May 1, 2013 New Rochelle Notables On April 27th, a number of New Rochelle luminaries were celebrated in a day-long event, “New Rochelle Notables Day”, which included the induction of nine individuals into the New Rochelle Walk of Fame
April 15, 2013 One-Year Anniversary Party of NoMa Social Now, NoMa Social is celebrating their one-year anniversary!
On Saturday April 20th, 2013 NoMa Social is throwing a spectacular party to celebrate all of their success over the past year.
Mob Wives, Drita and Carla, will be in attendance and hosting the 1 year anniversary party as well as music provided by 92.3 FM’s DJ Yonny.
April 8, 2013 Alvin & Friends Moves to New Location Alvin & Friends is taking its relaxed, urban, upscale ambience to a larger space that offers enhanced bar seating for casual dining and a stylish main dining room as well as a separate dining room for private parties, corporate meetings and special events.
March 10, 2013 Barbara Davis Video Barbara Davis speaks on video for LouHud.com.
New Rochelle historian Barbara Davis says the diverse city is really "spirited" with its residents having a lot of spunk. Video by Mike Nelson
March 8, 2013 NRPL Kicks Off Ossie Davis "Name a Seat" Fundraiser The New Rochelle Public Library Foundation is offering supporters a number of ways, at every donor level, to be a part of the Ossie Davis Theater, the Library’s newly renovated performance space that houses hundreds of community, cultural and arts events each year.
February 26, 2013 Sing It! The Metropolitan Opera comes to Regal New Roc Now through May, residents may enjoy live high-definition performances of The Metropolitan Opera, including Richard Wagner’s final masterpiece, “Parsifal;” Guiesspe Verdi’s “Rigoletto;” George Friderick Handel’s “Giulio Cesare;” and Riccardo Zandonai’s “Francesca da Rimini.”
February 9, 2013 New Rochelle farmers market plans expansion This June, the Downtown Business Improvement District plans a weekly event each Saturday, with many more vendors and tables run by local restaurants, combined with live music, cooking classes, activities for children and other attractions.
January 7, 2013 1,500 Revelers Ring in the New Year at Noon at New Roc City Nearly 1,500 revelers gathered in the atrium of New Roc City for the third annual Ring in the New Year at Noon on Monday, December 31. With Master of Ceremonies Jimmy Fink of 107.1 The Peak, New Roc City hosted the end-of-the-year celebration in a Times-Square simulated atmosphere complete with fun-filled family activities and an indoor balloon release at the stroke of noon.
December 13, 2012 3rd Annual Ring in the New Year at Noon at New Roc City New Roc City will be hosting its Third Annual Ring in the New Year at Noon celebration on Monday, December 31 from 10:30a.m. – 12:30p.m. New Roc City, located at 33 Le Count Place in downtown New Rochelle, will be celebrating the entrance into 2013 with Jimmy Fink of the Peak 107.1 at a festive morning event designed to provide families with a Times Square-simulated atmosphere.
September 11, 2012 BID Downtown Open Artist Studios & National Circus Project To introduce the public to the Artist Spaces Program the BID is hosting a BID Downtown Open Artist Studios event in conjunction with the New Rochelle Arts Council ArtsFest. As part of this arts celebration, BID Family Days will showcase the circus arts by hosting the National Circus Project with circus performers on the streets downtown entertaining children of all ages.
September 6, 2012 Transit Center Entrance Closes 9/10/12 Due to the ongoing North Avenue Construction Project, motor vehicle traffic will be prohibited from entering the Transit Center Garage and Train Station from North Avenue beginning Monday, September 10, 2012. It is anticipated that this access prohibition will last for 1 month
September 5, 2012 Downtown Parking Getting Smart Improvements The City is working on a number of parking improvements in the heart of our downtown following recommendations from a City/BID sponsored report that was prepared earlier this year. The goal is to make parking downtown increasingly convenient and attractive for customers, residents and business employees.
July 11, 2012 Downtown Historic Preservation gets new BID stimulus The New Rochelle Business Improvement Program recently won a coveted $500,000 grant from the New York State Main Street Program which will allow the BID’s award-winning Façade Improvement Program and the restoration of historically significant buildings to continue in the downtown.
July 11, 2012 Three new boutique businesses open Downtown! If you want unique hand crafted jewelry, stylish vintage clothing, or modern furniture, come to Downtown New Rochelle
July 10, 2012 BID Music on the Green Summer is here and so is the BID’s popular free Music on the Green concert series!
