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Coffee truck opens to honor Cathy Turner By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
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ToM TuRNER, lEFT, and Matthew Gonyon, right, standing in front of their coffee truck business, Cathy’s Cafes.
Tom Turner and his friend Matthew Gonyon opened up a coffee truck in honor of Turner’s mom, Cathy, who passed away from multiple sclerosis. The two joined forces to create the coffee company, Cathy’s Cafes. The East Rockaway business is located in the Lidl parking lot at 492 Atlantic Ave. With Turner’s seven-year experience in the food truck business, he and Gonyon quit their jobs to launch this new coffee truck. The food truck opened in
September after Gonyon left his job in finance and Turner left his job working for a sustainable coffee cart manufacturer. “We are fully committed,” Turner said. “I have a cousin who said we’re like the conquistadors. We burned our boots so there’s no going back.” Turner, already in the coffee business, looked at similar businesses and felt confident that he and Gonyon’s truck will flourish. “We had seen some success with other companies in the mobile vending game and we’re like, ‘let’s give it a Continued on page 12
Pedaling towards a greener future with more bike riding By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
The Village of Lynbrook used recent grant money to encourage community members to use green, emission-free transportation methods. With a $4,475 grant from the PSE&G Main Street Revitalization Program, the Village designated the funds to install eight new bike racks. Polly Talbott — who is on the Lynbrook Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce — came up with the idea to use this money towards increasing bike activity in the Village. She believes that bike riding will be more convenient
for community members compared to walking. “There’s a new apartment building on Sunrise, but it’s a little bit of a walk to go to the village,” Talbott said. “It seems to me that it would be great for people to be able to ride their bikes, park, and then do their own thing.” Talbott believes good locations for the bike racks will be by the new Cornerstone Yorkshire apartment building and a new apartment complex being built in replace of the Feather Factory. Talbott has been in discussion with storeowners to see if they’d allow the bike racks to be placed in front of their business. Specif-
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Polly TalBoTT
board member chamber of commerce ic traits for potential bike rack locations that jump out at her include congestion of bikes and cars in an area. “We have a general idea of where these racks will be,” Talbott said. “There’s going to be bike racks along Atlantic Avenue.” Outdated bike racks were a
huge driving force in the decision making process behind the new racks. “There are some bike racks under the railroad trestle, but they’re old,” Talbott said. Along with providing the town with updated bike racks, Talbott hopes that it also makes the village look more pleasing. She said the bike racks will be green to
match the lampposts, benches, and planters. “I thought that the new bike racks would not only be functional, but also be a nice attractive addition to the community,” Talbott said. Talbott compared these bike racks to Nordic countries like Amsterdam where biking is very Continued on page 6