NANUET, N.Y. -- Tech Adventure, Rockland County’s premier STEM Enrichment Center located on Route 59 in Nanuet opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week.Alysson Burgos, the owner of Tech Adventure, was joined by local elected officials, members of the Rockland Business Association, members of the educational community and the public to mark the opening of the new venture that ...

BLAUVELT, N.Y. --  A lifelong Rockland County resident, Alysson Burgos has always been about giving back to her community. As the doors open on her newest educational venture, she hopes to help parents and children experience the world of science. Burgos' path to a business owner is an interesting one; after a career in corporate finance she opened Art Adventure, an art school and ...

POMONA, N.Y. -- Last Saturday, Rockland’s newest premier fitness club, Retro Fitness of Pomona, held its official grand opening. Owners Jeanette and Kumar Aditya started the celebration off with a ribbon cutting along with County Executive Ed Day and Roger Scheiber of the Rockland Business Association in attendance. The gym is located at 1581 Route 202.The afternoon included giveaways, ...

PEARL RIVER, N.Y. - The Rockland Business Association has announced the formation of the Professional Marketing Council, a group launched to support and nourish members of the RBA manage marketing departments for a business in Rockland County.The council, chaired by Ann Byne, Principal of The Byne Group, a creative marketing and public relations agency in Suffern, is currently seeking ...

WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- Members of Rockland County's business community and elected officials were on hand last week to take the first lap at the newly opened Autobahn Indoor Speedway in the Palisades Mall.Pictured left to right are Micky Pagliaroli Manager, Frank Pazdzinski Partner, AL Samuels RBA, Lucy Redzepowski Tourism Director, County Executive Ed Day, Bill Harris Partner, Town ...

WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- Get ready to start your engines at the grand Oopening of the Autobahn Indoor Speedway electric go-kart track, from 11 a.m – 4 p.m on Monday, May 9 at 1000 Palisades Center Drive in the Palisades Mall. The event will benefit Gigi’s Playhouse, with 50 percent of the day’s proceeds going to the organization that serves children and adults of all ages with Down ...

PEARL RIVER, N.Y. -- The Rockland Business Assoication is welcoming the following seven members into the association last week.Property Restoration - Jennifer Behrends of Belfor Property Restorations. Whether assisting with insurance claims for frozen pipes, or sending their National Command Center to respond to disasters such as Katrina, Irene & Sandy, Jennifer and her team restore ...

NYACK, N.Y. -- In 2008, Michael Shilale of Michael Shilale Architects was asked to chair a Green Tech committee for the Rockland Business Association and jumped at the opportunity. "We started what is known as the Green Council, which in addition to advocating and educating the business community on green principles, strives to make them aware of the bottom line benefits to going ...

NANUET -- Rockland professionals and business owners met last week at Bonefish Grill at the Shops at Nanuet for the 'Morning Mingle'. Sponsored by People’s United Bank, the Mingle is a networking group, which discusses a variety of common issues. This month’s topic was “Your challenges and how you face them”.Breaking up into groups and going around the room, people chimped in and came ...

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Businesswomen, owners and managers all gathered at the the Rockland Business Association's monthly Women’s Leadership Council  last week at the Double Tree in Nanuet to discuss the ever-changing role of social media in today's workplace.Kim Cross, Executive Director of Nyack Center and Jenny Mirmelstein, Marketing & PR Manager for The Byne Group sat on a ...