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SUNY New Paltz President Dr. Donald Christian will be the guest speaker for the next Ulster Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Meeting, which is scheduled from 7:30-9 a.m. at the Best Western Plus in Kingston. Rondout Savings Bank is the sponsor. The Kingston Catholic School Choir will help ring in the holiday season by performing carols. Christian plans to talk about SUNY New Paltz’s role in the ...read more

Members of the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce and guests will have an opportunity to learn about plans to redevelop the former Uptown Kingston Parking Garage site into a mixed-use hotel/apartment complex at the November 16th monthly breakfast meeting. The event will be held at the Wiltwyck Golf Club from 7:15 to 9:00am. The breakfast sponsor is Kimlin Energy Services.  The breakfast ...read more

The Lia Auto Group which includes 22 dealerships in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York is pleased to announce the opening of their brand new, state-of-the-art Honda facility located at 743 East Chester Street, Kingston NY.  A ribbon cutting will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Monday October 15th.  The facility is 39,000 square feet and will satisfy all sales, service and general parts needs. ...read more

Chazen Expands in Poughkeepsie   The Chazen Companies is pleased to announce the addition of three new employees to its Poughkeepsie office.  Samantha LoVerme has joined Chazen’s Land Development team as an Assistant Project Engineer. Previously, LoVerme was a summer intern with Chazen, and upon graduating from Manhattan College, we are welcoming her back to the team. She earned her B.S. in ...read more

The Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter recently hired Tina Eckert to oversee the Dutchess/Ulster and Putnam Walks to End Alzheimer’s, scheduled for Oct. 20 on the Walkway Over the Hudson starting at the Highland entrance and Oct. 21 at Putnam Veterans Memorial Park in Carmel. “We’re thrilled to have Tina as a part of our team,” said Michele Muir, Vice President of Marketing and ...read more

The Chazen Companies is pleased to announce Jason Tommell has joined the Chazen team as the Director of Land Surveying for the Poughkeepsie office located at 21 Fox Street. Tommell is a professional experienced in account management, program management, and strategic marketing.   Tommell received his bachelor’s degree in Humanities from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and his ...read more

The Chazen Companies today announced that Richard M. Loewenstein, Jr., P.E., has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer.   Loewenstein earned his BS in Forest Engineering from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Syracuse University. He is a licensed professional engineer in 10 states, has held a number of professional and civic ...read more

During the New York Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s annual meeting, David W. MacDougall, CWB®, Senior Natural Resources Scientist, The Chazen Companies, received the Outstanding Professional award.  MacDougall is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and is experienced in threatened and endangered plant and animal surveys, habitat assessments, wetland delineations and permitting. He has conducted ...read more

At the firm’s annual stockholder’s meeting in April, Tighe & Bond announced the promotion of Principal Planner Tracy Adamski, AICP to Vice President. Adamski, who joined Tighe & Bond in 2001, is an American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) professional with 24 years of experience. She provides the firm’s clients with a broad range of planning expertise in regulatory compliance, ...read more

Tighe & Bond, one of the leading full-service engineering and environmental consulting firms in the northeastern United States, climbed 19 spots this year to No. 241 on Engineering News Record’s (ENR) 2018 Top 500 Design Firmsranking.In the past two years, Tighe & Bond climbed 34 spots as the firm continues to grow its regional market. ENR ranks its list of top 500 design firms nationally based on ...read more

The Chamber’s April 24, 2018 breakfast meeting will feature three experts in the field of digital marketing on the topic, “How to Promote Your Business in a Digital Marketing Economy.” It will be held from 7:30-9:00 a.m. at the Best Western Plus in Kingston. The breakfast sponsor is the Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (MHV).  The speakers will be Katy Dwyer, of the Kingston-based branding ...read more

Ulster County business leaders joined State Senator George Amedore and a representative of Assemblyman Kevin Cahill to oppose efforts by Governor Cuomo to institute a 14% tax hike on private health insurers that would raise the cost of health insurance on individuals and businesses in New York State by more than $140 million. At a news conference at the Seven21 Media Center in Kingston on ...read more

Ulster County Executive Michael Hein will discuss county property taxes and much more when he appears at the monthly breakfast meeting of the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 22. The breakfast, scheduled for 7:30-9 a.m. at the Best Western Plus in Kingston, is sponsored by Villa Veritas Foundation Inc. Under the recently adopted 2018 county budget, the property tax levy—or the ...read more

The Hudson River Maritime Museum has been awarded the 2017 Boaters' Choice award, given to the top two percent of marinas in the nation. Selected out 8,000 participants, HRMM was one of 152 marinas in the country to win the annual award. The Boaters’ Choice Award is given to marinas that receive an average of four-star reviews given by boating customers. In 2017, the Museum welcomed approximately ...read more

The Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce recently surveyed its membership on the proposed New York State increase in the Minimum Wage to $15 an hour. The results showed that while nearly third-quarters of chamber members (72%) favored an increase in the Minimum Wage, close to two-thirds (64%) were opposed to raising the Minimum Wage to $15 an hour, which would amount to an increase of 67%. ...read more