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	Become a Member of KRVC! Join KRVC as we celebrate 30 years of Service to our Community with a BIG Membership Drive!This year, KRVC is celebrating 30 years of service to the Northwest Bronx Community. Please support KRVC so we can continue to support our community for another three decades! Become a Member of KRVC and: Support Friends of Seton Park—movies, concerts, Art in the Park and more! Support Riverdale Festival of the Arts—bringing together our community to celebrate the arts in a series of festivals to boost businesses and bring people from outside our community to Riverdale. Support Go Green the Bronx—promotion and support for energy efficiency measures for all the buildings in the communities we serve. Support Merchant Organizing—bringing merchants together to plan events and festivals; promote their businesses and the association with logos, websites, brochures and more; strategize about how to address issues they all face and much, much more. Support Holiday Shopping Shuttles—traveling from business "Hot Stop" to business "Hot Stop" throughout the community with a busload of shoppers! With More, We Can Do More! Support KRVC so we can support our Community! Click the links below for more information: [Organizational Profile] [Media Clips] [Photo Gallery of Recent Events] Click the links below to join KRVC online or to download our donation form: [Join KRVC online] [Click Here to Download our Membership Form]
	Local Business Owners Invited to Show their Support for the Van Cortlandt Ice Rink - Great Promotion Opportunity at No Cost!!! This winter, we will have an ice rink on Broadway in the Bronx! The Van Cortlandt Park Ice Rink is scheduled to open in November 2012. KRVC is part of the "rink team." At this time, we would like to invite you to show your support for the Van Cortlandt Park Ice Rink. Over time, there will be lots of ways the businesses and the rink can work together to cross promote their offerings. For now, we are asking interested businesses to show their support during the summer promotion of the Ice Rink. First, we would like to feature your business logo on the Van Corltandt Ice Rink Banner at NO COST to you! This banner, will be prominently displayed at the rink and used as a centerpiece during all the promotional events this summer. You will also be invited to attend the summer events to promote the rink. This is a wonderful way to promote your business and to support the new ice rink, which is sure to make the Northwest Bronx a destination and benefit all the nearby businesses. If you would like to feature the logo for your business on the Ice Rink Banner, you can register online or you can mail in your form. [Click here to Register to be on the Banner online] [Click here to Download our Banner Registration form]
	Riverfest 2012! Sunday, June 24, 2012, 12 noon - 6 pm, College of Mount Saint Vincent Thousands attended the last two Riverfront Celebrations! Riverfest is an exciting day filled with boat rides, special environmental and water-related exhibits, live music, food, children's activities and much more. The day also features a very popular Medieval Battle demonstration. Riverfest is organized, promoted and held by a coalition of residents, community groups, including KRVC, and elected officials from Riverdale and the surrounding areas with an interest in promoting riverfront access and celebrating the Hudson River, which gives our community its name. [Click Here for More Information]
	Merchant Meeting for Riverdale South Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 7pm, Country Bank (postponed from Tuesday, May 15th!) Join us to discuss ways the merchants can work together on future events, cross-promotions, etc. We will discuss the recent festival and much, much more!
	Movie Night in Seton Park! Tell us the Movies You Want to See this Summer! Hundreds Gathered in the Park on a Beautiful September 2011 Night for a Great Community Event - We expect even more people this summer! More than 400 members of our community turned out for a Movie Night in Seton Park, hosted by the KRVC on Saturday night, September 10, 2011. People spread their towels, chairs and glow bracelets all over the park to get a good view of the huge 14 foot by 10 foot screen, on which the smash family hit E.T. "The Extra-Terrestrial" was shown. Click here for the event News Release: [Fall 2011 Event News Release & Pictures] Details about our summer 2012 movie nights will be posted soon! For now, let us know what movies you would like to see in the park this summer! So far top picks include: Star Wars, Hugo, Charlotte's Web, Meet the Fockers, Monster's Inc., Vacation, Cars 2, Nanny McPhee, Grease, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Soul Surfer and A Bug's Life. [Suggest Movies You Want to See this Summer!]
