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D-Day for the Armory is This Tuesday – Will YOU Make a Difference?

July 22, 2013

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Will this be the last time we get a chance to see the Armory in full glory? If the Mayor has his way, the Echo Bay development will swallow up most of the property as parking for the new apartment housing complex thereby making it all but impossible to readapt this one of a kind piece of New Rochelle history. They will essentially strangle the building preventing us, or anyone else by that matter, from creating a truly unique venue for this city and region.

The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) will be the topic of one of the hearings at the Council meeting this Tuesday, July 23 at 7:00 in the city Council Chambers. If you haven’t yet seen this document you can review it HERE

There are a host of issues relating to this development both in it’s design and in it’s economic value. Plagued by criticism from a large cross section of interests, the case for postponement of the adoption of the FEIS becomes abundantly clear.

A packed house of over 220 people gathered at the East End Civic Association to voice their anger and challenge the unsubstantiated claims of a city wide benefit from the project. Being the most affected section of the city, the FEIS fails to address the concerns raised regarding the traffic along the Pratt St bypass of Stephenson Blvd and the accident rates at Pratt / Main St’s and Pratt/ Adams St’s. Foiled records for reported accidents showed accident rates exceeding one per year on average and yet there is no plan to mitigate the increased traffic of hundreds of cars descending on Echo Bay. The issue of school district burden has been negotiated in a fashion to favor the developer. Quality of life issues of the huge shadow cast over the neighborhood by the increased height of the buildings was summarily dismissed as not relative to the current plan. We were told that every issue raised would have to be addressed with evaluation and corrective measures or an appropriate explanation – neither of which was adopted.

The Armory will suffer death by a thousand cuts as it has it’s property chiseled away to provide Echo Bay parking. The lie that it is for “public use” is shattered with the premise that if you remove this “public use” parking, the project loses its access to its front door. A front door that appears to be within the approved distance to allow Monroe College to utilize the development as student housing. There is no protection in place to prevent this from happening.

The Westchester County Planning board was highly critical in it’s report of the project’s goals and reported benefits

New Rochelle’s very own Planning Board has filed serious concerns in a report dated March 28 that highlights what they believe is wrong with the project. (Does it bother anyone that this March report didn’t see the light of day until July? What’s up with that? )

Local polling on this site and others news outlets show overwhelming pushback to the project as currently proposed

As the Mayor hits the campaign trail and lauds the efforts of the talent pool that volunteered to help with the budget, he has no explanation for the failure to embrace the quantitive analysis by another local pool of professionals working over at Echo Bay Facts. This volunteer, bi partisan, diverse group of residents has essentially preformed a forensic audit of the numbers being touted by the developer and the Mayor. It just doesn’t add up!

Where does that leave us. D-Day. NOW, more than ever before, is your opportunity to make a difference by making your voice heard. Call the mayor, your council member and tell your neighbors about the death of a truly unique piece of New Rochelle history and the cost to taxpayers as we subsidize a multi billion real estate investment firm.

BE THERE

BE HEARD

BE THE VOICE THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

IT’S YOUR ARMORY – USE IT DON’T LOSE IT !

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Attention! Memorial Day Events Posponed Until TOMOROW Take Note

May 25, 2013

Due to weather and safety concerns, the activities for Memorial Day at Glenn Island Park have been rescheduled for TOMOROW, May 26th at Glenn Island. THe time is the same 1:00 PM to 8:00PM with all of the same great entertainment as planned. Blood Sweat and Tears has been gracious enough to accommodate the late changes so make sure you come down and show your support for everyone! Event promoter Peter Parente states  “Obviously we would prefer to have the event go on as planned, we have to make the safety and comfort of our many supporters, performers and volunteers the first priority.” 

Thanks Peter !

2013 Memorial Day poster

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Memorial Day is This Weekend and New Rochelle Remembers – Will You?

May 20, 2013

2013 Memorial Day posterThe parade may have been curtailed, but that won’t stop New Rochelle from taking the time to remember our fallen heroes and giving a salute to our troops this weekend down at Glenn Island. The premier New Rochelle event that we have become so fond of will continue at the new venue this Saturday, May 25th between 1:00 and 8:00 PM. Headlining the entertainment for the day will be the one and only Blood Sweat and Tears. Come down and join the fun and show your support for those who have made days like this possible. Here at the Armory group we salute not only the men and women in the service, but we offer a big thank you to those who keep the tradition alive and work so hard to make this day a day to remember. Ooh Rah!

