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Shop Local and Support Local Businesses! Plaza Voice Village of Great Neck Plaza December 2016 Mayor Jean A. Celender, Deputy Mayor Ted M. Rosen Trustees Ted M. Rosen, Gerry Schneiderman, Pam Marksheid, and Lawrence R. Katz Clerk Treasurer - Patricia O’Byrne Editor - Brian Hetey Message from the Mayor 2 Don’t Look Now; Winter is Upon Us 3 The Business Corner; VGNP Welcomes, Approves More than Two Dozen Businesses in 2016 4 The Business Corner, Cont... 5 New Year, New Representatives Veterans Day at the Atria 6 7th Annual Poetry Contest Submission Deadline Nearing Showcase Your Artwork at Village Hall in 2017 7 Dates to Remember Plaza Welcomes New Stores 8 Inside the Voice: Did You Know… ...that the Village has introduced a mobile parking app by Parkmobile in our three surface parking lots? With Parkmobile’s mobile app, free for iPhone and Android users, once registered, paying for your parking transaction takes just a few seconds. You can opt- in to receive a text message notification 15-minutes prior to your parking session ending, and purchase more time provided you haven't reached your maximum allotted time. Note, parking patrons will still be able to pay for parking the traditional way, using quarters and $1 bills. We hope you find the app useful and convenient the next time you visit and shop in the Plaza! We encourage everyone to shop locally in downtown Great Neck Plaza throughout the Holiday Season. Please support your local businesses and frequent the Plaza’s many fine retail stores, restaurants and service establishments. We have approximately 260 retailers offering an array of food cuisines, specialty goods and products and personal services. For this Holiday Season the Village is providing, in association with the BID, “Free Parking” for a maximum of 4 hours in our three surface parking lots to support our local merchants and shoppers on five Saturdays starting November 26, Small Business Saturday, through December 24. Of course, remember that on Sundays, all meters are “Free.” Our retailers offer diverse products and services; everything from clothing and sporting goods to paint your own ceramics and pet pampering gifts. Our merchants are conveniently located within walking distance of most of our apartment buildings and single-family homes. Additionally, there is ample, “Free” parking in our Plaza Centre and Maple Drive municipal garages after 5 p.m. weekdays and on Saturdays and Sundays. Please be safe and enjoy everything this Holiday Season has to offer. Also, help to give back to those less fortunate. Metropolitan Commercial Bank located at 111 Great Neck Road is collecting gently-used coats as part of an annual coat drive with New York Cares. This non-profit, and many other locally- based service organizations, including our volunteer firefighters and emergency response personnel, work hard all year long to assist members of the community; they rely on our help and support for their operation and to continue providing great programs and services offered to our residents. Remember them in this season of giving!
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Shop Local and Support Local Businesses!

Plaza Voice Village of Great Neck Plaza

December 2016

Mayor Jean A. Celender, Deputy Mayor Ted M. Rosen

Trustees Ted M. Rosen, Gerry Schneiderman, Pam Marksheid, and Lawrence R. Katz

Clerk Treasurer - Patricia O’Byrne

Editor - Brian Hetey

Message from the Mayor

2

Don’t Look Now; Winter is Upon Us

3

The Business Corner; VGNP Welcomes, Approves More than Two Dozen Businesses in 2016

4

The Business Corner, Cont...

5

New Year, New Representatives

Veterans Day at the Atria

6

7th Annual Poetry Contest Submission Deadline Nearing

Showcase Your Artwork at Village Hall in 2017

7

Dates to Remember

Plaza Welcomes New Stores

8

Inside the Voice:

Did You Know… ...that the Village has

introduced a mobile parking

app by Parkmobile in our three

surface parking lots? With

Parkmobile’s mobile app, free

for iPhone and Android users,

once registered, paying for

your parking transaction takes

just a few seconds. You can opt-

in to receive a text message

notification 15-minutes prior to

your parking session ending,

and purchase more time

provided you haven't reached

your maximum allotted time.

