An interview with Jeff Tichenor of Roxbury Wine & Spirits Why did you decide to open a business in the Catskills? When we purchased our home, it was primarily as a second home to escape from NYC. We quickly fell in love with the mountains and wondered how we could make it work to move […]
An interview with Jess Olenych of Home Goods of Margaretville Why did you decide to open a business in the Catskills? I actually grew up in the Catskills, but never really thought about staying here. When I was in college, I did a bunch of traveling and ended up in DC for an internship. There […]
An interview with Mel Bellar of Zone4 Landscapes Why did you decide to open a business in the Catskills? My wife and I already loved it here, had friends and owned a beautiful home, so when I left my “high-powered” CTO position at a major advertising firm and well… the obvious thing to do was […]
An interview with Christine and Charles Allen of Lyon Mountain Blue Barn Antiques Why did you decide to open a business in the Catskills? Charles had his office in the WTC. After the first attack in 1992 we saw an opportunity to buy the farm and the business. Our goal was to get away on […]
Why did you decide to open a business in the Catskills? It was always a dream of ours to open a store together, but it was unattainable in Brooklyn. Knowing a bit about Roxbury and having a house there, we thought it could support a store that fit in with our vision. When Doug decided […]
