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Products: Fair trade and handmade jewelry, crafts, accessories, clothing and gifts. Additionally, we are pleased to be exhibiting paintings and photographs from local artists.

Strengths: Loyal and enthusiastic customers. Access to wonderful fair trade artists via suppliers who work closely with communities in impoverished areas around the world. Our fair trade items are unique and affordable. Each one gives back directly to an artist or community to help in the fight against poverty and child labor. We try to constantly find new artists and products. Additionally, we feel very lucky to have so many wonderful local artists providing us with spectacular jewelry.

Events: We’ll be celebrating Earth Day and World Fair Trade Day. Also, we will be holding beading and craft classes and a spring/summer fashion show.

Aurora
PROPRIETORS: Dawn and Paul Greenberg
IN BUSINESS SINCE: May 2011
www.facebook.com/auroraFT

SERVICES: Early Childhood Education

BACKGROUND: For 20 years, World Cup Nursery School & Kindergarten has been recognized as the premier early childhood education facility in Westchester.

GREATEST STRENGTHS: We provide a strong social and academic foundation to build the skills needed for success, while having fun!

PROUDEST MOMENTS:  Witnessing children who just don’t want to go home!  But, one of our most proud moments was when a former student recently came back
to World Cup to do their required field observation for their Teacher Education Degree.  We knew we had come
full circle.

SPECIAL PLANS:  “Special Days” from February 18-20th,  9-1 p.m, for children ages 2-5 will include Wild West day, a Dinosaur Stomp day and Pizza Party day!  Cupcake Creations day, Wood Burning day and Extreme Science day for 6-12 year olds!  All are welcome – you don’t have to be a current student to register!

World Cup Nursery School & Kindergarten
DIRECTOR: Roxanne Kaplan
IN BUSINESS SINCE: 1989
www.worldcupschools.com

SERVICES: Nicolaysen addresses a full range of personal insurance needs including homeowners, automobile, umbrella liability and valuable items as well as life insurance and disability. Business coverage includes general liability, property, workers’ compensation, business, auto & excess liability.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES: Insurance for in-home businesses, employee benefits, coverage for domestic employees, and increased limits for umbrella liability.

GREATEST STRENGTHS: As a full service agency,
Nicolaysen’s knowledgeable and experienced  staff 
provides an analysis of insurance needs and will design a responsible coverage plan to complement a client’s portfolio.

Nicolaysen Agency, Inc.
PROPRIETORS: Erik Nicolaysen & Randy Coon
IN BUSINESS SINCE: 1929
www.nicolaysenagency.com

Services: MARCH Boutique offers a well-edited collection of clothing and accessories generally not found outside of major cities like NY and LA. Lynn brings together the most interesting pieces from over 60 designers including industry leaders Milly, Trina Turk, Tracy Reese as well as a myriad of trendsetting emerging designers. The store’s tag-line is aptly titled: “a bit of SOHO in Westchester.”

Background: The MARCH concept is the result of years of fashion exploration, constant trend analysis and daily experiences both in-store and online.

MARCH has received several Best of Westchester awards including two “Best Boutique” awards from the editors of Westchester Magazine.

Greatest Strengths: MARCH is known for incredible fashion taste, friendly staff, and the unique ability to make everyone who walks in the shop look absolutely stunning.  The personalized shopping experience is an education on style. “While our racks are fully stocked with new and exciting merchandise,” states Puro,“ we purposely limit the number of each item from each designer’s collection so our customers can be confident of their distinctive look.”

Bigger and more visible location:  To build on the success of the past six years, MARCH has moved to a bigger and better space right down the street in the central retail area of Briarcliff Manor.   MARCH is newly energized with a great downtown vibe…elegant metallic ceiling, gleaming floor, fabulous lighting and modern, stylish décor.  It will continue to be a great place to shop!
New address:  1207 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor. 

INTRODUCING MARCH PERSONAL: Busy clients will be delighted with MARCH’S new approach to personal shopping that will include convenient scheduled appointments, personal photo portfolio and individualized styling from our vast selection of clothing, jewelry and accessories.

March Boutique
PROPRIETOR: Lynn Puro
IN BUSINESS SINCE: 2006
www.marchboutique.com

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: ROCKS by Jolie Ray is a full service jeweler in the heart of Armonk featuring contemporary designer jewelry at affordable prices. “We choose our items with great care with the hope of offering a variety of pieces that appeal to many different tastes and budget considerations,” states Marjorie. “People are thrilled that there is finally a contemporary jewelry store in the area with such a great variety of jewelry at every price point. We have built such a nice following over the past  five years that our customers are so happy that they can now come see us anytime.”

GREATEST STRENGTHS: The partners agree that it is spending the time to get to know their clients and what their needs are in a warm and friendly, inviting environment. “We are always up for the challenge to search high and low for the perfect piece of jewelry for a customer,” they offered.  “We will stay late, open early and even deliver to one’s home or office to make sure they have the perfect piece of jewelry in time for any special occasion.”

SPECIAL PLANS:This February, for Valentine’s Day, Rocks will offer special gifts that stand alone as the perfect present or complement any other gift you have in mind for a loved one. Come spring and Mother’s Day, ROCKS will be offering beautiful, interesting colors and designs for Mom. This year, Rocks has some fabulous Trunk Shows, including a Valentine’s Day Trunk Show and  A Men’s Night Out.

ROCKS by Jolie B. Ray
PROPRIETORS: Tanya Tochner and Marjorie Troob
IN BUSINESS SINCE: 2011
www.joliebray.com