	Riverdale Festival of the Arts About one Thousand people attended the Fall 2011 and about 2000 people attended the Spring 2012 Festival! The mission of the Riverdale Festival of the Arts/RFA is to enrich the Riverdale Community by bringing diverse groups, across all ages, races and religions, together through a series of specially created cultural events and festivals. Our goal is to create, build, and grow a vibrant, connected and engaged Riverdale community for its residents and businesses by leveraging the universal power of live music, theater, street performers and original art. KRVC is the not-for-profit sponsoring organization of RFA. Our next festival willl be held in the fall 2012. [Click Here for More Information]
	Woodlawn Holiday Festival Sunday, December 11th We had a great community day! The event began with a special holiday concert at the Woodlawn Cemetery featuring performances by the Children's Choir of Woodlawn, the McGough & Haggerty Academy of Irish Dance and the Girl Scouts of America Woodlawn Division from St. Barnabas and PS 19. The concert took place in the Woolworth Chapel and was attended by more than 150 people. Then, special events were held in the stores on Katonah and Webster Avenue including Santa visits, a Magic Show, Clowns, Live Music, Face Painting, Ornament and Cupcake Decorating, Raffles, a Coat Drive and much, much more! The Bronx Culture Trolley shuttled hundreds of community members around the festival free of charge throughout the day. Riders were greeted by Mrs. Claus! This event was sponsored by the newly formed Woodlawn Heights Merchants Association, KRVC and State Senator Klein's Office. Click on the links below for the event flyer and booklet with details about the different attractions. [Event Flyer] [Event Booklet] [Event Booklet Cover]
	Business Beautification Program A PS 24 & KRVC Partnership All businesses,organizations, professionals, etc. with offices in the Riverdale/Kingsbridge community are invited to participate in this program. Participating businesses will receive beautiful, colorful artwork created by the children of PS 24. The artwork is free. However, donations to this program are welcome and will be shared by PS 24 and KRVC to support their art programs. Thank you for your support! [Click here to Sign up for the Business Beautification Program]
	RivBiz Nothin' But The Biz RivBiz is a new advertising vehicle to showcase businesses exclusively for the businesses, organizations and professionals of Riverdale. RivBiz is not a newspaper. It is an advertising circular for businesses produced by KRVC. Look for RivBiz all around town. 5000 free copies will be distributed monthly throughout the community. If you would like to advertise in RivBiz, it is just $30 to place a BizCard Ad and $20 to place a "Cornerpon" promoting a special or discount for your business. Contact us at adz@rivbiz.com to place your ad today! [Click here for more information about RivBiz]
	Adopt-a-Tree Pit! Help Keep our Community Beautiful Tree pits filled with garbage are very unattractive. Clean tree pits treated with wood chips or even ivy or flowers are a far more attractive option making our community more desirable to shop in. The plan for keeping our community clean and beautiful is Adopt-a-Tree Pit. Access our donation flyer to participate in this important beautification program: [Click here for the Adopt-a-Tree Pit Donation Form]
	Go Green! Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in the "Go Green" Celebration on last Spring! [Click Here for More Information]
	Report Graffiti Here Take Advantage of our City's Free Graffiti Clean-Up Program! Property owners are encouraged to take advantage of the city's free graffiti removal program by calling 311 or by completing the Forever Graffiti Free Form to report graffiti and have removed. [Click Here to take advantage of the FREE Graffiti Clean-Up Program] If you see graffiti in our community, please take a moment and tell the property owner about this program OR report it to us so that we can contact the property owner and tell them about the Graffiti Clean-Up Program! Thank you for your help in keeping our community graffiti-free! [Click Here to Report Graffiti to KRVC]
	Internship Opportunities! KRVC is seeking Volunteers & Interns. Apply Today! Limited Number of Positions available for High School, College, Graduate Students & Any Interested Community Members [More Info]