June 23, 2012 BID / Library Kick Off Event is a Huge Success! Over 350 children signed-up for the New Rochelle Public Library’s Summer Reading Program at the June 23rd BID Family Day Kick-off Party held on Library Green.
June 19, 2012 Music on the Green 2012 Three Free Concerts Under the Stars
Library Green • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
February 2, 2012 Downtown Owners Do Well by Doing Good! Downtown New Rochelle business and property owners participating in the New Rochelle BID Energy Savings Program with Con Edison are collectively saving more than $100,000 annually on their electric bills.
January 13, 2012 "Looking Up" Westchester Business Journal The Westchester County Business Journal looks at Ralph DiBart and how he is directing efforts to revitalize downtown New Rochelle.
January 12, 2012 2012 Ring in the New Year at Noon New Rochelle, NY (January 11, 2012) – Nearly 1,200 revelers gathered in the atrium of New Roc City to Ring in the New Year at Noon on Saturday, December 31. Emceed by Jimmy Fink of 107.1 The Peak, New Roc City hosted the end-of-the-year celebration in a Times-Square simulated atmosphere complete with fun-filled family activities and an indoor balloon release at the stroke of noon. “Ring in the New Year at Noon” was held in association with CB Richard Ellis, the New Rochelle Business Improvement District and their BID Family Day event series.
December 13, 2011 BID Awarded $500k The New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID) and the City of New Rochelle announced today the receipt of a $500,000 New York State Main Street Grant
November 14, 2011 Walk of Fame The New Rochelle Walk of Fame, 25 distinctive interpretive stations, commemorating nationally notable individuals* with distinct ties to New Rochelle and their contributions to America has been installed Downtown.
July 29, 2011 Salsa Dance Party Draws Hundreds The finale to the 2011 BID Music on the Green, the festive dance party – with the fabulous music of Grupo Latin Vibe - was enjoyed by over 500 participants.
June 3, 2011 2011 Farmer's Market Opens The New Rochelle Farmers market opened for its 3rd season of delicious locally-grown food and vibrant locally-based atmosphere on Friday, June 17, 2011, at the Library Green, Huguenot Street and Lawton Street.
May 20, 2011 Downtown Artist Space Program The New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID)announced the second phase of its a successful “BID Downtown Artist Spaces Program” helping property owners develop vacant upper floor space to rent to artists and arts businesses seeking to lease affordable studios
April 9, 2011 Southern and Caribbean, Focused on the Seasonal Review from the New York Times April 9, 2011
YOU may not enter Alvin & Friends as one of the pals of the owner, Alvin Clayton, but by the time you leave, you’re likely to feel that you’ve become one.
April 6, 2011 New Rochelle Science Cafes Featured The popular Science Cafes held in New Rochelle caught the eye of the Downtown Reasearch & Development Center. New Rochelle is featured in the April 2011 issue.
April 3, 2011 Mini-Renaissance Faire Re Cap The BID Family mini-Renaissance Fair was enjoyed by over 550 people of all ages on Sunday, April 3.
April 1, 2011 Downtown Business Support Program The New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID) is bringing a comprehensive array of technical support, business loans, marketing opportunities, and energy conservation incentives to downtown businesses and restaurants.
March 6, 2011 TriviaTryst Invites Trivia Fans to New Weekly Event at The Gnarly Vine in New Rochelle NYC-based TriviaTryst is excited to announce that its upcoming premiere event at The Gnarly Vine in New Rochelle on Tuesday, March 8th at 7pm will be the first opportunity in Westchester to experience a popular brand of free live entertainment that redefines the pub quiz experience.
February 24, 2011 IB Cohen In Westchester Magazine I.B. Cohen Clothing store was featured on page 63 in Westchester Magazine's February Issue. The Article , "Classic Fixtures", focused on Westchester Downtown busineses that have stood the test of time.
February 3, 2011 Downtown fix-ups recall past The Journal News ran a story about the BID Facade Program and how it continues to transform the New Rochelle Downtown.
January 28, 2011 Nutcracker a New Rochelle Holiday Highlight For the first time, Ballet Atlantic’s annual family favorite, the Nutcracker Ballet was performed downtown this holiday season at 306 Huguenot Street, thanks to the generosity of downtown property owners Gary Garafola and Susan Friedman and help from the new Rochelle BID. This is Ballet Atlantic’s 36th year producing the Nutcracker based on the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffman with music by Tchaikovsky.
January 7, 2011 New Roc City Rings in the New Year at Noon End-of-the-year New Year celebration bursts with fun-filled activities for entire family. Nearly 1,000 revelers gathered in the atrium of New Roc City to Ring in the New Year at Noon on Friday, December 31. Emceed by Jimmy Fink of 107.1 The Peak, New Roc City hosted the end-of-the-year celebration in a Times-Square simulated atmosphere complete with fun-filled family activities and an indoor balloon release at the stroke of noon. “Ring in the New Year at Noon” was held in association with CB Richard Ellis, the New Rochelle Business Improvement District and their BID Family Day event series.
January 2, 2011 Brickyard Bistro on CBS 2 News See Brickyard Bistro owner Maha discussing her restaurant with host Tony Tantillo on his CBS 2 News show "Dining Deal".
December 27, 2010 BID Windows on Art: Maria Foladori Weiss Along with new downtown apartments have come many accomplished new residents. The BID is happy to celebrate the work of Argentine-American Maria Foladori Weiss, a gifted painter and photographer born in Buenos Aries, who with her husband, planner and public arts manger Glenn Weiss, now lives and works on Main Street in downtown New Rochelle. With the work of Maria Foladori Weiss, the BID is inaugurating a new Artist Spaces Program, BID Windows on Art, at 249 North Avenue.
December 16, 2010 Ring in the New Year at Noon at New Roc City New Roc City will be hosting it’s First Annual ”Ring in the New Year at Noon” celebration on Friday, December 31 from 10:30a.m. – Noon. New Roc City, located at 33 Le Count Place in downtown New Rochelle, will be celebrating the entrance into 2011 at the first-ever celebration designed to provide families with a Times Square-simulated atmosphere.
December 3, 2010 New Roc City Kicks Off Family-Friendly Holiday Season New Roc City, the 450,000-square-foot entertainment and retail destination in downtown New Rochelle, recently kicked-off the 2010 holiday season at the 47th Annual Valenti New Rochelle Thanksgiving Day Parade. New Roc City’s line-up of fun-filled December family events were prominently displayed on its festive Thanksgiving Day holiday float.
September 18, 2010 Dalton Ghetti makes a point 2010 Arts Fest exhibitor, Dalton Ghetti , is widely known as "the pencil guy" for the hundreds of intricately carved, microscopically detailed sculptures he has crafted entirely out of the tips of used pencils.
August 23, 2010 BID Downtown Energy & Loan Program New Rochelle BID Announces NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority), and Con Edison join the New Rochelle Business Improvement District in an innovative program for downtown restaurants and retail businesses.
July 30, 2010 Pantonic Steel Orchestra Performs Fabulous Finale Hundreds of music lovers of all ages soaked up the exuberant sounds of the Pantonic Steel Orchestra at the July 29th concert of BID Music on the Green.
June 28, 2010 NRPL Summer Reading Kick Off Hundreds of New Rochelle children
dove into Summer reading at the BID family kick-off event
February 19, 2010
A Growing Commuter City Nicknamed the Queen City on the Sound, New Rochelle is a small Westchester city with a mix of suburban and downtown living. One of New York City’s bedroom communities, the city of 72,967 has long been identified as a commuter town. Whether by car or train, young professionals find travel a cinch with both I-95 and Metro-North Railroad running directly through downtown.
February 19, 2010 Mardi Gras Concert at New Rochelle Library Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra, a 12-piece group that blends New Orleans party music, soul, and secular gospel will perform a free Mardi Gras celebration concert at the New Rochelle Public Library on Sunday, February 21, at 3:00 pm. The New York City-based musicians, decked out in their finest whites (accented with the appropriate gold, purple and green of Mardi Gras), include a three-piece horn section (the Shepherds of the Wind), the gospel choir (the Voices of Reason), and a rhythm section (the Guardians of the Groove), “laying it down” for vocalist Brother Joscephus, who sings about “the pain, joy and wisdom that is in his heart.”
January 1, 2010 Buy & Fly Contest The New Rochelle BID BUY & FLY contest offered two pair of FREE American Airline Tickets to downtown shoppers.
