2002 - Staten Island Waterfront Festival

The inaugural season 2002 for the Staten Island Waterfront Festival at the Ferry, Inc. was a great success!  We hosted five fun-filled events in St. George, once a month from June through October.  Each one was based on a different theme.  Opening day with a "Kick-Off" Parade; 'Jazz in July,' International Fun Fest, "Staten Island Remembers," and an "Okbober - Roktober - Halloween Fest."  

All of the Festivals drew people from Staten Island, tourists off of the Ferry as well as New Yorkers from the other boroughs.  Each Festival featured three stages of on-going free entertainment; an International food court; arts, crafts and other vendors; a children's inflatable carnival; antique car shows and other special events and exhibits.

The participation of many of the Island's cultural and social institutions, the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce and many other organizations were key to the success of our first year.  SCORE was one of our first and most important partners in this project.  They assisted me in laying out and creating our first budget, the development and production of our Power Point presentation, and with making contacts as well as presentations to Rotary clubs, our own General meetings and other organizations.  Truly, the efforts of Milt Zlotnick, Bill Anderson and others on the SCORE staff were of invaluable assistance at the most critical stages of the development of this project.  I would like to take this opportunity to offer my heart-felt thanks once again.

Jeffrey J. Gross
Executive Director
Staten Island Waterfront Festival at the Ferry, Inc.

 2002 - Staten Island Waterfront Festival