Note, parking patrons will still

be able to pay for parking the

traditional way, using quarters

and $1 bills.

We hope you find the app

useful and convenient the next

time you visit and shop in the

Plaza!

We encourage everyone to

shop locally in downtown

Great Neck Plaza

throughout the Holiday

Season. Please support

your local businesses and

frequent the Plaza’s many

fine retail stores,

restaurants and service

establishments. We have

approximately 260 retailers

offering an array of food

cuisines, specialty goods

and products and personal

services. For this Holiday

Season the Village is

providing, in association

with the BID, “Free

Parking” for a maximum

of 4 hours in our three

surface parking lots to

support our local

merchants and shoppers on

five Saturdays starting

November 26, Small

Business Saturday, through

December 24. Of course,

remember that on Sundays,

all meters are “Free.”

Our retailers offer diverse

products and services;

everything from clothing

and sporting goods to paint

your own ceramics and pet

pampering gifts. Our

merchants are conveniently

located within walking

distance of most of our

apartment buildings and

single-family homes.

Additionally, there is

ample, “Free” parking in

our Plaza Centre and

Maple Drive municipal

garages after 5 p.m.

weekdays and on

Saturdays and Sundays.

Please be safe and enjoy

everything this Holiday

Season has to offer. Also,

help to give back to those

less fortunate. Metropolitan

Commercial Bank located

at 111 Great Neck Road is

collecting gently-used

coats as part of an annual

coat drive with New York

Cares. This non-profit,

and many other locally-

based service organizations,

including our volunteer

firefighters and emergency

response personnel, work

hard all year long to assist

members of the

community; they rely on

our help and support for

their operation and to

continue providing great

programs and services

offered to our residents.

Remember them in this

season of giving!

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Message from the Mayor

Dear Friends,

Our Department of Public Works (DPW) crew has been

busy preparing for the winter storm season. They have

winterized the fleet of trucks and this equipment is ready

to be outfitted with sanders and snow plows as we can

anticipate that Mother Nature will put forth a wintery mix

of precipitation in the

coming weeks. We have

plenty of reserves of salt

and salt/sand ready to

spread on our streets,

parking lots and public

facilities to keep patrons

safe. Our pay loader is

ready to assist in the

transport of snow piles,

should we have a large

snow storm of 18 inches

to several feet or more.

When this happens, we

must make many sweeps

of the roadways and pile

snow where ever we can

to make our roadways

passable; i.e. in our parking lots, at the ends of streets and

mid-block. Once we have the snow piled, we utilize the

pay loader to load these piles into our large trucks to

transport the snow to a vacant piece of property we arrange

with the property owner for the melting of snow in an out

of the way place. This way we are able to restore back

parking spaces to assist our residents, many of whom are

dependent on on-street parking, and ensure the quality of

life in the community.

Our DPW crew does a fantastic job often having to stay

through the night clearing the snow and making sure our

roads remain passable and safe. This task would be much

easier if people just stayed off the roads and heeded our

advice to park in our two structured parking garages.

Parking in the garages helps to keep Village streets open to

assist our DPW in clearing snow. We ask this too

regarding our main arteries, Middle Neck Road, South

Middle Neck Road, Grace Avenue, Great Neck Road and

Cutter Mill Road, which are Nassau County roadways and

the County has similar needs to have minimal cars parked

so they can clear the snow curb to curb on their roadways.

Parking in our garages has the added benefit of not having

to dig out your buried car, which in a blizzard can be a

back-breaking and difficult job.

In the past few years we have put out “Snow Emergency,

No Parking” signs to remind residents who are parking on-

street that alternate side of the street regulations are not just

for street sweeping. We utilize those days for snow

removal to clear back piles and restore more parking areas.