December 21, 2009 New Rochelle takes artful approach Downtown Peekskill has been long-established as an artist’s community. Now, the man who got the ball rolling on that is doing it again in New Rochelle.
December 20, 2009 Shopping downtown for the holidays As the holiday season approaches, the economic recession looms large. Even though shoppers want to get something special for that special someone, prices often times make it impossible. The New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID) has a solution: low priced gifts from local artists.
December 11, 2009 New Rochelle BID Gallery 542 hosts city's first annual "Holiday Arts and Crafts Market" For another two weekends this month, on Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 12, 13 and 19, 20, New Rochelle's Bid Gallery 542 will be holding that city's "First Annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Market" at the gallery located at 542 Main Street, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
October 27, 2009 New Rochelle BID organizes decorator showcase to highlight downtown stores In case you missed the annual New Rochelle house tour Sunday, the two fully decorated apartments that were part of the Sound Shore Medical Center-sponsored tour will be open for free public viewing until Dec. 4. Apartments 23K and 24A in the new 40-story Avalon on the Sound East take center stage as part of the Downtown Showcase, organized by the New Rochelle Business Improvement District.
October 21, 2009 Annual New Rochelle house tour features 2 showcase apartments For a change of pace - and to draw attention to New Rochelle's fancy-pants new downtown - this year "Accent on New Rochelle," the annual house tour sponsored by Sound Shore Medical Center, will feature two showcase apartments in the new 40-story Avalon on the Sound East.
October 13, 2009 "BID Family Saturdays" Launch the Fall Season Close to 300 children and their parents and grandparents joined in the fun at the fourth annual “BID Family Saturdays” Kick-off Party on Saturday, October 3, 2009.
October 9, 2009 BID Downtown Showcase premieres on Oct. 25th at Sound Shore House Tour The BID Downtown Showcase opens to the public starting with ticket holders to the House Tour on October 25th when the apartments are featured in the 12th Annual Accent on New Rochelle House Tour to benefit the Solomon Katz Breast Center at Sound Shore Medical Center.
September 23, 2009 BID Fall Downtown Sidewalk Sale offers great bargains and foods Want to have your photo taken with
President Obama? Want to be remembered as standing between the President and Michelle? Then come to the New Rochelle BID Fall Downtown Sidewalk Sale, Wednesday, Sept. 23 through Saturday, Sept. 26.
September 14, 2009 Downtown Makes Urban Magic and Brings Crowds to Main Street More than 250 people attended the opening of a new art show, "Urban Magic", featuring the work of three New Rochelle artists, Ace Lemelle-Thomas, Joy Malone and Jesse Sanchez, Saturday, September 12th at BID Gallery 542
September 2, 2009 Downtown Makes Urban Magic New Art Show Opens on September 12th, 2009.
Following the success of the BID’s first art gallery show and downtown Art Walk a new art show, “Urban Magic”, featuring the work of three New Rochelle artists Ace Lemelle-Thomas, Joy Malone and Jesse Sanchez, will open on Saturday, September 12th at BID Gallery 542 with a public reception from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. After the reception the gallery will remain open to the public on Saturdays from Noon to 5:00 PM through November 3rd.
September 1, 2009 President and Michelle Obama to appear at New Rochelle BID Sidewalk Sale Want to have your photo taken with President Obama? Want to be remembered as standing between the President and Michelle? Then come to the New Rochelle BID Sidewalk Sale, Wednesday September 23rd through Saturday, September 26th. Fancy Photo at 514 Main Street, one of more than thirty stores and restaurants at this year’s BID Spring Sidewalk Sale will be selling photo packages of you with the President and/or Michele Obama. The life size cutouts are being provided by the BID.
August 17, 2009 Movie, artwalk attracts residents downtown People from around the city gathered on Library Green for a screening of Steven Spielberg’s hit 1982 movie E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
July 31, 2009 The Arts Take Hold In Downtown New Rochelle New Rochelle’s emerging downtown arts district is being introduced to the public on Thursday, August 6th from 4:00 to 9:00 PM during the New Rochelle BID’s first Downtown ArtWalk. Ralph DiBart, Executive Director of the BID stated, “Downtown New Rochelle is becoming an attractive center for artists, dance studios, music, film and galleries. We hope to introduce many of these arts to the public during our first ArtWalk. We will also and celebrate the opening of BID Gallery 542, an art gallery in the former New Rochelle Trust Building at 542 Main Street. The space has been loaned to the BID by Cornell Pace Inc. Additional ArtWalks are scheduled for the Fall.”
