YONKERS MAYOR SPANO TO ANNOUNCE FINAL PLANS FOR NEW FIRE HOUSE

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano will announce the City’s final design plans for the Yonkers Fire Department’s new Station 1, Thursday, December 21 at 1:00PM located at School Street and Palisade Avenue.

Tower Ladder 71 and Rescue Company will occupy Station 1 once completed. The Tower Ladder and Rescue Company were relocated in 2015 after the original Station 1 was condemned and closed due to unsafe building conditions.

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Who:
Mayor Mike Spano
Yonkers City Council
Robert Sweeney, Yonkers Fire Commissioner

What:
 Yonkers Fire Department’s new Station 1 Final Plans 

Where:
School Street & Palisade Avenue (location of new fire house)
Yonkers, NY

When:
Thursday, December 21, 1:00 PM

MID-HUDSON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AWARDS $1 MILLION GRANT FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF GLENWOOD POWER PLANT

YONKERS, NY – December 15, 2017 –YONKERS, NY – December 15, 2017 – The Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council this week awarded Yonkers’ iconic Glenwood Power Plant a $1 million grant for its redevelopment. The grant will help fund Phase II of the redevelopment of the former power station. Owned by The Goren Group, the Glenwood Power Plant is located on the banks of the Hudson River in Yonkers.

“Economic development, job creation and investment are on track in Yonkers, and the adaptive reuse of the Glenwood Power Plant is a big component of our revitalization,” said Mayor Mike Spano. “With the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Economic Development Council, we can continue the progress of the last six years, growing our city, improving our economy and redefining Yonkers as the best city in which to live, work and play.”

The Goren Group plans on preserving and redeveloping the iconic turn of the century Glenwood Power Plant into a cultural destination and performance space for members of the Yonkers community and an international tourist destination. During this second phase of redevelopment, The Goren Group will continue to focus resources on infrastructure improvements, rehabilitating the buildings on site to include the largest and most majestic of the three buildings, Turbine Hall.

“We are excited for the construction of the next phase of the ‘PowerHouse,’ thanks to New York’s Regional Economic Development Council,” said Lela Goren, founder/developer, The Goren Group. “ ‘PowerHouse’ is slated to be a historic restoration of the former coal burning power plant, into an event complex for groups and people who create, innovate and inspire.”

Located between the Glenwood rail station and the Hudson River in Yonkers, the Glenwood Power Plant was once the Yonkers Power Station of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Built in 1907 to hold electrical generators to provide power for the electrification of the railroad, it was abandoned in the 1970s. Glenwood Power Plant was purchased by The Goren Group in 2012.Phase I of the conversion into the “PowerHouse” was completed this year.The $15.7 million project consists of structural stabilization, priority utility work, and access improvements.

MAYOR SPANO PRESENTS ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL WITH NOVEMBER 2017 SCHOOL OF THE MONTH AWARD

YONKERS, NY – December 8, 2017 –  This week, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano joined the Yonkers Board of Education, Yonkers City Council and Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Edwin M. Quezada to present the School of the Month Award for November 2017 to the deserving administration, faculty, staff, parents and students of the Enrico Fermi School. Under the leadership of Principal Mark Ametrano, Enrico Fermi is achieving great success and is at the forefront of inquiry-based learning by engaging students in rigorous academic curriculum, at the same time exposing them to real world experiences to prepare them for the future.

Enrico Fermi was recognized for their signature CORE program – Careers, Opportunities and Real World Experience.  Students from Kindergarten through 8th grade not only research various career options for their future, but also study the skills and education necessary to be successful in that chosen field.

“Enrico Fermi, under the leadership of Mark Ametrano, is impacting Yonkers students with the school’s diverse methods of education,”said Mayor Mike Spano. “The administrators, teachers and staff should be proud of the work they’ve accomplished by exposing their young ones to so many real-life experiences at a very early age.  Through their CORE program, technology and art, the teachers and administration are cultivating an environment that promotes confidence, success and a curiosity of the future.”

“Enrico Fermi is a great example of inquiry-based learning,” noted Dr. Edwin Quezada, Superintendent of Schools.  “Principal Mark Ametrano fosters a diverse environment of creativity and their CORE program is successfully exposing our young people to real world experiences outside of the classroom.”

Board of Education President Rev. Steve Lopez added:  “The students, teachers, staff and parents of Enrico Fermi are experiencing success in the classroom, while also soaking in a tremendous amount of knowledge about possible future careers through their CORE program.  This school exemplifies the Board’s goal for creative learning that leads to academic success in our school district.”

Mayor Spano’s School of the Month recognition program began in January 2014 as a way to celebrate the significant academic success, extracurricular achievements and community volunteerism of Yonkers’ students, teachers, administration and staff at Yonkers Public Schools.