It allows for an improved winter storm response. The

Board of Trustees and I are proud of our staff and the

wonderful job they do

before, during and after

snow and ice storms. We

ask for your patience and

understanding and to

realize that when it comes

to a congested and built

up area such as Great

Neck Plaza, which

permits on-street parking,

and parking overnight, it

makes snow plowing that

much more difficult. We

know that having parking

close to your home or

apartment is a quality of

life issue and we will

endeavor to work

diligently to maintain our roadways and restore parking as

quickly as possible following a storm, to the best of our

ability.

Please subscribe to our e-newsletter as we send e-mail

blasts with important reminders regarding snow storms,

snow removal efforts and where parking is available. A

message is always put on our phone system, (516) 482-

4500, after 4:45 p.m. detailing any suspended parking

regulations, parking in our garages during a snow event, etc.

On behalf of our staff, Board of Trustees and myself, we

wish you a wonderful and joyous holiday season, and best

wishes for a healthy, Happy New Year!

Sincerely,

Jean Celender, Mayor

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The Plaza’s fleet of DPW trucks are being prepped for anything

Old Man Winter may throw our way. We ask for our residents’

help in making snow removal efforts as easy as possible.

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Don’t Look Now; Winter is Upon Us It’s true, we’re afraid to say, but “winter is coming.” If the

recent string of bitterly cold weather is any indication,

winter has returned from its time in the southern

hemisphere with a frigid resolve. Not to

add insult to injury, but our most recent

track record with snowfall doesn’t look

to favor our odds of avoiding a scene

out of a winter wonderland. We know,

we don’t want to think about it either,

but it’s better to be prepared to face our

fear than when we’re at the 11th hour.

To get you through this winter season,

the Village wanted to give you some

tips and reminders of guidelines you

should remember should Mother Nature

decide to sprinkle snow over the Great

Neck peninsula.

Although snowfall could put on a

spectacular display worthy of a Kodak

moment, sitting snow on sidewalks and

roadways could cause major safety

issues for pedestrians and motorists

alike. To avoid icing and hard-packed

snow, it is imperative to clear your

sidewalks in a timely fashion. In addition to being safe for

all those involved, it is also the law. Under Village code,

snow and ice removal must be done within four hours after

final snowfall. The responsibility to clean snow and ice

from sidewalks, regardless of if you are a homeowner or

business owner, is solely that of the adjoining property

owner.

Commercial property owners, when shoveling the

sidewalk in front of your business, be aware that your

customers’ access from their car to your storefront will be

blocked if you pile snow adjacent to the parking space.

We suggest you clear a path or cut through the snow for

people to access the sidewalk from their car.

Additionally, if your property is adjacent to a crosswalk, it

is also your responsibility to clear a four-foot wide path

from the curb of the crosswalk to your sidewalk. Equally

as important, should your property have a fire hydrant on

the premises (i.e., in front of your business or home), it is

once again your responsibility to create a path to the

hydrant and clear a two-foot perimeter around the hydrant.

In the case of an emergency, emergency personnel will

need to be able to not only locate the hydrant, but also be

able to access the area. Your help maintaining a snow-free

hydrant is vital should an emergency arise.

Above all, under no circumstance, never shovel snow

into the street. Not only is this action extremely

dangerous, it is against the law and punishable by fine.

Shoveling snow into the street,

especially large blocks of snow, creates

a hazardous situation for motorists and

hampers snow removal efforts by Plaza

personnel. When clearing snow, please

place the snow on your property, away

from the street or sidewalk.

Now after clearing your sidewalk, the

last thing you want to do is then dig out

your car and have someone else take

your spot once you leave. Here’s the

best tip we can give you; avoid having

your car snowed in and park in our

garages! If there is a snowfall of four

inches or more, Plaza residents with a

valid VGNP street parking permit can

park in our two garages - Plaza Centre

and Maple Drive - for up to 24 hours

after snowfall while garage parking

regulations are suspended. Parking

spaces are first-come, first-serve, and

do fill up quickly during a snowstorm, so be sure to take

advantage of this option. Once parking regulations in our

garages are restored, residents, granted they don’t already

have a residential garage permit, would have to move their

vehicle before 9 a.m. the day of the restoration of the

regulations in order for space to be available for our

commercial, commuter and other garage permit holders.