July 21, 2009 Zydeco Music Kicks Off Music on the Green 2009 The exuberant sounds of Zydeco resounded in downtown New Rochelle on Thursday evening, July 16, when the BID Music on the Green concert series kicked-off with a performance by the internationally renowned group of Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas.
July 6, 2009 BID continues to attract downtown commerce From "The Sound Shore Report"
By Greg Maker
A retention study by the New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID) looked at keeping commerce in downtown New Rochelle. Along with a program to get business in restaurants, the BID is also looking at empty space on Main St. to house artwork by local artists.
July 1, 2009 Three Sizzling Dance Parties In Downtown New Rochelle The hot sounds of Zydeco from Louisiana, steel drums from Trinidad and Tobago, plus samba and jazz from Brazil will transform New Rochelle’s Library Green into festive dance parties on three Thursday evenings this summer, when the perennially popular BID Music on the Green concert series takes center stage in downtown New Rochelle. Sponsored by Avalon on the Sound, the concerts are free to all and begin at 6:30 pm.
July 1, 2009 New Rochelle BID’s Dine Downtown 2009 Goes Al Fresco with Free WiFi The New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID) announced that more than a dozen restaurants and cafes in downtown New Rochelle are offering al fresco sidewalk cafe dining and free outdoor WiFi this summer.
May 16, 2009 The new Zagat results are in, and Peter Kelly Takes a Trifecta Coromandel Restaurant in New Rochelle is rated #9 most popular restaurant in Westchester County according to the The 2009/10 Zagat Westchester/Hudson Valley Restaurants book. Read the full article.
May 8, 2009 New Rochelle Hopes to Draw Artists to Affordable Space The New Rochelle Business Improvement District is persuading downtown property owners to transform vacant space previously intended for commercial rentals into studio space for artists
April 29, 2009 BID Spring Downtown Sidewalk Sale Offers Exciting New Activities Want to have your photo taken with President Obama? Want to be remembered as standing between the President and Michelle? Then come to the New Rochelle BID Sidewalk Sale, Wednesday, May 27th through Saturday May 30th
April 9, 2009 New Rochelle BID launches 'Dine Downtown 2009' New Rochelle's Business Improvement District has launched "Dine Downtown 2009" campaign to encourage the public to visit the city's emerging restaurant district.
April 1, 2009 New Rochelle BID Announces Downtown Dining Stimulus Package The New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID) announced its “Dine Downtown 2009” campaign. In introducing the campaign, Marc Jerome, Chairman of the BID stated: “The BID, the City and the business community have worked together to create a downtown environment inviting to restaurants.
February 26, 2009 New Rochelle BID looks to lure artists downtown As a working artist, Louis Netter said he's been having trouble finding a decent place in Westchester County to work on his illustrations and animations...
February 13, 2009 New Rochelle BID announces “Downtown Artist Spaces Program” The New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID) announced a new development initiative, the “BID Downtown Artist Spaces Program” that will bring together property owners with long term vacant upper floor space and artists and arts businesses seeking to lease affordable studios.
February 9, 2009 City Looks to Lure Artists Downtown The New Rochelle Business Improvement District’s economic development initiative, the BID Downtown Artist Spaces Program, will provide affordable studio space for artists and arts businesses.
December 8, 2008 LeCount Square plan goes before council The New Rochelle City Council this week will vote on the final environmental impact statement for the 1 million square foot mixed-use LeCount Square project by developer Louis Cappelli.
November 10, 2008 Made for the Shade...and In Demand The Curtain Shop, a small, independent retailer on Main Street, is a New Rochelle success story in the face of big box retail.
October 24, 2008 Taste of New Rochelle at Trump Plaza Area Opera Lovers Treated to Taste of New Rochelle at Special Reception Hosted by Trump Plaza Condominium
October 11, 2008 The New Rochelle Model Downtown, rich in architecture, cleans up nicely.
October 6, 2008 Trump Plaza lures Opera Lovers A group of restaurants from the ever growing “restaurant row” in downtown New Rochelle is joining forces with Trump Plaza luxury condominium, the New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID), New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and Regal Cinemas to lure Westchester area opera lovers to the city’s downtown.
