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August 1, 2011   

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Final L2W weigh-in this week!

Call the Chamber at 845-255-0243 to learn more.

Greetings! 

 

We're making our way through the Dog Days of summer planning the 21st Annual Taste of New Paltz, a Hudson Valley festival of food & fun! Be a part of this historic celebration of everything our region has to offer. Click here to learn more or to download your application for this year's Taste!

 

It's time for the final weigh-in for this year's Lose to Win Weight Loss Challenge, sponsored by MVP Health Care and Brinckerhoff and Neuville Insurance Group, Inc. Participants can pick up their forms at the Chamber office between 9 am and 5 pm and complete their weigh-in at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital Center for Rehabilitation, 279 Main St., New Paltz.

 

Time is running out to RSVP for our August After-Hours Mixer at A Tavola Trattoria, New Paltz next Tuesday, August 9. As always, reservations are required! Read on to learn more and to RSVP.

 

Thank you to everyone who made Friday's Summer Business Card Exchange a success! Click here to see pictures of the event.  

 

Thank you  

 

See you soon!

 

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Our Next Event:
August After-Hours Mixer
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

August After-Hours Mixer @ A Tavola Trattoria, New Paltz  

A Tavola Trattoria Grow your business network and check out one of the area's hottest new restaurants. A Tavola focuses on fresh local produce and ingredients in a rustic, family-style atmosphere with a seasonally inspired menu centered upon bringing the farm to the table, including creative homemade pasta dishes inspired by Italian classics.

  • Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 
  • Place: A Tavola, 46 Main St., New Paltz
  • Cost: Complimentary to Chamber members, $15 non-members
Reservations required. Call 845-255-0243 or   click here to RSVP by email

    Map & directions . 

Taste

21st Annual Taste of New Paltz 

Sunday, September 18, 2011

 

**Vendor Applications Now Available!**

 

Be a part of this historic Hudson Valley Festival of Food & Fun!

 

Restaurants · Farm Markets · Wineries 

Antiques Expo· Artistic Taste · Business Expo ·  

The Country Store · Craft Expo ·  

Wellness & Recreation Expo    

 

And stay tuned for more information about this year's new Local and Sustainable Education Expo!

Applications coming soon.

 

Big news! The program book for the Taste will be a 4-color magazine format new this year! (8.5" x 11") In addition to its distribution to over 8,000 attendees on the day of the event, it will be bound into the September issue of Chronogram magazine and will reach over 65,000 readers. The advertising deadline is August 1st. Check it out today! Click here for details.  

 

20th Annual Taste of New Paltz 

Health Insurance Open Enrollment
September, 2011

Open Enrollment, September 2011 For information about open enrollment or to make changes to your health insurance plan, call Complete Benefit Solutions at  

(845) 279-2742.  


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Photo Credits
Photos of Joyce Minard and Brendan Burke by Michael Gold/The Corporate Image.
All other photos by New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce.  

Special Notes 


For all Chamber events, please note that all reservations not honored will be billed.

Cancellations must be made 24 hours in advance.
 
News & Events emails are sent every Monday and offer information about upcoming events sponsored by the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce, along with Chamber news of note. E-mail Janet or call 845-255-0243 for more information.  
In This Issue
August After-Hours Mixer
Taste of New Paltz Vendor Applications
Open Enrollment
NPRCoC Publications
Chamber Board of Directors
Foundation Board of Directors
Scholarship Fund
Contact Information
Joyce Minard, Pres.
New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce
845-255-0243
Joyce Minard 
 
  

Thank You to Our 2011 Corporate Partners

 
Leading Partner
Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp. 

Associate Partner
Brinckerhoff and Neuville Insurance Group
 
   
For more information about the Chamber's Corporate Partner Program, contact NPRCoC by
e-mail or telephone, 
845-255-0243.
 
Chamber Staff
Christine Crawfis
Director of Marketing and
Communications

MaryBeth Boylan
 Member Relations Associate 
Janet Nurre
Communications and Programs Administrator
Chamber Board of Directors
Chris Drouin, Chair Beyond Wealth Management
Frank Curcio, 1st Vice Chair Bank of America
Craig Shankles, 2nd Vice Chair, PDQ Printing & Graphics
Mindi Haynes, Treasurer Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP, CPAs 

James Yastion,Esq., Legal Advisor

Ernie VanDeMark, Past Chair, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.  


Tom Edwards Fox & Hound Wine and Spirits
Constance Harkin Ulster Savings
Richard Heyl de Ortiz Historic Huguenot Street
Kay Hoiby Free Fall Express, dba Blue Sky Ranch
Glen Kubista Glen F. Kubista & Associates
Wade Lott Clear Channel Radio of the Hudson Valley
Walter Marquez Water Street Market
Dr. David Ness Performance Sports & Wellness
Glenn Sutherland Catskill Hudson Bank
Patrick Turner Little Pond Consulting  
Sue Van De Bogart, PT St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital

Emeritus Members
Robert Leduc Mohonk Mountain House
Rick Lewis Riverside Bank
Off. Scott Shaffrick New Paltz Police Department
Sue VanVoorhis M&T Bank  
Foundation Board of Directors
Officers
Kathy Ferrusi, Chair Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
Sue VanVoorhis, Vice Chair M&T Bank
Teresa Thompson, Secretary Main Street Bistro
Sally Cross, Immediate Past Chair SUNY New Paltz Foundation


Board

Joanne Fredenberg
Cathy Sifre

 

Staff

Joyce Minard

Christine Crawfis

Scholarship Fund
Foundation donate
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The Inside Scoop

Cutting-edge facts and figures for smart business decisions

Hudson Valley Weather 

 

The average annual mean temperature in New York State ranges from about 40° F in the Adirondacks to near 55 in the New York City area. In January, the average Hudson Valley mean temperature is about 26° F. The highest temperature of record in New York State is 108° F at Troy on July 22, 1926; temperatures of 107 have been observed in Poughkeepsie. In the Hudson Valley, the coldest temperature ranges between 0 and -10° F. The Hudson Valley records an average of 18 - 25 days with temperatures of 90° F or higher.

 

Source: CoolWeather.net

pics

July Highlights

Summer Business Card Exchange @ Woodland Pond at New Paltz

Summer Business Card Exchange

Norma Byrne and Susan Coy Doyle of Woodland Pond at New Paltz (left) and Lynn Nichols of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley (right) accept a certificate of appreciation from NPRCoC 1st Vice Chair Frank Curcio of Bank of America.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

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(Clockwise from top left) Nancy Thomas-Finn of Recycle Depot, Michael Gold of The Corporate Image Photography and Judy Reichler of Knit with Judy; Susan Coy Doyle of Woodland Pond at New Paltz and NPRCoC Board Member Walter Marquez of Water Street Market; Mike Fick of Condor Associates, Cynthia Starr of Photography by Cynthia and Alfie Zapala of Jade DJ Entertainment featuring DJ Joey G; Tom Frenza and Michael Bulgia of Walden Savings Bank and Michael Hein of Gordon Fire Equipment; Lynn Nichols of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley and Rob Sobel of Sobel Orthotics & Shoes; NPRCoC Board Member Sue VanDeBogart of St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital Center for Rehabilitation and Alfie Zapala of Jade DJ Entertainment featuring DJ Joey G.  

       

Shadowland Theatre "Light the Way" Capital Campaign Kick-Off 


Brendan BurkeBrendan Burke of Shadowland Theatre speaks at the "Light the Way" kick-off event on Monday, July 25, celebrating the launch of Shadowland Theatre's first ever capital campaign.