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New Rochelle, NY – New Rochelle Mayor Timothy Idoni (Class of 1977), the City Council and Congresswoman Nita Lowey launched the North Avenue Streetscape Project during a news conference in Memorial Park at Iona on September 26. The Project is a three phase program the City planned to improve the North Avenue corridor from Eastchester Road to Burling Lane. The entire project, to which Iona College contributed $200,000, is scheduled to be completed by December 2006.

Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona, currently listed in the US News and World Report's annual " America's Best Colleges 2006" and The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern Colleges 2006 edition, offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as master of arts, master of science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs.

Above, an artist’s rendering of the planned North Avenue Streetscape project displayed during the news conference.

Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), pictured above, said she is extremely excited about the Streetscape Project and New Rochelle, a “city on the move.”

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For questions or more information please contact:
Meghan Finn
Public Relations Office
Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801
tel: 914 633-2005 fax: 914 637-2711

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