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Armonk’s Mariani Gardens Granted Zoning Text Amendment For Café Plans | Armonk Homes
Mariani Gardens in Armonk was recently granted a zoning text amendment from the North Castle Town Board to enlarge its café, according to a report by The Examiner News.
The text amendment would allow the Armonk nursery, located on Bedford Road, to enlarge its café from 1,000-square-feet to up to 3,500-square feet, and it would also be able to increase its seating capacity from 16 to 72, the report said. Certain home furnishing and luxury items, like soaps, lotions and jewelry, could also be sold at the business.
The final step in granting the zoning revision is approval from the North Castle Planning Board.
The text amendment was granted after two years of debate and revised proposals, according to the report.
To read the full story, click here.
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http://armonk.dailyvoice.com/news/mariani-gardens-expansion-approval-tops-armonk-news-week
Art Garfunkel To Perform, Speak In Armonk | Armonk Homes
Music legend Art Garfunkel will perform acoustic sets Oct. 25 and 26 at Whippoorwill Hall at the North Castle Public Library.
The performances will be at 8 p.m. at the library, 19 Whippoorwill Road E., Armonk.
The library said the event will be “an intimate evening of songs, anecdotes, prose and a question-and-answer session with the renowned singer, songwriter and poet.”
Attendance for this event is limited and advance tickets are required. Tickets are $40 and can be purchase online only beginning Sept. 1 here.
The doors will open at 7 pm, and general seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Because of the intimate nature of the program, the library asks those interested to use discretion with regards to purchasing tickets for children under the age of 10.
The library said Garfunkel has asked those who attend to refrain from the use of cameras or video/audio recording equipment of any kind at the performance.
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http://armonk.dailyvoice.com/events/art-garfunkel-perform-speak-armonk
Armonk Weekly Real Estate Report | Armonk NY Real Estate for Sale
| Armonk NY Weekly Real Estate Report | 8/29/2013 | |
| Homes for sale | 84 | |
| Median Ask Price | $1,737,000.00 | |
| Low Price | $395,000.00 | |
| High Price | $17,000,000.00 | |
| Average Size | 5188 | |
| Average Price/foot | $433.00 | |
| Average DOM | 159 | |
| Average Ask Price | $2,349,718.00 |
Latest from Brynwood Development in Armonk | Armonk Homes
August 23rd, 2013
Dear Neighbor,
Over the past several weeks many of you may have received inflammatory e-mails from a new group bearing the name “Responsible Development in North Castle, LLC”. The group described its mission as one that “…hopes to strengthen the Town’s approval process by utilizing the skills and experience of local residents who have experience in real estate development and finance – and by keeping in touch with residents’ wishes.”
As its first “analysis”, this entity has embarked on a mission to scuttle the proposed re-development of the Brynwood club into an active adult community for affluent empty nesters. Regrettably, in email after email, this group has disseminated mis-information that is designed to cause confusion and unwarranted anxiety about the project.
As the late U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan so eloquently stated during one of his debates: “…one is entitled to his own opinions but one is not entitled to his own facts.” Here are the basic facts about Brynwood drawn from expert analyses submitted to the Town in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS):
- Brynwood’s plans call for the creation of a world-class country club community designed for affluent “empty nesters” and retirees. With a renovated golf course and new clubhouse, the residential community will offer a new housing alternative to baby boomers who want to stay in the area after their children have grown up and they have sold their large homes. Please click on www.brynwoodvision.com for more detail.
- The project will generate (on a recurring basis) over $1 million of gross revenue and almost $700,000 in net revenue to the school district without any meaningful increase in school-age children.
- Notwithstanding the fact that Brynwood has drilled test wells and established its own water supply, it has offered to explore joining the Windmill Farms water district and may contribute over $1 million for that privilege – this would help reduce Windmill residents’ debt costs on their existing project to replace their water pipes and improve their service.
- The combination of condominium property taxes and the club-house’s property taxes paid to the Town will be approximately equal to the property taxes anticipated for single family homes — which are the alternative plan to the Brynwood country club community. However, on a net basis, the condominium plan generates far more to the town and the Byram Hills schools than a single family home subdivision.
- The proposed plan calls for the preservation of over 140 of the 156 acres of green open space forever and the upgrade of an out of date facility. It will maintain a valuable local amenity that has been fixture in North Castle since the 1960’s.
