By Kathy Kahn Rockland has benefitted from Consolidated Funding Application grants to the tune of $87.1 million in the final 2018 round of grants awarded by the NYS Regional Economic Development Council’s Consolidated Funding program, announced December 19 in Albany. Rockland, part of the seven county Mid-Hudson Region, got off to a slow start when […]
The Rockland Business Association hosted the Annual Green Council Awards at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on November 18. A decade ago, architect Michael Shilale, who was an advocate for better building materials and design, started the chapter of the RBA. This year, the winners were: Tilcon, for Energy Efficiency, sponsored by Integral Building Design; SUEZ, […]
Kevin Dahill, president of the Suburban Hospital Alliance, talks with Alison Kellner of Home Instead Senior Care after the RBA’s luncheon at the Rockland Country Club on December 14. With four decades in the industry, Dahill says consolidations and mergers are becoming commonplace as hospitals and doctors try to meet needs of patients while […]
New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance [AREA] honored Rockland Business Association [RBA] President and CEO Al Samuels with the Chairman’s Award. Samuels is an advisory board member to New York AREA and the president and CEO of the RBA based in Pearl River. The New York Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan presented Samuels […]
Story and Photos by Kathy Kahn A bustling crowd of members and well-wishers turned out at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Suffern for the RBA’s 50th anniversary party. Unlike its traditional formal dinner, the gala was about all about having fun and enjoying friends and coworkers. Al Samuels, who has spent nearly two decades as RBA […]
BY KATHY KAHN The Rockland Business Association on July 20 devoted its meeting at the Pearl River Hilton to the rampant abuse of prescription drugs and street drugs going on in schools, homes and the workplace. “At a recent meeting with other NYS Chambers of Commerce, I was advised there were no formal programs regarding […]