 

Make it a full weekend and take part in the rest of the activities

 

  Saturday May 25th 1PM – 8 PM
          Glen Island Park Pelhem Road New Rochelle
      NR Veterans Salute To Our Troops  As We Remember Our Fallen Heroes
          Special Honors to NR First Responders…NRPD,NRFD & Trans Care EMS
Sunday May 26th  9 AM at Beechwood Cemetery-
          Grave Flag Replacement Service
Monday May 27th 10 AM at Memorial Plaza, New Rochelle
          Wreath Laying Ceremony
For further information please contact Peter Parente 914 557 5556
United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association of New Rochelle

 

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Take the Armory Poll – What Would YOU do With the Armory?

April 27, 2013

There is a petition asking the City to re-evaluate the economics surrounding development in New Rochelle. We urge you to sign the petition and take a look at what the folks over at Echo Bay Facts are proposing to improve things in this great city. Read about the true economic repercussions of the Mayor’s Echo Bay Fiasco. You won’t like what you see. Before you head over there, we thought it might be interesting to see what’s on your mind. Take a moment to participate in our own snapshot poll about what YOU, the rightful owners of the Armory, would do. Be sure to pass it around to your fellow supporters and check back to see the results.

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A New Section Has Been Added – Read the Stories From those Who Were There

April 19, 2013

We are pleased to launch a new section on our Website. It’s called  “A Day in the Life – True Tales From the Armory“. From time to time we will be posting stories and memories of the experiences so many had relating to this historic building. From Naval personnel to Marine “Devil Dogs” and civilians alike, see what it meant to be associated with the Armory during wartime and peace. The soldier and civilian coming together for common cause. Want to tell about your own experiences? Just contact us through the site, or tell one of our friends over at the Post 8 Legion Hall on North Avenue. We’ll do our best to help tell your story and remember, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Just look over on the right side column of the home page  and click on “A Day in the Life – True Tales From the Armory”

Thanks!

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There’s a Huguenot the Bramson Administration Can Not Control

April 19, 2013
Gadsen Flag in front of Deerpark Town Hall

Gadsen Flag Hoisted High in Deerpark,New York as a Tribute to New Rochelle’s Citizens and Their Armory

About an hour and a half from New Rochelle, in the quiet Town of Deerpark,NY, Veterans,Town Officials and citizens of Huguenot, New York and New Rochelle joined ranks to salute the hoisting of the historic American flag known as the “Gadsden Flag”. As New Rochelle City Council condemns local Veterans groups about the “appropriateness” of this flag, Deerpark Town Supervisor, Karl A. Brabenec understands all too well just how appropriate this symbol of American history is. Karl, along with Deerpark Councilman David Dean and Orange County Legislator, Dennis Simmons spoke eloquently among a crowd of WWII, Korea, Viet Nam and Desert Storm era Veterans about the importance of honoring our military history. “This flag should not offend anybody” said Brabenec, a first generation American whose parents and grandparents lived through Nazi Germany and Communism in Eastern Europe before making their way to the United States to provide a better life for their family. Brabenec’s father went on to serve in the U.S. Navy. Army /Air National Guard Veteran and Orange County Legislator, Dennis W.Simmons standing in front of their 9/11 Memorial, spoke in disbelief out how the Gadsden (which was Commissioned as an official Navy Jack on September 11th, 2002) can fly from any Naval ship but not in front of the Naval Armory in New Rochelle. With words of appreciation and thanks to the Deerpark assembly Assemblyman Ron Tocci presented the Town with a Gadsden flag to hoist in memory of those who have sacrificed and honor those who have made this Country what it is. He also drew the connection between the founding of New Rochelle by the Huguenots and the fact that the Deerpark Town Hall is situated in the Hamlet of Huguenot. Closing comments by Town Councilman David Dean, also a Veteran,  welcomed all to Deerpark where “we’re free men and women here and we believe in the sanctity of this flag and it’s a shame it was stricken from the town of New Rochelle Armory” . Well said Councilman. The crowd then gathered around the flagpole as the flag was prepared with the assistance of New Rochelle’s own Veterans James Murphy, Jim Lasser and James Tudy. A solo voice carried through the breeze with a rendition of  God Bless America, and for that moment, the voice, the wind and the flap of the flags carried with it the souls of all those who came before us to make this moment possible. These are the times when Americans stand strongest. Rallied around our history and foundation. Thank You Deerpark, Huguenot, and of course our Veterans. God Bless America.