July 14, 2008 Concerts Bring in Big and Local Names LONG-RUNNING music series must change or grow stale, says Rob J. Seitz Jr., who helps produce Jazz on Library Green in New Rochelle every summer.
The New Rochelle Business Improvement District, which has presented the concerts since 2001, continues its tradition of big name performers on July 17, when the Latin trumpeter and percussionist Ray Vega opens the three-concert series (all beginning at 6:30 p.m.).
June 27, 2008 Bid Family Saturday: Hundreds Enjoy Summer Reading Kick-off Party Nearly 300 children and their parents and grandparents got into the spirit of summertime reading at the New Rochelle Public Library’s "Catch the Reading Bug for Summer Fun" Kick-off Party on Saturday, June 21.
May 24, 2008 New Rochelle BID Model Development Block Honored The Preservation League of New York State has selected the New Rochelle Business Improvement District Model Development Block in Westchester County to receive its prestigious Excellence in Historic Preservation Award.
May 19, 2008 Target Coming to New Roc City In what is the first and most significant step toward the transformation of New Roc City into a major retail hub, New Roc Associates has announced that Target is opening a 160,000-square-foot department store in the entertainment complex.
May 18, 2008 Free Movie in Downtown New Rochelle! Kick off Memorial Day with a free showing of 'Shrek the Third' on a 2 Story high outdoor screen at Library Green. Thursday, May 22nd at 8:30 PM. Festivities begin at 8PM. Presented by New Rochelle Downtown BID and the New Rochelle PTA Council, and sponsored by Monroe College. Rain location: Ossie Davis Theater in the NR Public Library.
May 11, 2008 Bumps Aside, Revival in New Rochelle Pushes On WHEN New Roc City, the huge youth-oriented entertainment complex here, opened in 1999, city officials viewed it as a catalyst to help revive downtown.
April 22, 2008 Japanese Officials Study New Rochelle BID A group of senior elected officials from Gifu Prefecture, Japan, selected New Rochelle’s Business Improvement District (BID) as their only case study on downtown revitalization in their five day fact finding tour to the United States.
April 19, 2008 Carpet One Goes Green With Downtown Beautification Project Tom Fahey, owner of Carpet One of New Rochelle and TF Andrew Furniture Store contributed $10,000 to the 2008 Downtown Beautification Program of the New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID).
April 10, 2008 New Rochelle Police Report: City is Fifth Safest of Its Size in the Nation New Rochelle remains among the top five safest cities of its size in the United States with a historic 40-year low in reported Part 1 crimes, according to the Police Department's annual report released this week.
February 11, 2008 New Rochelle Weighs Plan to Enliven North Avenue North Avenue from the downtown to New Rochelle High School could be a livelier place if buildings rose higher along that
stretch — generally three stories, but as high as 12 stories in
rare cases— according to a plan the city is considering.
January 10, 2008 NRNRC and 180 Union Avenue Owner to Complete West End Development According to the New Rochelle Neighborhood Revitalization
Corporation (NRNRC) and 180 Union AvenueOwner LP, the senior residences, part of the West End Affordable Housing Development in New Rochelle, has been named Garito Manor at Union Square.
December 25, 2007 New Rochelle Cops Zip Around Downtown on New Segways New Rochelle Police Officers are patrolling downtown on their new Segway personal transporters. The Segways, which cost between $5,000 and $6,000 each, were donated by the New Rochelle Police Foundation, the New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District, developer Louis Cappelli and United Hebrew Geriatric Center.
December 23, 2007
New Rochelle's Transformation
December 22, 2007 Four New Rochelle Police Officers Promoted Three police officers and a sergeant were promoted in a
ceremony at City Hall. The sergeant, J. Collins Coyne, is a fourth-generation New Rochelle police officer. He was promoted to lieutenant.
December 21, 2007 Nita Lowey Announces Fire Grant for New Rochelle Congresswoman Nita Lowey announces that the New Rochelle Fire Department will receive $280,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to purchase new vehicles.
December 20, 2007 New Rochelle Enforces Housing Code City Manager Strome said that the city in April 2007, established a three-member Housing Code Enforcement unit to deal with what he termed was a "plethora" of housing code violations in the city."
December 2, 2007 New Rochelle obtains FEMA Grant New Rochelle has been awarded a grant of over $1.5 million to rebuilt Skidelskiy Memorial Field at City Park which was damaged in the April 2007 Nor'easter.
