on our website, mailed to our Friends of KRVC mailing list and distributed at our events. If you would like to be included on our mailing list, please send your name and address to tracy.shelton@krvcdc.org.

KRVC will produce this newslet-ter four times a year—In Sep-tember, December, March and June.

This, our first issue, covers the work of KRVC since the hiring of our new Executive Director at

the end of April 2010 through August 2010.

The purpose of this newsletter is to keep our community informed about the programs, activities, initiatives and events of KRVC. These newsletters will be posted

KRVC Hired a NEW Executive Director in April

Tracy Shelton joined the KRVC team as Executive Director in April 2010, with extensive experience in the public interest and strong community ties and involvement. In her short tenure at KRVC, she has developed an ambitious and extensive program of activities, initiatives and events for the

organization, as described in this newsletter. Prior to becom-ing Executive Director of KRVC, for nearly two decades, Ms. Shelton worked for the New York Public Interest Research Group/NYPIRG as a Consumer Attorney. Ms. Shelton moved to Riverdale in 2002 with her husband, Marvin, and their two children. Ms. Shelton is active in the Parents Association of PS 24. Ms. Shelton received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Franklin and Marshall College and a Juris Doctor Law degree from American University's Washington College of Law.

KINGSBRIDGE-RIVERDALE-VAN CORTLANDT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION/KRVC

September 2010 Volume 1, Issue 1

Special points of interest:

KRVC Launches New Energy Efficiency Pro-

ject and Is Offering “Go Green” Retrofit Grants

to Small Businesses

KRVC Releases a Community Restaurant

Guide

KRVC’s Board of Directors Holds Annual Elec-

tions and Elects a New President, Cori Worchel

Inside this issue:

Energy Efficiency Project 2

Restaurant Guide 3

Street Beautification Project 3

Board of Directors Update 4

About our NEW Newsletter

www.krvcdc.org

WHAT’S NEW AT KRVC: QUARTERLY UPDATE

Coming this Fall!

• Monthly Stop Graffiti Days

• Bank Guide Release

• Community Visioning

Meetings

• Holiday Shopping Guide

Release

• Energy Efficiency Survey &

Retrofit Promotion

• And More. . .

KRVC launched a new program to promote energy efficiency audits and retrofits throughout our community. Small business owners and other property owners are encouraged to contact KRVC or register on our website. KRVC can assist inter-ested property and small busi-ness owners with scheduling audits (many of which can be done for free or at a low cost). Small business owners are en-couraged to take advantage of KRVC's "Go Green" Retrofit Grant Program. Energy

Efficiency Audits or Surveys recommend potential energy-saving upgrades for lighting, cooling and refrigeration. Retrofits are the measures and upgrades suggested in the surveys to make the building more energy efficient. The "Go Green" Retrofit Grant Program is currently offered only to small business owners and, since the fund-ing is very limited, these grants are competitive. However, KRVC is actively seeking additional funding

to expand this program. Therefore, all interested prop-erty owners are encouraged to contact KRVC or register on our website. KRVC will create a list of Projects Awaiting Funding once all the current funding is used or for projects that fall outside the guidelines of our current grant program for small business retrofits.

KRVC thanks Con Edison for funding our Small Business Audit Promotion and Retrofit Grant Program.

Williams Funeral Home, Riverdale Greentree, Magnum Comics & Cards, the New Little Shoppe, John’s Botany Bay, Jasper’s Pizza and more.

In August and September, KRVC distributed “energy efficiency/go green” promotion bags to 200 businesses to further promote the energy efficiency surveys and “Go Green” Retrofit Grant Program. These efforts will continue as an ongoing project of KRVC. We

are committed to making our community a “Green Community!”

KRVC Launched our NEW Energy Efficiency Project in June

Energy Efficiency Forum & Breakfast

Vasquez, Con Edison Energy Efficiency Program Manager; and Kate Shackford, BOEDC Executive Vice President.

All guests were entered for FREE in a raffle for a special prize - a $200 gift certificate for the Riverdale Greentree Restaurant! The first 20 guests received a $50 gift certificate from local merchants! All guests received goody bags with energy efficiency information, Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs and more!

KRVC thanks everyone who attended and otherwise supported the forum including Con Edison, BOEDC, Community Board 8, Grow NYC, NYSERDA, ENAWAC, BronxNet, The Riverdale Press, the Kingsbridge BID, Council Member Cabrera's Office and dozens of community businesses.