You can view a video of the ceremony by clicking HERE

or some photos HERE

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A Call to Arms : New Rochelle Residents Set to March on City Hall on October 10th

October 3, 2012

 

Council has ignored the proposed Veterans Arts Center

Please read the following statement. Remember – it’s YOUR Armory. Don’t let the Mayor’s personal agenda take it away from you. Get Involved! 

(reprint courtesy of http://www.newrochelletalk.com)

Statement by New Rochelle Citizens for A Veterans Performing Arts Center

The New Rochelle City Council has held an “unofficial” vote to deny the New Rochelle Veterans an opportunity to put together a development package for the New Rochelle Armory after we, along with the Save Our Armory Committee, spent 10 years working to save the building from destruction. The development rights were awarded instead to friends and donors of New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson

We have had enough of the Mayor and his cronies mortgaging our heritage and our future for the benefit of his political career.

The storm is gathering. Join us

On October 10th we will gather at American Legion Post 8 at 112 North Avenue at 6 p.m. Once gathered we will form up and march, as a group shortly before 7 p.m. We will march up North Avenue to the steps of City Hall. From there we will enter the Council Chambers and educate Council Members on just what CITIZENS TO BE HEARD actually means.

Bring your friends. Bring anything loud — horns, cowbells, trash can lids.

October 10th. 6 p.m. Come, March. Be Heard. Citizen.

Below are links to the presentation Noam Bramson does not want the city council to see, the Reimagine New Rochelle Armory Presentation by Shop Architects:

Who We Are: Reimagine New Rochelle Armory Presentation by Shop Architects (1 of 3)

What We Have Done: Reimagine New Rochelle Armory Presentation by Shop Architects (2 of 3)

Design and Financials for the Armory: Reimagine New Rochelle Armory Presentation by Shop Architects (3 of 3)

Ever since becoming Mayor in 2006, Noam Bramson has claimed that development at Echo Bay was not economically viable so long as the New Rochelle Armory stood.

Bramson orchestrated a cynical policy to intentionally neglect even the most basic maintenance of the building. Under his stewardship, such as it was, a multi-million public asset has been looted and pillaged — murals destroyed, military artifacts stolen, a gaping hole in the roof opened — and left open — to allow water to pour into the people’s building with each passing storm.

Not content with simply neglecting the building, Bramson has been the loudest voice in the City demanding the absolute destruction of the Armory. In 2010, he conspired with New York State Assemblyman George Latimer in a cowardly attempt to sneak a bill through the state legislature late one Friday night that would have allowed Bramson to level the Armory the following week.

At every step of the way, New Rochelle Veterans and the Save Our Armory group, volunteers all, have worked tirelessly for more than a decade to fight Mayor Bramson’s repeated attempts to dismantle and sweep away the Armory. The more the Mayor acted to destroy the building, the harder these New Rochelle heroes fought. The harder they fought the more bitter became the Mayor’s attacks — not just on the idea of saving the Armory but in personal attacks on the individuals involved. Where hundreds of New Rochelle residents came together to fight for a principal — saving a valuable public asset with a special meaning to the community — the Mayor made the fight about his own ego and his own personal political benefit — advancing a pet project at the behest of deep-pocketed political donors who lined his pockets for many thousands of dollars.

With this history, it is not difficult to imagine the reaction of our Veterans and those that stood with them, the Save Our Armory Group and their supporters as they were forced to listen as Mayor Noam Bramson, pounding his fist on a table for emphasis, declare two weeks ago his unbridle enthusiasm for the result of “our” efforts to to save the New Rochelle Armory, crediting himself while cynically expressing his supposed appreciation for the work of the Veterans and Save Our Armory.

The Mayor’s accomplishment?

