Previous Success Stories

Freehold Pizza & Grill, a restaurant offering authentic Italian cuisine, has recently opened with great success in Greene County.Read More

Mama’s Boy Burgers, a grab-and-go eatery serving local grass-fed burgers and 26 flavors or custard has recently opened under a giant ice cream cone in Tannersville, New York.Read More

Greene County’s oldest automobile franchise has officially opened its expanded headquarters, new showrooms, and new service center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Catskill this past August.Read More

A new wine bar recently opened in an 1824 Main Street Windham building once damaged by Tropical Storm Irene, located between the Post Office and the Windham Civic and Performing Arts Center.Read More

Marie’s Café is a new business in the former Cedar Terrace motel, now called The Terrace, located at 665 Main Street in Cairo. The café offers home-style cooking for lunch and dinner on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with an emphasis on American comfort food in a family atmosphere.Read More

Captain’s Inn Point Lookout in East Windham has re-opened, as the landmark once visited by FDR has been refreshed and is ready to exceed the dreams of 21st Century travelers.Read More

Verdigris, a tea and chocolate bar in Hudson, NY, is about to open a second location on Main Street in Catskill. The shop is expected to open at 291 Main St. on the corner of Bronson Street in a 3-story turn-of-the-century brick building.Read More

Gavin’s Irish Country Inn, an all-inclusive resort featuring a live music and entertainment schedule with well-known Irish and Irish-American musicians, has become a key attraction in the Great Northern Catskills. Famous for their Nellie Gavin’s Irish Bread & Scones, Gavin’s has decided to expand their market and open an Irish Tea Shop in East Durham.Read More

The Greenville, NY Drive-In has been recently renovated to portray a 1950s drive-in in the modern day Catskills. However, the establishment doesn’t just operate as a drive-in. It’s serving up New York State-made treats at the snack bar and local beer at their soon-to-be beer garden, offering a new market to small businesses in the area.Read More

Field Goods, a food subscription service that delivers weekly farm-fresh produce to 350 locations between the Saratoga and Yonkers areas, has recently moved to a larger warehouse in Athens, NY.Read More

A new brewery featuring seven craft beers is set to open on August 15, 2015.Read More

Windham Mountain is the U.S. host for the Annual Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup from August 6 -9, 2015.Read More

The General Store of Catskill, a local gift shop with a focus on bath, body and wellness products, has opened on Historic Main Street in Catskill, NY!Read More

Hunter Mountain has adapted to the changing times and needs of its visitors over the course of the 50+ years they’ve been accommodating skiers. More and larger ski lifts, a larger variety of trails and new and changing amenities continue to draw skiers and snowboarders of all ages and abilities to Hunter Mountain.Read More

The LoBianco Family of Angela’s Pizzeria and Brewery entered the food service industry in 1973. Since then, they’ve opened 15 different restaurants, all of which are still thriving except for one. In addition, they embarked into the ‘craft beer brewery niche’ in 1995, and Angela’s is the 3rd brewing establishment opened under their management. They also own and operate the Hyde Park Brewing Co.Read More

It’s a tremendous understatement to say that Kay Stamer has been very busy improving the Arts in Greene County! In addition to her duties as Executive Director of the Greene County Council on the Arts since 1982, she is program coordinator for the Arts Council’s Youth ArtsReach after-school workshops, and has also served to create and further the Arts-in-Education partnerships with schools in Greene, Columbia and Schoharie Counties. She oversees the County Initiative Program, which re-grants County funds to major Greene County cultural organizations. She managed the cultural side of the Riverside Market at the historic Catskill Point for ten years prior to the Market’s move to Main Street, Catskill. She was a founding member of the Arts Council in 1975, and served on its Board of Directors through 1980.Read More

It’s official! John Shook, the new owner of the Porto-Shook Insurance Agency in Catskill, was named as the Greene County Chamber’s Business Man of the Year.Read More

From the Simple Minds music video Alive and Kickin’ to the battle scenes in War of the Worlds, Greene County has been a visual background for filming almost since celluloid was invented. With rivers, mountains and landscapes worthy of a record-breaking price paid for a painting by an American artist, Greene County provides an amazing visual backdrop to complement a variety of film productions.Read More