One last tip, always bend your knees, keep your back as

straight as possible and do not throw snow over your

shoulder or to your side when shoveling in order to avoid

spending hours on end laying on a heating blanket post-

shoveling. To make your shoveling experience easier, be

sure to get a versatile shovel that doesn’t limit you to

throw, lift or push snow away. A fiber core handle is

lighter than wood, and the shorter distance between the

scoop and handle means less exertion of energy to shovel.

Be sure to pace yourself, take frequent breaks and

replenish your fluids to prevent dehydration. If you feel

any pressure or pain in your chest, stop immediately and

call for help.

So this winter season, remember these tips and guidelines,

and cross your fingers that Mother Nature spares us from

any significant snowfall. For more information, call

Village Hall at (516) 482-4500.

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The Business Corner; VGNP Welcomes, Approves More than Two Dozen Businesses in 2016

Where has the time gone? It’s hard to believe we are

already prepping for 2017 and all the exciting things the

new year is expected to bring. Before we start the

countdown to 2017,

it’s always good to

reflect on all the

good times we’ve

had in 2016. From

promenade nights,

to summer concerts,

to our annual street

fair and

beautification

projects we’ve

undertaken, the

scrapbook for 2016

is chock full with

great memories.

Besides these great

events, welcoming

our newest

businesses to the

Plaza community is

always one of the

most satisfying

aspects of our day-to-day operations. From meeting and

assisting prospective business owners through the process

of opening a business in the community, guiding them

during extensive renovations periods to their spaces and

signing off on the last permits before the business’

opening, the excitement and joy of cutting the ribbon for

the official welcoming celebration to the Plaza are some

of the moments we cherish most.

In 2016, we cut the ribbon many times and welcomed

numerous new or expanded businesses throughout the

Plaza’s business district to the community. Matter of fact,

in the last four months of 2016, we welcomed three new

businesses and one celebrating a new beginning in each

month with ribbon cutting ceremonies; ViVi Bubble Tea,

6 South Station Plaza (September), Makeup Queens, 31

Middle Neck Road (October), Nostlgc Eyewear, 62

Middle Neck Road (November), and dé-al salon

(December), who moved in to a new and improved space,

located just a few stores to the north, at 99 Middle Neck Road.

In addition to those businesses who have celebrated their

opening recently and are currently supplying an excellent

service and product to Great Neckers and those across

Long Island, the Plaza is eagerly awaiting the opening of

many more businesses who, in some cases, are just days

away from opening

their doors.

So in recognition of

the businesses who

have opened or those

business owners

who have received

approval from the

Board of Trustees to

operate a business in

2016, choosing

Great Neck Plaza as

the area to lay the

foundation and build

their business in our

community, we wish

to recognize them

for your viewing;

Avocado

Smoothie & Juice -

4 South Station Plaza **Coming Soon**

Bagel Station - 6A Bond Street, (516) 441-5051

Best Market - 40 Great Neck Road, (516) 684-4020

dé-al salon - 99 Middle Neck Road, (516) 466-0340

**New Location**

Foughnuts - 8 Bond Street **Coming Soon**

LaunchPad Great Neck - 3 Grace Avenue, (855) 852-

8624

Makeup Queens - 31 Middle Neck Road, (516) 472-

0250

Melody Salon & Spa - 43 South Middle Neck Road

**Coming Soon**

Mizu Restaurant - 68 Middle Neck Road, (516) 918-9535

Mr. Wish Tea Shop - 38 Middle Neck Road

**Coming Soon**

New Color Arts Academy - 15A Great Neck Road,

(516) 456-7890

New Fu Run Restaurant - 50 Middle Neck Road

**Coming Soon**

Nostlgc Eyewear - 62 Middle Neck Road, (516) 829-

1010

Ren Wen Noodle Factory - 7-9 Great Neck Road

**Coming Soon**

In October of 2016, the Village welcomed Makeup Queens, located at 31 Middle Neck

Road, to the Plaza community. Bringing over 30 years of experience in the cosmetic

retail industry, Makeup Queens has made a name for themselves for their high-end

cosmetic, beauty and skincare services. Carrying the top brands and highest of quality

products, Makeup Queens doesn’t offer any item they themselves wouldn’t use for their

own use.

