On Saturday, November 7th, 2020 we cut the ribbon in delayed celebration of our new bakery production facility located at 2 John Walsh Blvd., in Peekskill, NY.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
For the first part of the ceremony, the ribbon cutting itself, we were joined by the President of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce, Deb Milone, and board members, Jann Mirchandani and Marianne Oros, as well as the mayor of Peekskill, Andre Rainey, and the mayor of Croton-on-Hudson, Brian Pugh.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
After Denise (owner) cut the ribbon, our family was interviewed by Peekskill mayor Andre Rainey:
Pictured from left to right: Matt Weale, Business Manager, Ross Weale Jr., Vice President, Denise Weale, Owner, and Olivia Weale, our Operations Manager
For the second part of the ceremony, Denise and Ross gave some shoutouts to some special people in the crowd, who helped our business get to this point. To name a few: Eric Vanderwliden, Louis Lanza, the Small Business Development Center, Matt Benjamin, Mario Parente of Tuscana Pasta, Tom and Cindy of The Hudson Milk Company, Janeen and Joe Violante of Hudson Valley Graphic Design, Joe Thompson - Architect, Susan O'Keefe of Baked by Susan, Dillon O'Keefe, Nick Kalyvas of NK Electric, Kevin Dymes and Richie Wagner, and many more.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
We also held a raffle for all who were able to attend, and awarded the lucky winners with our Dam Good™ English Muffins T-Shirts, as well as some bags of our vegan sourdough 'Original White' English muffins.
Overall, we were really overwhelmed by all of the support shown by everyone who came out. It was amazing to have all of the people who have been a part of this journey with us, in some way or another, in attendance. From our first customers, to contractors, to retail partners, our dedicated staff, friends and family. We appreciate everything that you’ve done to help get us to this moment, and we can’t thank you enough!
We also want to give a big thank you to Deb Milone and the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce for officiating, and for their ongoing assistance as a valuable and crucial resource to our business here in Peekskill, NY.
Last but not least - a huge shoutout to Michael Miner of MJM Television and Video Productions for putting together this amazing video of our event, and some behind the scenes footage of our bakery in production! Check it out: