2021 COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE & MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY ULSTER COUNTY www.UlsterChamber.org www.UlsterChamber.org 1 CONTENTS 4 Letter from the Chamber President Welcome to the 2021 Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Resource Guide and Membership Directory CORPORATE SPONSORS 16 Accommodations CORPORATE LEADERS DropYourBags and Enjoy Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union 20 Business and Industry Nuvance Health Putting Us on the Map Rondout Savings Bank 28 A Community That Cares Emerson Resort & Spa Leveling the Playing Field with Love Ulster Savings Bank Central Hudson Gas & Electric 32 Education Overcoming COVID CORPORATE PARTNERS 34 Health and Wellness Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Investing in Our People Sawyer Savings Bank 40 Homes and Lifestyles CORPORATE SUPPORTERS Red Hot Market Naccarato Insurance 46 Tourism Kimlin Energy Services America’s Best Escapes CareMount Medical Community Products, LLC 48 Categorical Member Listings Sickler, Torchia, Allen & Churchill, CPA’s, PC HealthAlliance - A Member of WMCHealth Network 48 Alphabetical Member Listings SUSTAINING SPONSORS 88 Advertising Index The UPS Store • Adams Fairacre Farms Ulster Federal Credit Union • UHY LLP The Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their contributions: Directory Coordinator and Advertising Sales – Carol Ricken Graphic Design and Layout – Allison Costanzo Editorial – Robert Mitchell & Paula Mitchell Photo Credits: Cover Photo: Allison Costanzo Accommodations: The Forsyth B&B; Pine Ridge Dude Ranch Business and Industry: Boice Bros. Dairy; Exago, Inc. A Community That Cares: United Way of Ulster County; Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Education: SUNY New Paltz; SUNY Ulster Health and Wellness: HealthAlliance Hospitals, menbers of WMCHealth; Nuvance Health Homes and Lifestyles: Williams Lumber & Home Centers; Uptown Kingston Tourism: Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses; Hudson River Maritime Museum Copyright 2021 – Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce 214 FAIR STREET KINGSTON, NY 12401 PHONE: 845.338.5100 FAX: 845.338.0968 E-MAIL: [email protected] Information in this directory was carefully compiled to ensure maximum accuracy. However, the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce, Inc. cannot guarantee the correctness of all information provided herein. Readers noting inaccurate information are asked to contact the Chamber office with corrections and updates. For the most current information available on members, please visit the Chamber’s website at www.UlsterChamber.org. Contents published by Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce© 2021. All Rights Reserved. 2 Community Resource Guide 2021 www.UlsterChamber.org 3 LETTER FROM THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT Welcome to the 2021 Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Resource Guide and Membership Directory This is the space reserved for the President of the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce to put on his rose-colored glasses and look with enthusiasm to the year ahead. I do so as we are ending the most difficult year in our BOARD OF DIRECTORS memory as Covid-19 affected every local small business in our region. OFFICERS 2020 also showed the true strength and character of Ulster County’s small CHAIR John Burlingham business community. I can’t recall a time when we’ve seen our community come American Solutions for Business together, so eagerly and determined, working as one for the good of all. PRESIDENT Ward D. Todd Strangers reached out to assist healthcare workers. Restaurant owners gave Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce free meals to first responders. Small businesses purchased PPE for frontline workers. Neighbors helped neighbors. New relationships were formed. Hope was CHAIR ELECT Crystal Jacob everywhere. Businesses were thankful to be open and were embracing the new Ulster Savings Bank mantra of the pandemic: We Are All in This Together! VICE CHAIR Dr. Alan Roberts SUNY Ulster In 2021 and beyond, your Ulster Chamber of Commerce is here to remind everyone, Chamber Members, as well as the local community, that this will not be a success story without everyone pitching in. We need all TREASURER Justin Goldman 188,000 residents of Ulster County to keep all your business local. Bank of Greene County Together we can make a difference. SECRETARY Kevin Quilty Community Foundation of Ulster County Together we can improve our local economy. IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR David Gagnon SHOP LOCAL - BUY LOCAL - KEEP IT LOCAL Gagnon & Associates, CPAs We all do that and there’s no pandemic that can stop us. Christopher Bowers The Reis Group Ward D. Todd President Maria