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Royal Tea House -

1 Great Neck Road

**Coming Soon**

Saaho Village - 69

Middle Neck Road

**Coming Soon**

Teinei Ya Ramen - 5 South Middle

Neck Road

**Coming Soon**

T-Swirl Crepe -

71 Middle Neck

Road **Coming

Soon**

Village Asian

Fusion - 46 Middle

Neck Road, (516)

482-1923

ViVi Bubble Tea -

6B South Station Plaza, (516) 466-2502

Yummy Sushi - 25 Cutter Mill Road, (516) 531-9674

**New Management**

We are thrilled for all our new businesses who have

celebrated their grand opening over the course of the year

and for those businesses who are on the cusp of their

grand opening. Many in

the Plaza are looking

forward to you joining

the fabric of the

neighborhood. It gives

us great pride that you

chose our community

as the setting to open

your business and

provide your services.

We urge our residents

to not only visit and

support our newest

businesses, but all of

our businesses here in

the Plaza; when ‘main

street’ thrives, so does

the community.

For more information

regarding any of our newest businesses, be sure to reach

out to them directly or contact Village Hall at (516) 482-

4500. To receive announcements when our new

businesses are celebrating their grand openings, please

contact [email protected] to subscribe to our email

mailing list.

LaunchPad Great Neck, located at 3 Grace Avenue, celebrated their

ribbon cutting in March of 2016. Think ‘Shark Tank,’ LaunchPad Great

Neck is a business incubator, startup accelerator and co-working

community that provides the support and tools needed for startups and

entrepreneurs to grow their business and succeed. With locations across

Long Island, LaunchPad Great Neck features 39 private office and

three conference rooms across 10,000 square feet of work space.

VGNP Welcomes, Approves More than Two Dozen Businesses in 2016

VGNP 2017 Street Parking, Garage Permit Information

Plaza residents,

don’t forget to

renew/purchase

your street

parking permits!

With a VGNP

street parking

permits, residents

who live in multiple dwellings are

exempt from the three hour parking

limit on non-metered streets within

the Plaza.

To receive a permit, residents must

complete an application and submit an

current car registration and driver’s

license, both original, reflecting a

valid Great Neck Plaza address. If

your Plaza address is not reflected on

either your license or registration, you

must provide two proofs of residency

at a valid VGNP address; a signed

lease, a letter from the board/

management company, current utility

bill, credit card or bank statement.

Currently, the cost of the street

parking permit is $10, payable by

cash, check or credit card (Visa or

MasterCard), and is good for a two-

year period. Street permits are issued

at Village Hall, Monday through

Friday, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

and the new permits will begin being

issued on Monday, December 19th.

Please note, a street parking permit

does not exempt you from street

cleaning regulations or any other

parking regulations on our street, lots

or garages.

Additionally, those people interested

in purchasing/renewing their

residential, commercial or commuter

garage parking permits for either the

Plaza Centre or Maple Drive garages

can do so starting Tuesday, December

20th. Residential/Commercial garage

permits are currently $90 per quarter,

while commuter permits are $250 per

quarter. Residential, commercial and

commuter permits are processed

between the hours of 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

and 12 Noon to 1 p.m.

For more information regarding any

of our parking permits, please contact

Village Hall at (516) 482-4500 during

normal business hours, Monday

through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4:45

p.m.

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New Year, New Representatives Every two years during the month of the November, New

Yorkers from Buffalo to Montauk go to the polls and vote

for the candidate they want to represent them on the state

and federal levels, amongst other positions. While the high

number of campaign calls received or TV commercials

seen vouching for certain candidates may make you yearn

for the day after Election Day, it is important to not only

know who the candidates are, but very obviously, who

actually won the races! This past election cycle especially

applies to this logic, as our area has three new, yet

familiar, representatives who will be serving our interests

in Albany and Washington D.C., respectively.

