Doug Foster – Measure Twice, Cut Once

Affordability and Funding Gap – 2021 Redux

January 18, 2021

I stumbled onto a research paper I wrote with Mark Duda in 2006/2007 for NeighborWorks America. It was striking how much our current economic situation and housing market has in common as it did in the mid 2000s.

I’ll offer some thoughts about our affordability study and how it is relevant today.

Filling the BI/Reporting Gap

December 31, 2020

There is, and I believe there always will be, a gap in what large Business Intelligence (BI) and reporting software systems can provide to serve the needs of business professionals.

A BI system and a white-glove “pushed” reporting system should be seen as complementary and part of a holistic approach to providing business intelligence to your team.

Thoughts on South Nyack’s vote to dissolve

December 5, 2020

On December 17, South Nyack residents will make a monumental decision about starting the process to dissolve the village..Unless I’m missing something, the public discussion has not given a clear road map on how to move forward, in particular to an option that many people would like to consider, but has not been part of […]

Return to the Water — Post COVID

May 24, 2020

This video was created by Safe Harbor marinas, and I’m impressed with its message. It talks about a new way of living after the pandemic. And getting out on the water helps bring you there.

Rockland Business Journal on Flite Board

April 29, 2020

Nyack Boat Charter Teams Up With Fliteboard For Upcoming Season

Rockland Business Journal

March 14, 2019

In 2019, Nyack Boat Charter purchased a dinner boat, which would have expanded its services. In the end, the boat was sold to keep operations as they were. Read the article at https://rcbizjournal.com/2019/03/14/nyack-boat-charter-launches-dinner-boat-the-festiva/

Willy Wispe: Children’s Log #1, 1965

December 1, 2018

I found this page from the Ambrose’s. Very cool. The page is http://www.unshovelingthepast.com/2012/07/willy-wispe-childrens-log-1-1965.html When I was younger, my family shared a sailboat with another family – an Alberg 35 by Pearson, called Willy Wispe. Through a web search, I recently discovered that Willy Wispe is still sea-worthy, still owned by the same family, and currently […]