• Grand Prize – One North Broadway – Major Players

  • Grand Prize – Vintage – Local Shining Star

  • Grand Prize – 10 Bank Street – Playing to the Crowd

  • Finalist – 10 Stewart Place – Condos/Co-ops

  • Finalist – Burke Rehabilitation Center – Health Care/Senior Living

  • Finalist – Grace Church – Spiritual Centers

  • Finalist – Pepe Infinity – All Things Auto

  • Finalist – Antonio Meucci Lodge – Golf Clubs/Service Organizations

  • Finalist – Salon La Bottega – Small Wonders

  • Finalist – Gedney Commons – Please Come In

  • Finalist – 222 Bloomingdale Road – Along the Avenue

  • Finalist – Living Word Christian Church A Great Expanse

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Congrats to the 2019 Grand Prize winners and finalists of our annual Business Awards! This program was paused during 2020 and 2021 and we plan to resume  in 2022. If you would like to nominate a candidate, please do so by emailing us at info@wpb.org and provide the business address and/or building name as well as the best way to contact you should we have any questions.

In 2019, representatives of the Grand Prize winning locations were invited to our annual Gala as our guests and awarded certificates. Grand Prizes went to One North Broadway, winner in the Major Players category (formerly Corporate/Institutional World); Vintage restaurant in the Local Shining Stars category; and 10 Bank Street @Martine in the Playing to the Crowd category.

One North Broadway Realty that competed in the Office Building category was chosen for the “Living Wall” that parent company Ivy Realty engaged Raimondo Horticultural Group to create in order to make a large commercial bare wall attractive and attention-getting. It may the largest vertical garden in the U.S.

Vintage restaurant at 171 Main Street, which took first place also in the Food and Drink category, was chosen to demonstrate that a local business along a strip of hard surfaces can make just as big a floral impact as a much bigger space when they adorn their face to the public with an abundance of blooms and foliage.

10 Bank Street at Martine, owned by Empire State Realty Trust, that competed in the Colorful Corner category, was chosen to demonstrate that city center commercial buildings can create an oasis in the midst of a concrete jungle by incorporating art and green spaces to make a striking and welcoming environment.

  • Damiano (left) and Perruzza

  • Prunty

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Accepting awards:

Christina Damiano, VP-Property Management, Ivy Realty Services, and Daniela Perruzza, Sales & Design Representative, Raimondi Horticultural Group, for One North Broadway Realty’s Living Wall.

Michael Prunty, Senior VP-Property Management, Empire State Realty Trust, for 10 Bank Street @ Martine.

2019 FINALISTS
Major Players
Condos/Coops – 10 Stewart Place
Health Care/Senior Living – Burke Rehabilitation Center
Spiritual Centers – Grace Church, Main Street

Local Shining Stars
All Things Auto – Pepe Infinity
Golf Clubs/Service Organizations -Antonio Meucci Lodge
Small Wonders – Salon La Bottega

Playing to the Crowd
Please Come In – Gedney Commons
Along the Avenue – 222 Bloomingdale Road
A Great Expanse – Living Word Christian Church

White Plains Beautification’s Business Hall of Fame – Grand Prize Winners are not eligible to compete in the next five years after they win. If they continue to display a beautiful garden for three consecutive years, they will be invited to enter the Hall of Fame.

If you would like your business to be considered or you see a garden that you believe is a good candidate, we welcome all recommendations. You can email us at info@wpbf.org

 All 2018 Winners continued to display beautiful gardens.
Gateway One at 1 North Lexington – Major Players
Tre Angelina restaurant – Local Shining Stars
Bryant Gardens – Playing to the Crowd

Business Awards Committee
Nancy Giges, Chair
Pat Bernstein
Sue Brennan
Mary Ann DeRosa
Terry Hanson
Lynn Oliva
Dorothy Schere
Stuart Werner