Pleasantville Honors 2016 Business Person of the Year

From Pleasantville Chamber: On Wednesday, April 26, the Pleasantville community honors the 2016 Business Person of the Year, Paul Alvarez, co-owner of Alvarez Cleaning Services and Alvarez Home Services, located at 84 Washington Avenue. These family owned businesses have served residents of Westchester County for over 16 years.

The Alvarez family immigrated one by one, to America from Ecuador beginning in 1989. It was an easy decision for Paul’s parents, Maritza and Bill Alvarez, to start a business in Pleasantville where the community welcomed and accepted them.

In 2006, after graduating from SUNY Oneonta, Paul became more involved in marketing of his family’s business. The company is a Best of Westchester Award recipient for window cleaning and was chosen as a Business of the Week by the Examiner News.

Paul has served as the Vice-President of the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce since 2013. Paul is also as Associate who practices immigration and criminal law for Julie Mullaney, Attorney-at-Law in Mt. Kisco, NY. He’s a homeowner in Pleasantville where he lives with his wife, Katie, and their six month-old son, Brendan, and Morkie dog, Bailey. Although Paul was born in Ecuador, he considers his home to be Pleasantville. His mission is to give back to the community that has given so much to his family.

Business people, local officials and other community members will join in the celebration at Tesoro D’Italia Ristorante, 160 Marble Ave., at a cocktail reception, 5:30pm-7:30pm. This will be the 18th anniversary of these awards, whose recipients are selected by their peers for consistently demonstrating business excellence, vision, innovation, leadership and community spirit.

Prior winners of the award include:

• Annette Colasuonno, Lil’ Chocolate Shoppe,
• Michael Marchica, I Fetish Optique,
• Matt Jaros, Glass Onion Originals,
• Karen Cammann, Tompkins Mahopac Bank,
• Bill Flooks, Beecher Flooks Funeral Home, Inc,
• Mal Costello and Robert Spitalieri, Frank & Joe’s Deli,
• Lucio Rocca, Lucio’s Pizza
• Shane McGaffey, Yvonne Van Cort and Roy Solomon, The Village Bookstore,
• Phil McGrath, Iron Horse Grill,
• Rino Letizia, Mediterraneo Ristorante & Caffe,
• Ed Elliott, Elliott Architects,
• John Krysko, Nancy Rosanoff, Marmaduke House,
• Doug Crossett, McArthur’s American Grill and Michael’s Tavern,
• Chris Cornell, Cornell Gallery,
• Barry and Linda Schwartz, Try & Buy Toy Stores,
• Ted Buerger, Pleasantville NY.com,
• Steve Apkon, Jacob Burns Film Center,
• Jerry Spano and Frank Tancredi, Tancredi & Spano Architects

The Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce will present Paul with a plaque in honor of the occasion. Hosted by president Bill Flooks, Beecher Flooks Funeral Home, the event also features a proclamation from the Village of Pleasantville by Mayor Peter Scherer and will be filmed by PCTV for broadcast on Cablevision channels 76 and Verizon channel 36.

All tickets are $45.00 Visit www.pleasantvillechamber.com to purchase tickets online. To purchase tickets by mail please send a check made out to Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 94, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Call 769-0001 with any questions or email info@pleasantvillechamber.com.

Photos courtesy of Pleasantville Chamber (Paul Alvarez.)