- An active adult community with affluent residents who have substantial disposable income, will be an economic boon for Armonk’s merchants and other service providers in the surrounding area Brynwood also happens to be one of largest employers in the area of local teenagers.
Should you have any further questions or comments, please contact us so we may respond to you directly. We believe in the Town of North Castle, deeply respect its careful approval process (through which we are currently navigating), and are committed to improving the lives of all who call it home — our success is closely tied to the Town’s and vice-versa. We hope you agree and see the merits of the Brynwood plan.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeffrey B. Mendell Edward Baquero jbmendell@gmail.com ebaquero@corigin.com
Downtown Armonk’s Water District seeks more water | Armonk Real Estate
Downtown Armonk’s Water District seeks more water and more water storage, according to North Castle’s Director of Water and Sewer Operations, Sal Misti. Director Misti spoke with allaboutarmonk.com about North Castle’s Water District #4.
The Water District #4 includes customers in Whippoorwill Hills, Whippoorwill Ridge, Wampus Close, and downtown Armonk’s commercial accounts, a total of about 370 accounts. There are an additional 117 homes in Whippoorwill that are in Water District #5, which are supplied by Water District #4.
Water District #4 uses four existing wells. The two wells located in Armonk’s Community Park are in good shape. But because of the close proximity of these two wells, they can only be run efficiently one at a time. During peak usage periods, other sources of water are needed. Monthly water usage over the past three years, at peak times such as in July 2010, was recorded as 600,000 gallons per day. During the summer, irrigation systems put a strain on the water supply.
The two other District #4 wells are located on School Street. These original wells were built in 1991 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. One is in bedrock and the other is a gravel-packed well. They are located next to each other, but draw from two different aquifers. The gravel-packed well is developed with a screen in the bottom of a column with a pump inside packed with fine sand. The gravel filters the incoming water which develops into the water supply. The wells have a limited yield because they require treatment due to the presence of iron and magnesium in the water. The treatment limits the wells’ production to about 100 gallons of water per minute from both wells.
The underground water quality in the District’s property has been tested for possible future wells to increase the water supply to downtown Armonk. But building new wells for public water sources requires a significant amount of regulations and conditions for approval from Westchester County’s Health Department. Misti explained, “It is quite a task to get a municipal well approved, it takes years.”
There are two wells in the Whippoorwill Ridge area on Old Route 22 that were taken out of service about 12 years ago because of high iron content. These two will require some treatment, but could add about 45 gallons per minute. The hydrologists recommend bringing the Whippoorwill Ridge wells back online to add much needed water to the system. Months of work is required to fix them; a request for proposal is required for the necessary work to surge and clean the wells, change the filters, and check the pumps.
IBM built its own wells at Business Park field in 1960s. The IBM infrastructure was approved and then turned over to Water District #4 to become part of the distribution system. IBM donated the park property to the town’s water district and extended the water main infrastructure to Maple and Bedford Road. The main line was continued to Whippoorwill Ridge on Old Route 22, across Route 22 and up to IBM’s facility. Public water became available for the Old Route 22 area.
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Facebook Changes News Feed Algorithm | Armonk Realtor
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What’s New This Week?
Facebook Updates the News Feed Ranking Algorithm: There are two new features to note regarding Facebook’s new news feed: Story Bumping and Last Actor. Both of these now ensure that Facebook users see more of the updates from the people they interact with.
“This update does a better job of showing people the stories they want to see, even if they missed them the first time.”
YouTube Rolls Out Live Streaming and More Channel Tools: Live streaming is rolling out for channels with 100+ subscribers. You can also choose and upload your favorite image to create your custom thumbnail. You can add annotations to your video to “link externally to various online stores and your associated websites.” And you can now mark your playlist as a “series”—YouTube will then show viewers of your videos the next episode from the series and a link to the whole playlist. If you’re on YouTube, be sure to check them out.
You can activate YouTube Live Streaming under your video manager channel settings
LinkedIn Introduces the Ability to Apply for Jobs on Mobile: LinkedIn makes “it possible for LinkedIn members to directly apply for jobs that interest them, right from their iOS or Android device.”
Facebook Launches Graph Search to Everyone in U.S. English: “Graph Search makes it easier to make new connections; you can continue to search for friends and pages by name, or use simple phrases to find something specific across people, photos, places, interests and more.” It is now available to everyone in the U.S. in English.
