It was a great community day of raf-

fles, food tasting, wine tasting, book

reading, game playing, art, fashion,

great deals on jewelry, computers, gifts

and more!! On Sunday, November

21st, at an event organized by the

Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt

Development Corporation/KRVC, a

Community Holiday Shopping Guide

was released. This first edition of the

guide was sponsored by State Farm

Insurance and Chase Bank. The re-

lease event, which included a Holiday

Shopping Shuttle Bus donated by Exec

-You-Van, was held at Staples, located

at 5680 Broadway, and covered by the

media.

The Holiday Shopping Guide includes

a listing of clothing, jewelry, furniture,

gift stores and more in the neighbor-

hoods of Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge

Heights, Marble Hill, Riverdale, Van

Cortlandt and Woodlawn.

The event’s highlight was Exec-You-

Van’s Holiday Shopping Shuttle Bus

which shoppers could board and take

to stores in the Kingsbridge and River-

dale shopping areas. Several busi-

nesses participated in the event as

“Shuttle Hot Stops.” For instance, Sta-

ples provided parking for the bus rid-

ers, served refreshments and pro-

moted great holiday specials; Leila’s

Chocolates offered chocolate tasting;

Sotheby’s Realty, Susan Goldy Realty

and Cora’s Hardware held raffles;

John’s Botany Bay offered Holiday

Decorating Tips; The Page Turner and

Someplace Special had storytelling,

game playing and more for the kids;

Brown’s Jewelers had a great Holiday

Sale; Skyview Liquors offered wine

tasting; Elisa Contemporary Art held a

Meet the Artist Event; Capipets offered

dog makeovers; Lloyd’s Carrot Cake

offered food tasting and more!!

The Holiday Shopping Guide and

Shuttle Event are part of KRVC’s on-

going campaign to promote local busi-

nesses and serve the community.

Let’s Get Local!

KINGSBRIDGE-RIVERDALE-VAN CORTLANDT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION/KRVC

December 2010 Volume 1 Issue 2

Special points of interest:

KRVC Launches New Stop Graffiti Days

and Jeopardy Games at Local Schools

KRVC Releases a Community Bank

Guide

KRVC Co-Sponsors a Fall Funday in

North Riverdale

Inside this issue:

Stop Graffiti Days 2

Bank Guide 3

Fall Funday 3

Board of Directors Update 4

KRVC’s NEW Holiday Shopping Guide & Shopping Shuttle Event

www.krvcdc.org

WHAT’S NEW AT KRVC: QUARTERLY UPDATE

Coming this Winter!

• More Stop Graffiti Days

• More Community Business

Guides & Release Events

• More Community Visioning &

Merchants Meetings

• More Energy Efficiency Survey

& Retrofit Promotion

Through funding we receive from Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, KRVC has been managing a Community Graffiti Clean-Up program over the past several years. This fall, we launched a new component of this important initiative – an awareness and education pro-gram . This program includes Stop Graffiti Days at area schools, so far PS 24 on Sep-tember 23rd and at PS 7 on October 22nd. The Stop Graf-fiti Days included presentations for the children in the 5th grade, Stop Graffiti Jeopardy! and a clean-up demonstration near the schools.

At both schools, Assemblyman Dinowitz addressed the chil-dren first. "I've always been very committed to beautifying our community. Whether plant-ing flowers or trees or fighting for clean streets or eliminating the scourge of graffiti. Our anti-graffiti program has cleaned-up hundreds of sites in our com-munity but we must constantly work not only to clean but also prevent graffiti."

The children were also treated to a presentation by Luis Rod-riguez, Community Affairs Offi-cer from the 50th Precinct and then they played “Stop Graffiti

Jeopardy!” The games were or-ganized by Tracy Shelton, KRVC’s Executive Director. After the assemblies, Bruce Pien-kny of City Solve, a professional graffiti clean-up organization, ex-plained the clean-up process through a demonstration in which he removed graffiti on the grounds of the schools.

KRVC, through generous funding from Con Edison, has given grants to several small busi-nesses to support their energy efficiency retrofit projects includ-ing: Mary Anne’s Gift Shoppe, Someplace Special, the New Little Shoppe, Bio Chem Labs, State Farm Insurance and more. These efforts will continue as an ongoing project of KRVC. We encourage businesses to take advantage of our “Go Green/

Save Green” grants. We are committed to making our commu-nity a “Green Community!”

KRVC Launched our NEW Stop Graffiti Days

& Jeopardy Games at PS 24 & PS 7

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KRVC continues to work with our partners Con Edison and Willdan to promote energy effi-ciency audits and surveys for all interested small businesses in our community. KRVC is also supporting other property own-ers interested in “going green” and “saving green.” To date, several businesses have been surveyed and retrofitted so that they will operate more effi-ciently.

Update: “Go Green” Retrofit Grants for Small Businesses

“Let’s stop

graffiti! Let’s

make this world

a better place!”