On the federal level, former Nassau

County Executive (2002-2009) and

Mayor of Glen Cove (1993-2001),

Thomas Suozzi, was elected to represent

the 3rd Congressional District in the

115th United States Congress. The 3rd

Congressional District stretches from the

northeastern section of Queens to the

northwestern part of Suffolk County,

which includes the Great Neck peninsula.

Congressman-elect Suozzi replaces the

outgoing-Congressman, Steve Israel, who is retiring from

Congress.

When the 202nd New York State

Legislature convenes in Albany in the

new year, the Great Neck peninsula will

have two new representatives serving on

their behalf. In the New York State

Assembly, Tony D’Urso, former Town of

North Hempstead Councilman (1991-

2004), was elected to replace the outgoing

-Assemblywoman, Michelle Schimel,

who is retiring, in the 16th State

Assembly District. The 16th Assembly

District encompasses the Great Neck peninsula and

stretches to Mineola and Westbury.

The residents of the 7th New York State

Senate District elected Elaine Phillips,

former Trustee and Current Mayor of the

Village of Flower Hill, to represent them,

replacing outgoing State Senator, Jack

Martins, who ran for Congress. Twice

elected to serve as the Mayor of Flower

Hill, State Senator-elect Phillips’s district

represents the Great Neck and Port

Washington peninsulas, Mineola, Roslyn,

Westbury, Garden City, New Hyde Park, Floral Park and

Hicksville.

All of the aforementioned elected officials will be serving

for a term of two years and will be up for reelection in

November of 2018. On behalf of the Great Neck Plaza

community, we thank Congressman Israel,

Assemblywoman Schimel and State Senator Jack Martins

for their steadfast commitment and dedication in

representing our interests in Washington D.C. and Albany.

All these elected officials served us with great distinction

and their efforts to make a difference and help the

community will long be remembered. We wish Steve,

Michelle and Jack much good luck in their future

endeavors!

Additionally, we look forward to working with

Congressman-elect Suozzi, Assemblyman-elect D’Urso

and State Senator-elect Phillips to enrich our community

on behalf of our shared constituents.

Should you require assistance regarding a state or federal

level matter, do not hesitate to contact your

representatives or their staff. Whether you voted for them

or not, your elected officials are in higher office to

represent you and serve you, the constituents, first and

foremost.

Thomas Suozzi

Tony D’Urso

Elaine Phillips

Veterans Day at the Atria

Theodore Roosevelt once said “Patriotism means to stand by

the country.” Each Veterans Day, at our Atria Senior Living

facilities, the Plaza has the honor of celebrating our

community’s true patriots, the men and women who served

and defended our country home and abroad. Pictured above,

just a few of the veterans from Atria Great Neck with Mayor

Celender (left), who was honored to participate in the event.

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Poets interested in participating in the

Plaza's Seventh Annual Poetry

Contest, please take note that the

submission date is right around the

corner; Tuesday, January 10,

2017. Poets 18 years of age and older

residing in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens

and Brooklyn who wish to be

considered for the grand prize can

drop off their submissions in person

at Village Hall, located at 2 Gussack

Plaza, Great Neck, NY 11021, during

normal business hours, Monday

through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4:45

p.m., or via mail to the aforementioned

address, so long as it is postmarked by

January 10, 2017.

Along with the poets' three

original unpublished poems, a non-

refundable entry fee of $15, payable

by check or money order to Long

Island Traditions, is required. The

poems may be on any subject, in any

style, must have a title, and must

Poetry Contest Submission Deadline Right Around the Corner

not exceed more than 30 lines per

poem. We also ask that poets type

their poems in a single-space format.