An unscheduled, unexpected 5-2 party line vote, awarding development rights the Armory to his political donors and family friends so they can acquire the building at little or no cost and convert the building into a facility for the benefit of a for-profit entity — a gaggle of North End cronies who could not have found the Armory with a GPS system, a compass and a map until the Mayor offered it to them on silver platter.

In selecting a company called Good Profit, the Mayor has embraced turning the Armory into an indoor farmer’s market.

The Veterans have no problem with Good Profit opening a Farmers Market for locally grown organic food and a restaurant. We do have a problem with the Mayor handing over OUR armory to a for-profit private venture to convert a public property into a private use for the benefit of corporate shareholders at the expense of New Rochelle residents. We see no particular demand for yet another market to buy fruit and vegetables or dine out but if Good Profit does they are welcome to open for business — just not in this particular building. There are any number of places in New Rochelle that could house a farmer’s market; there is only one building with the historical significance of the New Rochelle Armory for many thousands of New Rochelle residents.

Where we do see a need in New Rochelle is the area of performing arts. Our vision is a spectacular, state-of-the-art performing arts center to showcase New Rochelle, honor our veterans and bring world-class theater, music and the arts to New Rochelle.

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The New Rochelle Veterans, along with the Save the Armory and the New Rochelle Opera, have submitted a proposal for adaptive reuse of OUR Armory as acommunity space for the residents of New Rochelle in keeping with the deed of transfer under which the City originally required the Armory and the surrounding 3-acre property back in 1997. This 501-3c non-profit entity would develop and manage a badly needed, 35,000 square foot Performing Arts Center within the context of a community center both honoring and serving the post-service needs of veterans including those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Veterans Center for the Performing Arts, a 500-seat, state-of-the-art theater, will serve as the official home of the New Rochelle Opera and any number of local arts groups. In addition to opera, the theater management will offer entertainment ranging from Broadway plays and musicals to musical concerts and a variety of performance showcase events. Complementing the theater will be space set aside for arts programs including studios for music, voice and dance lessons, actor training and smaller performance spaces.

We proposed as a centerpiece, Veterans Hall which would honor our New Rochelle Veteran KIA & 9/11 Victims, a memorial to those from New Rochelle we lost in combat including the global war on terror. The space would house a museum and gallery space to showcase New Rochelle artists going back to Fredric Remington up to Norman Rockwell and through to the present day. The space would display historical items and artifacts celebrating New Rochelle’s Military History going back to the Revolutionary War up through the Civil War, when Fort Slocum on David’s Island served as a prisoner-of-war camp, to 20th century conflicts when the Armory served as a staging area for troops going off to war, to 9/11 when the armory served as a distribution point for supplies reaching first responders at Ground Zero.

We incorporated into our design a 200-seat restaurant including an indoor dining area and a rooftop deck overlooking the Long Island Sound both intended to be self-sustaining in their own right but to also serve as a supper club for our main venue.

Our vision is a public facility created by and for New Rochelle residents to gather and celebrate their traditions, histories, military service and world-class artists and performers — exactly in keeping with the terms of the deed to the Armory from New York State.

The RFP was first discussed in a Committee of the Whole Meeting on distributed on April 10, 2012. The most recent MOU with Forest City for Echo Bay, dated May 14, 2012 required the city to issue a RFP for the armory within 30 days of May 14. No official vote but a final draft of the RFP was submitted to the City Council in May and officially announced in May 2012. The official tour of the Armory took place on June 13th and presentations to City Council were scheduled for August 7th giving us just 55 days to get our team into the building, make an evaluation, run the numbers, sketch designs and prepare a formal presentation.

Despite claims to the contrary by the Mayor and his allies, our group submitted our response to the RFP on time, we presented to City Council on time and answered all questions we received after the presentation on time. We did not miss a single deadline.

We objected to the Mayor, on very short notice, scheduling two of the most important dates in August. Key members of our team had long-planned family vacations and personal commitments.

We discussed with New Rochelle Development Commissioner Michael Freimuth, at the time, and were told that he recognized that not a lot was happening in August, that there would not be a vote until October and there would be plenty of time for our full team to present to the City Council. We never got that chance – our subsequent request to make our full presentation with our partners in September, after Labor Day, was denied. Then the vote was moved up from October to September.

Our partners are well-regarded professionals, SHOP Architects and Shawmut Design and Construction.

