MIA MARSH at 917-547-0682 Market@HaverstrawChamber.org Farm Fresh from our table to yours! Haverstraw’s Harvest Farmers Market is growing. Join us on June 12 for our Opening Celebration! Haverstraw, N.Y. – Last year the Market was in dire straights due to a lack of funding when The Greater Haverstraw [...]
HAVERSTRAW’S HARVEST FARMERS MARKET
Posted: May 22, 2011 by miamarsh in Activities, Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, Events, Local ArtisansTags: activities, art, artisan, artist, August, Celebration, community, Crafts, Downtown, Events, fall, family, farmers market, fun, Haverstraw, haverstraw new york, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Farmer's Market, July, June, local, market, Markets, Markets Hudson Valley, May, New York State Farmers, November, October, Open Air Markets New York, opening, Rockland County Farmer's Markets, Rockland Farm Alliance, September, spring, summer, Sunday, The Picturesque Hudson, Village, village of haverstraw, weekend, winter
HAVERSTRAW’S HARVEST FARMERS MARKET now open!
• Every Sunday from 9a.m. to 2 p.m. on Maple Ave. at New Main St. in Haverstraw Village, rain or shine, from June 27th to November 21st, 2010.
• Eat Fresh Eat Local Eat Well. Come out for a fun-filled Sunday! New vendors, exciting demos and events, including a Market to Table program, cooking demos by gourmet restaurants, events by Cornell Cooperative Extension, and fun activities for both children and adults. Booths available. Sponsored by the Greater Haverstraw Chamber of Commerce
How to Spark a Downtown Renaissance
Posted: April 11, 2011 by HaverstrawLife.com in Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, HistoryTags: Andres Duany, community, Conservation, Death and Life of Great American Cities, Downtown, farmers market, gentrification, Haverstraw, haverstraw ferry, haverstraw village, HaverstrawLife, Hudson River, James Howard Kunstler, Jane Jacobs, manhattan, new urbanism, New York, renaissance, revitalization, Richard Florida, Rob Hopkins, Robert Caro, Robert Moses, Robert Owen, Transition, Urban Planning, Village, village of haverstraw
The myths and secrets about economic growth, revitalization, real estate and change in urban areas are plentiful. One way to understand how your community might develop into one of those places you’ve dreamed of living in and why certain places ascend, and other places decline, it helps to read works by the top experts in the field.
Civile’s Chef Demonstration
Posted: October 18, 2010 by HaverstrawLife.com in Activities, Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, Events, WaterfrontTags: Civile, Civile's Restaurant, Cooking Demonstration, farmers market, Haverstraw, Italian Fare
The Head Chef of Civile’s Restaurant in Emeline Park set up shop at the weekly Haverstraw Farmer’s Market to whip together unworldly combination of oysters, rack of lamb, and broccoli rabe.
Village Sustainability Efforts
Posted: July 1, 2010 by HaverstrawLife.com in Activities, Cafes & Restaurants, Downtown, SustainabilityTags: community garden, ecological sustainability, economic sustainability, farmers market, green project, green restaurant, green roof, Haverstraw Ferry Sustainability, haverstraw new york, Haverstraw sustainability, haverstraw village, hudson river sustainability, hudson valley green roof, local food, local produce, public transportation, sustainability projects, Sustainable Transportation, vegetative roof, village of haverstraw, village sustainability
The Village of Haverstraw, businesses and residents, is currently implementing a few smart projects to reduce reliance on outside produce suppliers and increase the community’s overall economic and environmental sustainability.
Union Restaurant Thrives
Posted: April 2, 2009 by HaverstrawLife.com in Cafes & Restaurants, DowntownTags: haverstraw new york, haverstraw union, restaurant haverstraw, union, union restaurant, union restaurant haverstraw, village of haverstraw
The Union Restaurant is a new addition to Haverstraw’s blossoming restaurant scene. Paulo Feteira, the maitre d’hotel, and David Martinez, head chef of Union, have combined their talents to bring about the new restaurant venture. Paulo and David are together twenty-year veterans of Peter X. Kelly’s Xaviar’s Restaurant and Freelance Cafe of Piermont. The two men’s resumes have already ushered up valuable name recognition for Union Restaurant and have poised Haverstraw in becoming a regional restaurant destination.