Additionally, poets must include two

copies of each poem, one anonymous

and one with the poet's name and

address below the poem. A cover

sheet listing the poet's name, address,

phone number and email address, and

title of each poem, must be included

as well when submitting an entry.

The first prize winner will receive

$150 and a 20-minute reading at the

Great Neck Plaza Village Hall (2

Gussack Plaza, Great Neck, NY

11021) on Awards Day, April 2,

2017, at 12 noon. Second and third

prize winners will also receive cash

prizes and will read on Awards Day

as will two honorable mentions. In

addition, the winning poems will be

posted on village signposts and in the

waiting room of the Great Neck LIRR

station.

A free brunch will be served,

including muffins, bagels, coffee and

tea, and many more refreshments for

participants.

For more information regarding the

Plaza's Seventh Annual Poetry

Contest, please contact Village Hall at

(516) 482-4500.

If you are an emerging or established artist, looking for a

new venue to showcase your work, then you may want to

consider exhibiting with the Village of Great Neck Plaza.

We are interested in seeing your work and publicly

displaying it in the community. Our court room, in a

public municipal building space, is outfitted as a gallery

with hanging wires to accommodate a variety of picture

sizes. We are currently putting out this call for artists and

portfolio submissions for exhibits in 2017.

If you wish to consider exhibiting with us, please contact

the Mayor’s Assistant, at (516) 482-4500, or email

[email protected], to set up an

appointment to view your portfolio and our exhibit hall.

Generally an exhibit is displayed for approximately 4 to 6

weeks. Works can be for sale; however, artists may not

label prices on their pieces, and instead may offer their

artwork for sale in a separate catalog handout listing. We

will also assist the artist in publicizing the exhibit and

hosting an artist reception - sponsored by the artist and at

their expense - should one be desired.

Showcase Your Artwork at Village Hall in 2017

During the month of December, the Plaza courtroom art

gallery exhibited Unleashed; Snapshots of Dogs at the Town of

North Hempstead Animal Shelter. A partnership between the

Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter and its non-profit

partner, The Shelter Connection, Unleashed showcases shelter

dogs out of the shelter and in their natural element, running

in the park, enjoying a game of fetch, and showing off their

playful sides, captured by photographer and Shelter

Connection volunteer, Maggie T. Mills.

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The Village is happy to welcome new businesses that are coming, have opened or have recently

expanded their business within the Plaza. Stop in and greet these merchants and say “hello.” They bring vitality, diversity and new

services to our community. If you are a new storeowner in town, new management, or are celebrating a milestone anniversary, the Plaza

would be happy to provide a free Ribbon Cutting Ceremony or help you celebrate your event. Just call the Mayor’s Office at 482-4500.

Some recent additions are:

Avocado Smoothie & Juice -

4 South Station Plaza *Coming

Soon*

Foughnuts - 8 Bond Street

*Coming Soon*

Melody Salon & Spa - 43

South Middle Neck Road

*Coming Soon*

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www.greatneckplaza.org

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Dates to Remember:

December 26th & January 2nd - In observance of Christmas Day and New Years Day,

Village Hall will be closed.

January 10th - 2017 First Quarter Parking Permit Period begins. See page 5 for more

information.

January 10th - Last day to submit original poetry for the 7th Annual Poetry Contest.

See page 7 for more information.

January 16th - In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Village Hall will be closed.

The Plaza Welcomes New Merchants

VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK PLAZA

2 Gussack Plaza, P.O. Box 440

Great Neck, NY 11022-0440

Phone: (516) 482-4500

FAX: (516) 482-3503

E-mail: [email protected]

In November, the Village celebrated the grand opening up Nostlgc Eyewear,

located at 62 Middle Neck Road. In addition to the top brands in fashion, Nostlgc

carries their own exclusive line of retro frames that inspires the sophisticated

look of yesteryear. With hundreds of frames in-store and thousands more on

their website, Nostlgc Eyewear has just the look for you. For more information

regarding Nostlgc Eyewear, please give them a call, (516) 829-1010, or visit their

website, www.nostlgc.com.