SHOP Architects is a leading architectural firm whose most recent project, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, has been a media sensation. Home to the Brooklyn Nets, the venue will soon host the incomparable Barbara Streisand performing for the first time in her native borough on Oct. 11th. Other projects include Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport, the Columbia University School for the Arts and many others.

Shawmut Design and Construction is a leading construction management firm with offices in Boston, New York, Providence, Las Vegas, and New Haven. They have completed over 600 projects ranging from museums to sports venues to casinos to churches. Their client range includes Four Seasons Hotels, Harvard University, Wynn Resort & Casino, Tiffany & Co. and many more.

Last Tuesday we reserved the City Council Chambers at City Hall and invited all members of Council to here our presentation, led by Todd Sigaty of SHOP Architects. It was a spectacular presentation. Unfortunately, the Mayor and his allies on Council did not see it — under the direction of the Mayor they boycotted the presentation as a group, some offering dubious excuses for not coming to the presentation.

The Council Members who did attend, Lou Trangucci and Albert Tarantino, admitted to be skeptical but came away impressed with the creativity of the design, the strength of the two partners and the overall concept for a viable performing arts center in New Rochelle. There was good reason for the Mayor to be afraid of the public and council seeing the presentation — it was that strong.

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The night next, during the discussion of the two plans, some council members cited the “professionalism” of the Good Profit team having not allowed our team to present or even bothering to come by City Hall the night before to meet the impressive team from SHOP and Shawmut, both of whom have worked extensively with Echo Bay developer Forest City/Ratner.

Some council members cited the lack of funding commitments for our team while admitting that the other team had no funding commitments either. Of course, neither team can line up vendors and financing without first having the rights to develop the property under an MOU. Without exclusive rights granted under a Memorandum of Understanding, there are certain obvious limitations in reaching agreements with potential tenants, vendors and lenders. As is always the case with any development, the response to an RFP is largely a presentation of a conceptual plan with some very preliminary estimates on financing and specific uses and designs within the broader concept. Anyone who has followed the ever-evolving concepts presented by Forest City/Ratner for Echo Bay will understand how much these initial concepts evolve over time.

The Mayor and others made repeated claims that it was not fair to the other team to allow us to give our complete presentation, with our design and construction partners, and even claimed it might illegal to do so. The City’s own attorney stated that this was not true and there was no legal reason not to allow us to give our presentation.

Without a hint of irony, the same Mayor who has twisted himself into a pretzel, bending over backwards to accommodate developers like Cappelli and Forest City/Ratner, was suddenly a stickler for process and immovable deadlines. Can anyone even count how many MOU extensions were granted for Echo Bay and Le Count Square? Does anyone remember the State Comptroller report that cited the New Rochelle IDA for failing to do a single cost/benefit analysis for any development project in the last 10 years? The Mayor has turned a blind-eye to developers who miss deadlines, fail in their commitments, wheedle and whine for do-overs and all of a sudden, after a decade working to save the Armory the Veterans, he can’t spare even an hour of the Council’s time?

All of this while pontificating about being “fair” to his cronies at Good Profit. We have learned that discussions between Good Profit and City officials began months beforethe RFP was even discussed by City Council. We believe the Good Profit was provided information and provided special access to the building for many months before the RFP was drafted. The effect was to give the Mayor and his pals at Good Profit a six month running start and then set a narrow time frame designed to advantage Good Profit at our expense.

There was a “public visit” of the Armory as part of the RFP. That was the only access provided to our team. Good Profit was granted repeated, exclusive access.

The Mayor’s solicitousness of Good Profit is, of course, understandable when you realize that people on the Good Profit team are the Mayor’s personal friends and long-time contributors to his political campaigns.

Life is not always fair and if we lose in a fair fight we realize we have to take our lumps and move on.

This was not, however, a fair fight — this was a rigged game from start to finish as has become increasingly apparent as the personal connections between the Mayor and the Good Profit team come into view.

We are not alone.

On the day the Mayor bum-rushed a vote the City Council to eliminate our bid from future consideration, the Development Commissioner, Michael Freimuth resigned. Based on numerous accounts, he had grown fed up with the Mayor’s amateurish meddling in his area of expertise. During the meeting, Mayor Bramson called on Freimuth to make a recommendation to Council without disclosing what he knew but the Council did not — that Freimuth had already resigned.

