Strawberry Festival Green Expo

Now in it's 2nd year, our Green Expo is sure to be a big hit yet again.  We are collaborating with industry leaders who provide GREEN solutions to their customers.  We hope you enjoy this unique area.  If you or your business would like to participate, please feel free to contact us.

extract from a Bellmore Herald Article by Nancy Hiler
2009  ARTICLE
"Underscoring the festival's new environmentally friendly focus, Long Island green businesses serve as festival sponsors, creating an interesting and educational Green Expo area at the festival this year.

"The businesses that are part of this area have shown that they are dedicated to reducing the carbon footprint of their business as well as the clients they serve," Seth Meyerowitz said.

The festival's Green Expo Title Sponsor (for the 2nd straight year) will be East Meadow-based Alure Home Improvement, a leading home remodeling company and partner in the "Green Levittown" initiative. The company provides home performance energy audits and other innovative green services.  

"We offer the first green kitchen with ice stone countertops, made of cement and recycled glass," explained marketing spokeswoman Lisa Barone. The company also offered information about a variety of other energy efficiency services they provide, including Energy Star product recommendations and Owens-Corning insulation products.

Another sponsor, also in their 2nd year, Freeport-based Chief Equipment, Inc. created a bit of a stir last year with its battery powered "Auto mower," a lawn mower that moved across a side area of the fair grounds on its own. Two models were demonstrated, recharged automatically at either a plugged in electric base station or through a solar panel on top.

Last year at their exhibit, representatives from the Expo's "Green Level Sponsor" Bellmore/Wantagh-based Built Well Solar Corp. answered fairgoers' questions about solar-electric, solar hot water and solar pool heating systems for homes and businesses, and distributed free sun-yellow, biodegradable balloons. "Being that this is my hometown, and I went to Jerusalem Avenue School right here when it was still a junior high, I was proud to be a sponsor," said Built Well Solar's founder/owner Dan Sabia. "And we were happy to see a thousand smiles on the faces of the little kids we gave balloons out to."   

Another "green" sponsor (2nd year) will be Farmingdale-based Renewal By Andersen, a division of Andersen Windows, the only replacement window manufacturer to receive Green Seal Certification for Environmental Stewardship. Company representatives were on hand to explain the energy-saving benefits of its replacement windows, which are manufactured with minimal environmental impact. Melville-based Infinity Windows of Long Island, which offers energy efficient replacement windows and doors, was another sponsor at the festival.

"This is what our clubs are all about," Bellmore Kiwanis Club president John Monks said, "improving the communities that we live in and helping the members of those communities."

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HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE...

If you would like your business to be considered for participation in next year's event, please feel free to contact us

"GREEN" Level Sponsors