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Inside This Issue: NDPA kicks off drowning prevention campaign The challenges of starting your own business, by Jim Lucci Major Rockaway Beach development rocks vinyl What was once a desolate and litter strewn section of shoreline in eastern Queens, N.Y. is being devel- oped into one of the largest and most modern residential housing complexes in New York City. Arverne by the Sea consists of five neighborhoods, three of which are completed, and includes a school, a shopping mall, a boardwalk, a community center and a church. The development is located on famed Rockaway Beach, only a few miles southwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport. The setting is beautiful, with end- less views of the Atlantic Ocean. But along with the visual beauty comes a corrosive oceanfront environment that can play havoc with exposed metal structural items. So for the fencing, railing and landscape and structural amenities, the obvious choice was vinyl – and huge amounts of it. Enter Schiano Bros., Inc., which has operated from its Rosedale, N.Y. headquarters for the past 43 years. Schiano Bros., Inc. was started by Jerry Schiano and his two brothers, and was incorporated in 1969. Jerry and his wife, Joyce, are the principle individuals in the company, and have been for the last 25+ years. Schiano Fence, the exclusive dis- tributor and sales agent for Country Estate® Fence, Deck and Railing in New York and Long Island, was se- lected to design the third story pergo- las and trellises for Arverne by the Sea, and to provide and install handrailing, balcony railing and spaced picket perimeter fence. All of it is Country Estate Fence, Deck and Railing, man- ufactured by 64-year-old Nebraska Plastics, Inc., headquartered in Cozad, Scan with your Smartphone! contin ued on pa g e 65 The beac idential de Atlantic Ocean, tures to har hfrvelopment off u b lution? Vin pic ont setting of the Ar er deepl w the v sho y in y ucts on Phase 4 of the de ket perimeter fariety of vin trellises, handrailing, balcon o sh salt air , v ence . the hugs a pic ear yl, and lots of it, inc Sc design f t also subjects all outdoor struc- s unmatc high winds and sno verne b hed vie y the Sea res- e de and some that he was required to re- lved in installing the Countr oject, ket f o w trellises. go,r the Ar ence , that Jerr and windo appr o velopment, inc hiano designed man y Sc hiano Fence currentl y railing and spaced , like the luding per ws of the w . The so- golas, yl items that were utiliz velopment. y Estate pr began in 2003/2004, ximatel verne pr luding someh as the per suc These photos y is od- y one-thir (Photos cour d complete . ed on y and Phase 4 (The Dunes) is no Phase 1 of the de velopment tesy Sc golas w hiano Fence)