Must See Social Media Statistics | Armonk Realtor
Social media marketing is not just a trendy word, it is fast becoming and in some cases already is a viable acquisition channel for most businesses.
In fact, Hubspot reports that 70% of business-to-consumer marketers have acquired a customer through Facebook.
If you are still having trouble convincing your boss that social media is worth the investment, here are 28 must see statistics for 2013 to make him/her jump on board.
YouTube
photo credit: webtreats
This may be well-known now, but it’s worth mentioning that YouTube is the #2 search engine on the web making it one great resource for traffic and leads.
As a matter of fact, Zappos reports that YouTube drove 250,000 visits to its website in 2012.
If you have no clue where to start with YouTube, check out our Complete Guide to Video Marketing.
Another resource is an interview that David Siteman Garland with James Wedmore. James talks about how he finds keywords with high search traffic, creates videos for those terms, and ultimately turns those views into email leads.
1. 700 YouTube video links are shared on Twitter every minute (source: Relevancy Group)
2. 500 years of YouTube videos are watched on Facebook every day (source: Relevancy Group)
3. The equivalent of 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube each minute (source: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
4. 99% of US online specialty retailers use YouTube, up from 93% in 2012 (source: L2)
Facebook
photo credit: Scott Beale
With close to a billion active users on the site, Facebook is a behemoth in the social media world.
Amy Porterfield is an expert on Facebook Marketing and has a great blog post about how to increase fans on your page.
Also, if you haven’t looked into Facebook Ads, it’s one channel worth checking out. In fact, at SmartShoot we were able to attract more leads at half the price on Facebook than we were on Google Adwords.
5. 79% of social media log ins by online retailers are with Facebook, compared to 12% for Google+, and 4% for Twitter (source: Gigya)
6. Facebook will account for 13% of worldwide mobile ad revenue in 2013 (source: L2)
7. Facebook users share 2.5B pieces of content on the site each day (source: Nielsen)
8. 70% of business-to-consumer marketers have acquired a customer through Facebook (source: Hubspot)
Realtor.com(R) National Housing Trend Report Shows Dramatic National Year-Over-Year Inventory Declines are Easing | Armonk Homes
Realtor.com(R), the leader in online real estate operated by Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), today released the realtor.com(R) National Housing Trend Report for the month of July 2013. July’s real estate market data shows the nation experienced a 5.24 percent decline in housing inventory, which is the second month in a row with year-over-year inventory declines in the single digits. National median list prices increased 5.27 percent year-over-year while median age of inventory is down 16.67 percent.
While California markets have dominated the list of markets with the largest housing inventory declines in the first part of 2013, they have been replaced by a new set of market leaders including: Detroit, Mich.; Boston; Denver; Honolulu and Naples, Fla. The large decreases in the for-sale inventory in these markets suggests the beginning of a housing market recovery process similar to what was observed in Florida in 2011, and in California in 2012 and 2013.
“The recovery is entering a new phase where inventory shortfalls are no longer the driving force behind changes in housing prices in many markets. Larger inventories, especially in the hotter markets that experienced rapid price increases in the spring, are expanding buyers’ choices and helping to moderate price increases,” said Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Move, Inc. “This month’s report also underscores the uneven nature of the housing recovery and its dependence on the strength of the local economy.”
Realtor.com(R)'s Key National Market Indicators for July 2013
Year-over-Year % Month-over-Month %
July 2013 Change Change
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Number of Listings 1,959,030 -5.24% 1.41%
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Median Age of Inventory 85 days -16.67% 6.25%
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Median List Price $199,900 5.27% 0.00%
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-- Dramatic national year-over-year inventory declines have evaporated.
Nationally inventories in July are only 5.24 percent below the level of a
year ago compared to being down 16.47 percent year-over-year in January.
-- Inventory declines decrease in local markets. In July 2013, the number
of markets with decreases in year-over-year inventory declined from 125
markets in June to 118 markets in July. This suggests that this fall
inventories in some markets may return to levels of a year ago and may
continue to slow price increases in some markets.
-- Markets are still moving fast. All but five markets are continuing to
experience year-over-year declines in age of inventory and on a
month-over-month basis. On a national level, housing inventory is
approximately 17 percent below last year, but the national age of
inventory increased 6.25 percent month-over-month.
-- Price declines decrease in local markets. Median listing prices are now
negative year-over-year in only 31 markets, which is down from 36 in
June
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