October 3, 2007 Trump, Cappelli throw party for New Rochelle's Trump Plaza NEW ROCHELLE - Now that Trump Plaza is open, the celebrity developer whose name it bears made another visit last night to celebrate, and took another chance to talk grandly of it.
"It's been an amazing joy. It's an amazing building," Donald Trump told a crowd of 300 gathered in front of the downtown tower at 175 Huguenot St. With some 35 families already making the tower their home and more moving in, Trump and the building's developer, Louis Cappelli, threw a party last night. Attending were local officials, new residents and prospective buyers considering paying the prices from the mid-$500,000s to $1.7 million for the units.
September 27, 2007 Queen City of the Sound polishes her crown On the second floor of 565 Main St. in downtown New Rochelle, construction of two residential lofts is ongoing in a space that has been vacant for more than 10 years. The future lofts sit above Talner Jewelers, a longtime city business. Owner Albert Tarantino, a lifelong New Rochelle resident, believes there is a market for the live-and-work lofts he is creating, scheduled to be finished in October. By utilizing loan programs offered by the city’s business improvement district (BID), he said, “It was a no-brainer to do this.” The lofts are the latest in a long line of downtown redevelopment projects spurred by the BID’s various loan programs. “One of the reasons we’re successful is because of the BID,” Tarantino said.
September 25, 2007 "BID Family Saturdays" Fall Season Begins The Kick-off Event for the BID Family Saturdays, to take place on September 29 from 1:00 pm in Library Green, will include several live performances to entertain all ages.
August 14, 2007 “Big W” Awards for New Rochelle BID The New Rochelle Business Improvement District (BID) won two bronze awards from the Advertising Club of Westchester for its lively website and free-standing information kiosk, both designed by Harquin Creative Group.
August 13, 2007 Six Month Statistics Show Crime Down 9% in New Rochelle Part 1 Crimes dropped 9% in the City of New Rochelle during the first six months of 2007, according to a report recently released by the New Rochelle Police Department.
July 31, 2007 Golf Outing Draws 15,000 As predicted, the HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship was a boon to local business in New Rochelle, though early estimates showed not as many spectators came as were expected. The four-day tournament at Wykagyl Country Club on North Avenue drew approximately 15,000 spectators, said tournament director Jason Soucy. Before the event, tournament officials had hoped to draw closer to 30,000.
July 27, 2007 improving the look and life in downtown New Rochelle The Business Improvement District (BID) has been leaving its mark in a number of different ways throughout downtown New Rochelle since its establishment in June 2000.Though many New Rochelle residents and business owners are familar with the BID's logo, or possibly know a handful of the BID's Board of Directors, not amny have a complete understanding of all the programs and initiatives the BID has established.
July 20, 2007 The BID brings downtown New Rochelle to full bloom If downtown New Rochelle is starting to look more fertile and green, residents of the Queen City have the Business Improvement District (BID) to thank for that.
July 16, 2007 BID & Downtown Restaurants join forces with Habitat for Humanity On August 2nd, “Habitat for Humanity Day” will be observed in New Rochelle, culminating that evening with the screening of the BID’s “Movie Under the Stars” free outdoors movie on Library Green at 8:45 PM. The feature film is “Night at the Museum.”
July 8, 2007 New Rochelle "Sister City Initiative" kicks off tomorrow NEW ROCHELLE - After receiving a New Year's card from the mayor of La Rochelle, France, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson decided something should be done to revitalize the relationship between the sister cities.
July 6, 2007 New Rochelle BID Jazz on Library Green When the New Rochelle BID launched its first Jazz on Library Green series in in the Summer of 2001, it knew that it wanted to set itself apart from all the other free summer outdoor concertsd around Westchester County. ...
June 27, 2007 A new look taking hold in New Rochelle storefronts As the New Rochelle skyline grows taller, the look of commercial buildings closer to the ground in the city's downtown is undergoing a transformation of its own. Using a pool of grants and low-interest loans, about 40 storefronts along a stretch of Main Street and several intersecting blocks have been renovated or are in the midst of plans to do so.