Cabrera Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce Maria Cabrera Alterations & Tailoring “Supporting Businesses ~ Supporting Community” Jessica Coumbes UnitedHealthcare Fran DePetrillo-Savoca ULSTER COUNTY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STAFF Ulster County Tourism Michael Doyle, MD, MBA, CPE HealthAlliance Hospitals, members of WMC Health Brianne Ebel Diamond Mills Hotel & Tavern/HITS Jennifer Fabiano Rondout Savings Bank Miriam Gibbons PuroClean Professional Restoration Debra Harris BEST WESTERN PLUS Carol Ricken Valerie Walsh Jess Davis Hotel & Conference Center Director of Membership/ Office Manager Director of Membership Timothy Hayes Project Manager Engagement Central Hudson Gas & Electric Alex Ibarra Hudson River Technologies, Inc. Tamara Murray Emerson Resort & Spa Michael Paesano Adams Fairacre Farms Ephie Trataros The Trataros Law Firm, PLLC Tony Troccia Allison Costanzo Ingrid Kulick Ulster Savings Bank Graphic Design & Executive Director Eugene Waterbury Administrative Assistant Chamber Foundation Begnal Motors 4 Community Resource Guide 2021 www.UlsterChamber.org 5 6 Community Resource Guide 2021 www.UlsterChamber.org 7 8 Community Resource Guide 2021 www.UlsterChamber.org 9 10 Community Resource Guide 2021 www.UlsterChamber.org 11 12 Community Resource Guide 2021 www.UlsterChamber.org 13 14 Community Resource Guide 2021 www.UlsterChamber.org 15 Accommodations DROP YOUR BAGS AND ENJOY John Wayne once said that courage is being scared to death but anticipating their needs, feeding them delicious food, giving them a saddling up anyway. After all, that’s just what cowboys do. As clean and safe environment and making sure that they have enough evidence, let’s drop in at Pine Ridge Dude Ranch in Kerhonkson. The information to enjoy all the cultural and natural assets of Kingston Western-style resort stands strong, even though it got sideswiped for and the Hudson Valley,” said innkeeper Tamara Ehlin. a spell by the pandemic. Choose from four chic and cozy rooms with private baths as well Witness the pleasant pastures, happy horses, robust riding as the newly renovated barn loft overlooking the garden courtyard. programs, stellar staff and gratified One thing sure to pop out guests making their way around the is the property’s stunning 150-acre property in the foothills of midcentury artistry. the Catskill Mountains. “I come from a family of “We’re all about bringing people artists, so almost every piece together,” said owner Mike Offner, in the house was done by tipping his Stetson to guests checking a family member or dear in for the weekend. friend,” Ehlin said. “We also They’re smiling and preparing for collect things that interest us. all-inclusive family fun. They’ve been It could be from a yard sale or doing that since Independence Day an auction—as long as we find weekend when Pine Ridge reopened it interesting.” with strict COVID-19 guidelines in Aside from the look and place. At every turn, you could spy feel of the 1830’s house, hand-sanitizing stations or employees guests are sure to swoon over wiping down common areas. Pine Ridge Dude Ranch Ehlin’s culinary presentations. Temperature checks at the door and Travelers rave about her masks were mandatory. Meals were served outdoors in the socially ricotta fritters, potato latkes and fresh fruit bowls. distanced picnic area. In short, the ranch exceeded New York State While COVID remains a risk, she has made some changes that Health Department guidelines for safety. include serving non-communal meals, requiring guests to wear While the ranch operated at half capacity, Offner and his team masks outside their rooms and following all CDC guidelines for remained upbeat. For sure, this wasn’t their first rodeo. sanitation. Ehlin said she looks forward to a return to normalcy. “We just reopened two years ago, so reopening for us wasn’t that An abundance of overnight accommodations that include the much of a challenge,” Offner said. “This was just another mountain nature-inspired Emerson Resort and Spa in Mount Tremper, the to climb. It took true grit.” bohemian Hotel Dylan in Woodstock and the jaw-dropping gorgeous The ranch, formerly known as Pinegrove Ranch and Family Buttermilk Falls Inn and Spa offer visitors the opportunity to Resort, had fallen on hard times years ago and was shuttered in the experience nature, culture and fine dining in our region. fall of 2017. Magic happened in January 2018 when Offner and two Boutique destinations like Diamond Mills Hotel and Tavern in investors purchased the property. Saugerties positively glimmer, while Honor’s Haven Retreat and Ever since, the new owners Conference Center in Kerhonkson have renovated all buildings beckons majestically from Ellenville. and grounds, while staying Historic landmarks like Mohonk true to the original wrangler Mountain House in New Paltz enchants, spirit introduced