Westchester County Business Journal 091415

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23 | KING OF THE DOMES SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 | VOL. 51, No. 37

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Home restoration goes Crystal green BY EVAN FALLOR evan@Westfairinc.com

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isa Cordasco said she won’t forget the response after she inherited her father’s emergency fire-andwater-damage restoration business in 2008. “When I initially walked in, everyone said, ‘What could this woman possibly know about construction and those related services,” Cordasco, who joined the company’s sales department 20 years ago, said. “I’m happy to say now I could hold my own.” Cordasco, president of Port Chester-based New Crystal Restoration, the oldest business of its its type in Westchester County, has led the company for the past seven years in an entirely different direction than

her father, Louis, did for his 48 years at the helm. Lisa has implemented all green products, which she said makes New Crystal the first such company in Westchester to adopt an alleco-friendly selection of products. The reason, she said, is her son, who is autistic and has adverse reactions to chemicals and odors. She wanted to prevent similar reactions in the homeowners and business owners her company served. She said it doesn’t cost her more to use the green products, and they’ve been well-received by her clients, which include both residential and commercial property owners. The results show. Now a multi million-dollar business, New Crystal Restoration saw sales jump by more than 47 per» GREEN, page 6

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A 19th Century theater gets a 21st Century electricity makeover BY COLLEEN WILSON cwilson@westfairinc.com

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he Tarrytown Music Hall was constructed in 1885, six years after Thomas Edison first demonstrated the light bulb in Menlo Park about 60 miles away in New Jersey. Now, 130 years after the historic concert venue opened its doors, a new form of electricity generation is being introduced to the

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music hall: solar panels. Ninety solar panels are being mounted to the east facing side of the building’s roof and, once in place, are estimated to account for 27 percent of the theater’s annual electricity requirements, according to SunBlue Energy, the Sleepy Hollow-based company installing the panels. The Tarrytown Music Hall is the first historic and commercial building in the village

to have solar panels. When the light bulb first caught on, it was seen as an inexpensive innovation, but now, more than a century later, new technology, like solar panels, has been developed to supplant that notion. The new panels are expected to save Tarrytown Music Hall about $2,600 a year in electricity bills, according to Barrett Silver, the senior vice president of » THEATER, page 6

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