WCA Holds City Showcase in White Plains
Business leaders from across the region were in White Plains Wednesday morning, as the Westchester County Association held its first City Showcase to show what the city has to offer. The half-day event gave those in attendance the chance to meet and hear from members of the community, including WCA officials and Mayor Tom Roach.
Attendees met for breakfast at the Reckson Metro Center on Hamilton Avenue, then took a two-hour bus tour of the city. The tour highlighted the city’s assets, and the business leaders were shown where corporate and retail space was available.
“I don’t live in the city so it was a good opportunity for me to see what the opportunities are in this area,” said George Carfagno, the business development manager of The Chazen Companies, a Poughkeepsie-based engineering firm. “You can hear numbers and you can read them but when you see them, you actually see the buildings, it’s quite something. I’m pretty optimistic about White Plains being a center for this part of the world.”
After the tour, Roach gave the keynote speech at a luncheon held at the ArtsWestchester building.
The showcase was part of the WCA’s Blueprint for Westchester. For more information, visit www.westchester.org.
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