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. [...]
Archive for the ‘New Stores’ Category
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 [...]
Shouldn’t We Bring Cottage Industry to Haverstraw?
Posted: July 25, 2010 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, History, Local Artisans, New Stores, WaterfrontTags: Cottage, Cottage Industry, Crafts, Craftsmanship, Economic Recovery, Economy, haverstraw village, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, New York State, Rural Craft, sustainability, Upstate, Village
The New York Times has released a fairly interesting article on the revival of cottage industry, which has begun to meld with the world of high-fashion and high-design. Rural Craft is the new “it” for urban dwellers these days. . . and chic is more and more looking like it’s beyond passe. But in all [...]
Revitalizing Haverstraw in the Eyes of Bob Baird
Posted: June 22, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, New Construction, New Stores, WaterfrontThere’s no overestimating the value of access to the Hudson River, and so there’s no way to put a price on the promenade being built in Haverstraw as part of builder Martin Ginsburg’s Harbors at Haverstraw development. The promenade, which will run for 1.5 miles along the riverfront, will cost $14 million to build. Ginsburg [...]
Welcome to Haverstraw’s Future
Posted: February 11, 2006 by HaverstrawLife.com in Downtown, History, New Construction, New Stores, Uncategorized, WaterfrontI’ve dedicated this site to the advancement and revitalization of the Village of Haverstraw, a community at the widest point of the Hudson River in New York. This small city of 11,000 people on 2 square miles is set below a dramatic back-drop between the jagged edifice of High Tor Mountain and the expanse of [...]
