Business Updates


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Businesses and community leaders from throughout the central Catskills region gathered Thursday night, Nov. 3 at the Phoenicia Diner located along Rte 28, for the 2016 Fall Business Mixer sponsored by the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce and the Belleayre Music Festival.

Attendance was high at 65 individuals who represented our diverse business community from Main Street business groups including the Greater Roxbury Business Association, Fleischmanns Association of Business and the Business Association of Margaretville, the Town of Shandaken and hamlet of Phoenicia and Arkville. Hosted by Mike Cioffi and his staff at the Phoenicia Diner and supported in part by MTC of Margaretville and WiOX Community Radio in Roxbury helped to make the evening gathering a success.

Speakers included Jeff Senterman, the executive director of the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development who spoke of recent state funding through the support of Senator James Seward and others that will provide for the implantation of a Catskill region-wide recreation study to create connections between Catskill Main Streets and the surrounding Catskill Parklands. The funding will also allow for two mountain biking plans to be developed and a number of the parking lot and trail access improvements across the Catskill region. Also discussed was the capital improvements scheduled at the Catskill Interpretive Center that includes the installation of a fire tower and a ranger’s cabin as interpretive tools to teach the public about the Catskill Parks history and NYS DEC history.

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