The Veterans, the Save Our Armory Group and our supports have been fighting for more than 10 years to protect and save the Armory from Noam Bramson, who has been at the vanguard of the effort to destroy our building. We are prepared to fight 10 more years and 10 more after that if that what it takes to protect our building — really our heritage — from the political maneuverings of a warped, frustrated man who as always treated New Rochelle as a stepping stone to future political ambition.

The madness in our City needs to end.

Please, come to the American Legion on Wednesday October 10th (not Tuesday as is usually the case) at 6 p.m. We will be making signs and hearing from our Veterans and Save Our Armory members on what’s at stake — nothing less than soul of our City.

Tell your friends, send out emails, put up notices in windows, call in to WVOX.

Do your part. Spread the word. Be there.

October 10th.

Save the Date to Save the Armory.

— New Rochelle Citizens for A Veterans Performing Arts Center

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Armory Proposal Noam Bramson Didn’t Want the Public to See – UPDATED PART 3

September 29, 2012
Bramson Sabotages Bidding Process

Mayor Plays Another Attack on the Bidding Process

The teckies over at Talk of the Sound have uploaded part 3 of the presentation by SHoP Architects. Please take a look!

 

Our friends over at Talk of the Sound have been gracious enough to provide a video of the proposal that was presented to the public on behalf of the ReImagine New Rochelle Group comprised of the Committee to Save Our Armory, New Rochelle Opera and Local Veterans Groups. Keep in mind ALL council members, along with the mayor, city manager and department of development staff were invited to the viewing. Only Council members Trangucci and Tarrantino considered it important enough to be present. This presentation was in response to the Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the city for the adaptive re-use of the New Rochelle Armory. YOUR Armory. In an effort to short circuit the possible success of this proposal, Mayor Bramson chose to push through a no-notice, unscheduled, surprise vote that, on it’s

We believe the process was flawed in it’s execution and we will continue to flush out the details that will support that contention. Now, more than ever we would appreciate your support, Get involved, step up and speak out.  Let’s get a fair assessment of the plans that will shape the future of New Rochelle.

Follow the latest news here and on Talk of the Sound.
To view the presentation video

For part 1 click HERE

For part 2 click HERE

For part 3 click HERE

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Mayor Bramson Tells Veterans and Local Groups “DROP DEAD”

September 20, 2012

Mayor Bramson throws local groups under the bus

In an orchestrated rush to vote, the mayor pushed through a council vote that would take away locally sponsored development in favor of outside development by a group containing, among others political campaign contributors and interests with close ties to the mayors wife.

New Rochelle Talk is has reported the textbook partyline vote that reinforces the widely held belief of puppet mentality among the democrat council members.
…more to follow

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Civic Associations To Meet With Veterans and Opera Group About Armory

September 17, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 16 2012
New Rochelle New York

Civic Associations to Discuss United Veterans/NR Opera/SOA Plan for New Rochelle Armory

Multiple local Civic/Neighborhood Associations will be conducting a Town Hall Meeting to discuss our Armory options. This month will be the
NR United Veterans/NR Opera/SOA organization with a informational Power Point and Q & A Session. Please extend this invite to ALL
you know.

The meeting will take place in the City Hall Council Chambers at 7:30 This coming Tuesday September 18th 2012
All are welcome.

The NR Veterans have answered the RFP with a Adaptive Reuse of OUR Armory on East Main Street. The Veterans along with Save Our Armory Group have teamed up with NR Opera and are purposing OUR Armory be used for The NR Veterans Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Included in the proposal is a Veterans Memorial for the 300 War Dead, NR Citizens who were Killed In Action over the years in all conflicts and Wars. New idea of having our NR 9/11 Memorial there as well. The Armory will also have a revolving gallery to include,but not limited to Norman Rockwell,NR Historical and of course NR Military History. There will be one or more beautiful restaurants over looking the sound and The main attraction, a Performing Arts Theatre,Studio and Schools. The arts will include performance,Dance,Visual and Instrumental

The City received the Armory from NY State in 1997 with the promise to upkeep,maintain,serve and use for the citizens of New Rochelle.
It’s YOUR ARMORY, please give the Council and the Mayor your input. Hope to see you there

Contact
Committee to Save the Armory
for more information

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