With the gaming industry booming all across the United States, Greene County is no exception to the popularity of gaming centers and their success. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Kirwan’s Game Store in Catskill was named Small Business of the Year by the Greene County Chamber of Commerce.Read More

Spring Kelsey, owner of Salon 255 and the Creative Studio of Dance in Coxsackie, is a successful small business-owner who expanded operation through a Quantum Fund Loan and Microenterprise Assistance Program grant. Prior to opening Salon 255 Ltd, she applied her talents in Greenville for 19 years, first as an employee of Hair-Tique Salon, and then as owner and operator of the business for the next 16 years. But the purchase of the Coxsackie building proved instrumental in her business’s expansion.Read More

The Greene County Chamber of Commerce awarded Catherine Rubinger, owner of NAPA 5-Star Store Tannersville Auto Parts, with the 2015 Business Woman of the Year award.Read More

By Chad Polenz, Beer Nut BloggerRead More

Last week, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched two major economic development programs – the Upstate Revitalization Initiative and Round V of the Regional Economic Development Councils – officially kicking off the 2015 competitions for $1.5 billion and up to $750 million in state economic development resources, respectfully.Read More

If you’re a woman looking to start or grow a business, Albany, New York may not be a bad place to start.Read More

BEAN WISE Coffee is a youth owned business operated by school aged entrepreneurs, Justice & Maximum Leman. With their company mission of Education-Responsibility-Stewardship, the Leman brothers sold their first pound of coffee at the ages of eight and ten years old.Read More

Hot dogs are usually not thought of as gourmet food, but that all changed when Heather Williams debuted her food truck, Pippy’s — a 1973 box truck painted fire-engine red and painted with flowers — in 2012.Read More

By Kate Seckinger, Columbia-Greene MediaRead More

Contact: Karl Heck, Community Development Specialist, Greene County EDT&P (518) 719-3290Read More

The Town of Prattsville will receive an award of $231,000 from the Economic Development Council to advance priority projects in 2015. More specifically, the funds will help implement the town’s NY Rising and Long Term Recovery plans, namely the design and construction of Phase 2 of the Schoharie Creek Trail Project. Phase 2 involves extending the trail to connect with the Historic Arnold House and Big Loop trail network. The project will also include building local capacity through staff support to create a more resilient and revitalized community.Read More

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site and Olana State Historic Site are partnering to present a first‐of‐its‐kind exhibition of contemporary artwork entitled “River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home.” The exhibit will be curated by Albany, NY born artist Stephen Hannock and renowned art historian Jason Rosenfeld, PhD.Read More

Greene County small businesses, Arts programs and elite cycling events are all getting a boost in 2015.Read More

The devil is in the details. Marble, brushed nickel, original wood floors and hand hewn beams create a heavenly atmosphere in The Windham Spa’s new Nail Lounge in Windham, NY. Let yourself melt into plush handmade cushions while you lie back and soak your feet, taking in the Italian marble subway and honeycomb tiles paying homage to old New York style. You will be in very capable hands with the Spa’s wonderful staff of over a half dozen massage therapists, estheticians and nail technicians.Read More

Job numbers from the NYS Department of Labor showed a 500-job increase in Greene County during the month of December 2014 as compared with December 2013. This translates into 3.4% growth for the county, by far the highest growth percentage for a county in New York State in December, and up from the 3.1% growth reported back in November 2014.Read More

With over 50 trails, an Inn, three restaurants, a golf course, spa, adventure park and a lift-served mountain bike park, Windham Mountain Resort has evolved into a true destination resort. After investing $7.1 million in 2013, Windham Mountain Resort continues to transform itself into a year round destination. “The 2 year investment of over $11.3 million dollars confirms a commitment to the growth of the resort and also to the quality of the experience we provide,” said President and General Manager Chip Seamans. “We are adding terrain and expanding services while updating and improving existing infrastructure.”Read More

By Max Oppen, Columbia-Greene MediaRead More