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By Brian Hubert, Daily FreemanRead More

Each year the Greene County Planning Board and Greene County Legislature partner to present the Ellen Rettus Planning Achievement Awards. Ellen Rettus was a long term County Planning Board member who served for several years as Chairperson of the Greene County Planning Board and Chairperson of the Town of Durham Planning Board. As Chairperson of these boards, Ellen worked to promote sound and thoughtful planning throughout Greene County.Read More

..in job growth across the whole state with a 3.1% increase over the last 12 months. The growth in non-farm jobs was 400 from 14,200 to 14,600, or 2.8% percent during the period, which is also #1 in New York State. Eighty percent of all of the job growth in non-metropolitan New York in the last 12 months occurred in Greene County.Read More

Bridge Street Theatre is a non-profit corporation which purchased a factory building at 44 West Bridge Street in Catskill, NY. They converted the building into a 72-seat theater, which will house productions by their company, Kaliyuga Arts. The theater will also be available to other performing art groups and theaters, and because of its location adjacent to the Catskill High School, it will be able to provide theatrical opportunities for high school and middle school students.Read More

The ribbon was officially cut for the Greene County YMCA, located in Hope Plaza at Routes 9W and 81.Read More

9Round Catskill delivers total body results in a convenient 30 minute workout, and a trainer with you every step of the way. Kickboxing classes start every three minutes in Catskill, NY at W. Bridge Street and Maple Avenue.Read More

A veritable who’s who of local, county, state and even federal officials headed over to the Fountain Flats Business Park, which will soon house Ferguson Enterprises, the nation’s largest distributor of plumbing supplies.Read More

Ducommun started business in Greene County in 1977 as DynaBil Industries, started by local entrepreneurs Mike Grosso and Hugh Quigley. The company makes high-precision parts for aircraft and aerospace applications, and has long been a company of choice for aerospace giants such as Boeing, Sikorsky and Pratt and Whitney. Aircraft such as the Black Hawk helicopter and Boeing’s Dreamliner rely on parts made in Greene County.Read More

New York Zipline Adventures is a substantial tourist attraction located at Hunter Mountain. The Zipline experience involves two Adventure Tours: the SkyRider Tour, which involves 4.6 miles of zipline and is the longest, fastest and highest zipline tour in North America; and the Mid-Mountain Tour, which is a family-friendly tour that involves ziplining, rope bridges, rappelling and other activities in a three-hour adventure.Read More

Young’s Prattsville Agway has been a mainstay of retail business in Prattsville for over 50 years. The Agway has been like many other rural stores of its type, stocking hardware, feed and other rural essentials.Read More

The Greene County Chamber of Commerce hosted a Business Roundtable with Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk on Monday, September 15. The Senator and attendees engaged in a lively conversation on issues facing New York businesses. The Senator and her staff have taken what they heard back to Albany to work on solutions to the issues discussed. The discussion took place at the Bridge Street Theater in Catskill.Read More

By Ann BartgisRead More

New York Spring Water started with one of the simplest business concepts imaginable: bottling pure spring water from the Catskills and shipping it to areas that need it.Read More

In West Kill, about 40 miles west of Hudson, another former Brooklynite, Casey Scieszka, just opened the nine-room Spruceton Inn. “I think what most former New Yorkers up here have in common is a desire for freedom,” says Scieszka, who runs the hotel with her husband. “Which can seem like a funny thing to say is lacking in NYC, but I’m talking about a freedom to build something for yourself that will be more than a tiny drop in a huge ocean, to live life at the pace you please, to feel like there’s something more important than the rat race.”Read More

New York Spring Water is a water bottling and processing facility in the Town of Halcott near Vly Mountain. The company opened its doors in 2009 and completed a substantial expansion and renovation of its facilities in 2011-13, part of which had to be re-done after damage to the company’s building and spring from Hurricane Irene. The company was founded by Richard and Luke Zakka, a father-and-son team who scouted Upstate New York for a spring with suitable quantity and quality of water for their new company. The business employs approximately 30 workers in the smallest town in Greene County.Read More

Donna Williams has not had the traditional career path. A one-time “Master of the Universe” on Wall Street and in Los Angeles, Williams has become an entrepreneurial powerhouse in the Historic River Town of Athens with Field Goods, a business that connects the consumer with food from small farms on a subscriber basis.Read More

Windham, N.Y. – Spectacular weather and some of the fastest courses on the circuit made for great racing at the eighth stop of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano at Windham, N.Y. (USA).Read More

The Greene County Power Networking Luncheon is on Wednesday, August 6th at Michael’s Restaurant in Palenville! This unique form of networking will allow you to meet with as many other business people as possible in a short amount of time and maximize the information on your business! Come prepared with business cards! The event will be held from 12:00-1:30pm and there is a $20 registration fee (includes lunch).Read More

The Business After Hours at PaddleHead Boards took place on Thursday, July 18. Attendees enjoyed great food and drinks and some even learned to paddle board or kayak! It was a perfect summer evening for chamber members to get together.Read More

L & M Studio storefront is now open on Main Street in Catskill. The studio is a collaborative project by Meg Oliver and Lucie Piedra to design and make sleek, modern, handmade items for the home and garden. All of the items are made from their own recipe for a durable, creamy white porcelain. Every piece is designed, made, glazed and fired by in historic Catskill.Read More