Chavelie

Peralta (A 5th

Grader at PS 7)

“Let's save the

environment

and stop

graffiti!” Claire

Lazarus (A 5th

Grader at PS

24)

If you see graffiti, report it at

www.krvcdc.org

KRVC Released a NEW Bank Guide in September at Citibank

KRVC’s Participation in North Riverdale’s Fall Funday

one dancing all day. The chil-dren were also entertained by a fun and interactive Magic Show!

In the yard of PS 81, fun activi-ties for children were every-where. A farmers market featur-ing fresh produce including pumpkins, apples, endives, egg plant, sweet potatoes, squash and more was featured on the front lawn of PS 81.

It was a great community day!

On Sunday, October 24th, PS 81, the Riverdale Neighborhood House/RNH, State Senator Jeffrey Klein, KRVC and Community Board 8 held a special com-munity event in North River-dale. The day included many fun Halloween activities, food, music, crafts, games, costumes, fresh produce, including pumpkins and ap-ples, and much, much more.

On the tennis courts of Riverdale Neighborhood House, nearly 40 local mer-chants, schools and commu-nity organizations set up exhibitions and vendor ta-bles. Among the partici-pants were Ibiza Lounge, Capipets, Susan Goldy Real Estate, Elisa Contemporary Art Gallery, Skyview Liquors, MaryAnn’s Gift Shop, Brown’s Jewelers, Mr. Ba-gels, Sqweez Café, Country Bank, Staples, John’s Bot-any Bay, Touch of Sun Sa-lon, Total City Girl, PS 24, Sinfonietta of Riverdale and Riverdale Music Studio. The locally owned Mobile Disc Jockey Service kept every-

KRVC

participated in PS

81’s Fall Funday

with Riverdale

Neighborhood

House, State

Senator Jeffrey

Klein and

Community

Board 8.

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On Thursday, September 30th, at an event organized by KRVC, a Community Bank Brochure was re-leased. This first edition of the guide was funded by Citibank. The release event, which included refresh-ments, was held at and sponsored by the Citibank Kingsbridge Branch, located at 5660 Broadway.

KRVC is in the process of reaching out to all the banks in our community to produce

the second version of the bank guide and the online version of the bank guide, which will include more detailed information and more bank advertisements. So far, Country Bank will place an ad in the second edition of the guide.

KRVC released a restau-rant guide, which was funded by Council Member Oliver Koppell, in July. The release event for the res-taurant guide was held at Jasper’s Pizza on Riverdale

Avenue. KRVC plans to pro-duce more community busi-ness guides. All our guides, including the Holiday Shop-ping Guide, described on

page one have a similar purpose: to promote local businesses and to serve our community.

The day was also part of an ongoing effort spearheaded by KRVC and State Senator Klein’s office to organize merchants and community members in North Riverdale.

KRVC Development Corp.

5760 Broadway, 2nd Floor

Bronx, NY 10463

Phone: 718-543-7100

Fax: 718-543-3474

E-mail: info@krvcdc.org

KRVC’s Staff

Tracy Shelton, Executive Director

Shari Hall, Program Assistant

KRVC’s Board of Directors

Founded in 1981, KRVC, a not-for-profit or-

ganization, aims to encourage and support

local initiatives that will build and enrich our

community through social, environmental,

housing, educational, cultural and business

enterprises. Our target area is the business

and residential community comprised of

Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Marble Hill,

Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Fieldston, Wood-

lawn and Van Cortlandt Village.

Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation/KRVC

Volunteer & Internship

Opportunities Available!

Visit www.krvcdc.org

for more details.

The Board wishes to thank Kevin Vega, Branch Manager of Citibank’s Kingsbridge Broadway Branch. Mr. Vega has been working with KRVC since last spring on a number of initiatives, events and projects including Citibank’s Kids Day in August. Additionally, Citibank co-sponsored a bank guide in September (described in this newsletter) and a Saving for College Forum in November with KRVC. We are pleased to be part of this productive com-munity partnership.

The board continues to seek new members. Interested community members should send a resume to tracy.shelton@krvcdc.org or contact KRVC.

Message from KRVC’s Board

www.krvcdc.org

PRESIDENT

Cori Worchel, Investment Banker, TD Securities

VICE PRESIDENTS

Dr. Faraj Abdulahad, Associate Professor,

Manhattan College

Paul Moore, P. Moore Enterprises

TREASURER

Clifford Stanton, Self Employed Businessman

SECRETARY

Petr Stand, Principal, Magnusson Architecture

and Planning PC

DIRECTORS

Grace Bova, Director of the Volunteer

Department, Schervier Nursing Care Center

Gertrude Chamlee, Retired Administrator, NYS

Insurance Fund

Paula Einbender, NYC HRA Attorney

Robert M. Johnson, President, M.J. Martin & Son

Jerald D. Kreppel, Attorney