June 16, 2007 New Rochelle Targets Graffiti "Beginning today, it will be our policy to remove all graffiti on public property within 48 hours of our learning about it and to issue violations for graffiti on private property, also within 48 hours of notification," Mayor Noam Bramson said yesterday in announcing an initiative for the timely removal of graffiti. "... We'll erase it quickly and without exceptions."
May 27, 2007 New Rochelle Library kicks off "One City, One Book" on Sunday On a visit to Florida last fall, New Rochelle Councilwoman Chris Selin saw firsthand the success of a program designed to help a community rediscover its love of reading. So on her return to Westchester, Selin got to work adapting the "One City, One Book" concept for New Rochelle with the help of Tom Geoffino, director of the New Rochelle Public Library.
May 11, 2007 BID and PTA Council announce “End of School Year Celebration” “Let’s catch dinner and a movie tonight” will take on a special meaning on Thursday, May 24th, when the New Rochelle BID joins with the New Rochelle PTA Council to celebrate the end of the school year by hosting a free movie "Curious George" on a spectacular two story high outdoor screen.
May 10, 2007 Moving on Up: Trump Tower Draws Local Tenants The view from Larchmont and Mamaroneck west was suddenly transformed last year when two of New Rochelle’s highest-rising residential towers began appearing above the tree-tops. For some, the towers’ appearance was an unsettling shock; for others it was an inspiration to move a few miles away and many stories up.
January 9, 2007 New Rochelle Becomes First Major Downtown in Westchester with WiFi Wireless Network New Rochelle, NY (October 4, 2006)— New Rochelle has become the first major downtown in Westchester and in the southern Hudson Valley region to be equipped with a Wi-Fi Network, thanks to a major initiative undertaken by the New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District (BID).
December 16, 2006 New Restaurants Fulfill New Rochelle's High Hopes If you build it, they will come. That’s what the pundits said a decade ago about New Rochelle’s dormant downtown, advising that what the city needed was to attract people with disposable incomes by building housing in the downtown district. Businesses would flourish. Restaurants would burgeon.
December 12, 2006 Mardi Gras Comes to Downtown New Rochelle Habitat for Humanity of Westchester County is sponsoring a Mardi Gras in Downtown New Rochelle to help raise funds to build housing to aid displaced Gulf Coast families in New Orleans and Westchester County.
October 5, 2006 Downtown is Looking Up Downtown has arrived. The level of confidence about Downtown New Rochelle among developers, investors, home buyers and businesses is soaring.
September 30, 2006 BID Family Saturday Kick-Off a Success The sun shone down on Ossie Davis Park at Library Green, balloons fluttered in the cool autumn breeze and kids and families had a great time.
September 4, 2006 BID Matches Promise with Performance Emilio Capuano still remembers walking from Salesian High School in New Rochelle a few blocks east to a pizzeria on Division Street for a slice or two.
August 1, 2006 Virtual Business Incubator Aids Downtown Entrepreneurs Several downtown businesses will participate in a two-year pilot program as the city’s first “Virtual Business Incubator,” sponsored by the BID and Monroe College...
August 1, 2006 "WIFI" Arrives Downtown New Rochelle is joining cities, such as Philadelphia, San Francisco and Paris...
July 2, 2006 Mayor Envisions "New City" In his State-of-the-City address on March 16, 2006, Mayor Noam Bramson predicted dramatic changes in New Rochelle...
July 2, 2006 Trump Promotes New Rochelle Developer Donald Trump says what we’ve known for some time, "New Rochelle offers a rare quality of life."
April 9, 2006 Curtain Shop gets facelift What better way to spend your30th anniversary than with a facelift, or more accurately a peel.
March 3, 2006 Lofts Launched on Main Thanks to a duo of innovative programs created by the Business Improvement District, two dynamic live/work lofts are being added to the Main Street mix.
August 22, 2005
Queen City of the Sound polishes her crown
August 7, 2005 New Rochelle Wants the High-End White Plains is no longer the only player when it comes to attracting the dollars of affluent apartment renters...
June 27, 2005 New Rochelle Condo Wins Support Nearly 600 new luxury condominium apartments are in the works for downtown New Rochelle...
May 9, 2005 Capelli Raises New Rochelle Bet to 1 Billion Louis R. Cappelli is raising his stake in downtown New Rochelle to $1 billion with the start of construction of one apartment tower...
January 31, 2005 City Property Raises Interest After decades spent begging developers to look at its empty downtown lots, the city suddenly finds itself being courted by builders...