KRVC launched our program to promote energy efficiency audits throughout our com-munity in a BIG WAY on June 15! Through a gener-ous grant from Con Edison, KRVC held an Energy Efficiency Forum and break-fast attended by over sixty members of our community representing small businesses, co-op boards, Community Board 8, not-for profits and more.

The Forum Speakers in-cluded Elyssa Rothe, Energy Smart Communities Coordi-nator, NYSERDA; Esteban

Small Business

Owners are

encouraged to

take

advantage of

KRVC’s “Go

Green” Retrofit

Grants!

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After the forum, KRVC’s focus has been to promote the energy efficiency audits and surveys for all interested small businesses in our community. KRVC is also supporting other property own-ers interested in “going green.” To date, several businesses have been surveyed and are currently being retrofitted so that they will operate more efficiently.

These businesses include

“Go Green” Retrofit Grants for Small Businesses

On July 28, KRVC released

a Community Restaurant

Guide at an event held at

Jasper’s Restaurant. The

event was attended by

Council Member Koppell,

who funded the guide, and

by Tracy Shelton, KRVC’s

Executive Director. KRVC

compiled the guide, which

includes more than 100

area restaurants in a handy

booklet with a colorful cover

featuring a compilation of

pictures of 30 restaurant

signs. Maria Khury of Com-

munity Board 8, Katherine

Broihier of the Kingsbridge

Business Improvement Dis-

trict, Ellen Feld of the South

Riverdale Avenue Merchants

Association and Joseph

Mulroe of Whats Up

Riverdale.Com also at-

tended. John Bindela,

owner of Jasper’s Pizza,

was a gracious and generous

host of the event.

the plantings and rod iron

guards that adorn the pits,

into far more attractive

shopping areas than those

without street beautification

programs.

The extensive street beautifi-

cation work is done by local

vendors and overseen by

KRVC. The plantings are

maintained by John McKeon

of Botany Bay and the tree

guards are maintained by

John Bindela of Jasper’s

Pizza and Bindela

Construction Corp.

On July 23, at an event or-

ganized by KRVC, the South

Riverdale Avenue Merchants

Association celebrated the

Street Beautification

program funded by

Assemblyman Jeffrey

Dinowitz. The program

covers approximately 40 tree

pits that span the

commercial areas located on

South Riverdale and

Johnson Avenues. The

streets are transformed, with

KRVC Released a NEW Restaurant Guide in July

KRVC’s Participation in Community Events

KRVC’s Street Beautification Program Update

cotton candy, face painting, crafts, guitar and a special visit from Mr. Met, the colorful mascot for the NY Mets. KRVC also staffed a table at the event. Citibank gave away free “green” school supplies and KRVC gave away energy efficient light bulbs and restaurant guides.

Additionally, on August 29, KRVC participated in the Jew-ish Heritage Street Fair, which is another great community event.

KRVC participated in a number of community events held in the spring and summer. On April 25, KRVC participated in the Riverdale Y’s Earth Day Celebration. KRVC was a sponsor of Riverfest held on June 13 at the College of Mount St Vincent.

Citibank’s Kingsbridge Branch held a Kids Day Event on August 21 and KRVC helped promote the event, which featured

“KRVC

participated in

several

community

events held in the

spring and

summer including

Citibank’s Kids

Day!”

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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

Shannon Goodson, Deputy Director

Shari Hall, Office Manager

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.

In June 2010, KRVC’s Board of Directors held its an-nual officer elections. Petr Stand stepped down after serving for more than a decade as President of the KRVC Board of Directors. KRVC thanks Mr. Stand for his dedication to KRVC and for the numerous contribu-tions he made to the organization during his long ten-ure as President. The Board elected Cori Worchel as its new President. Ms. Worchel has strong ties to the KRVC community. She grew up in Riverdale and at-tended PS 24. Currently, Ms. Worchel has two chil-dren at PS 24 where she is serving her third year as co-President of the Parents Association. She has been a member of the KRVC Board of Directors for two years. Ms. Worchel is committed to making KRVC a strong and effective organization that serves its community through a range of initiatives and programs. The board also welcomed a new member, Grace Bova, in June. Ms. Bova is also an active member the KRVC commu-nity and has already attended and supported KRVC events and projects. The board is seeking new mem-bers. 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

Gertrude Chamlee, Retired Administrator, NYS

Insurance Fund

Paula Einbender, NYC HRA Attorney

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

Jerald D. Kreppel, Attorney