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Discover Your Local

About Us

Thank you for visiting iHeart Hudson Valley!

Your local Hudson Valley home online

iHeart Hudson Valley is a lifestyle website, multi-vendor market, micro café, and event venue with a mission to support local by connecting the community to the businesses, artists, and cool places that make up the Hudson Valley region through our market, custom-produced articles, spotlights, videos, and events. We are a one-stop market where shoppers can find beautiful, unique buys, all created or produced in the Hudson Valley. Join us and discover your local with iHeart Hudson Valley!

THE TEAM

Founder

Robbie O’Quinn

I originally came to NY to work on a horse farm for a year in Bedford. I lived and worked on the stunning 300-acre property in the heart of the town. Working there I got to meet famous actors, diplomats, and a Sherpa from Tibet. It was one of the most difficult, yet inspiring years of my life. The land and the community made such an impact on me, that after leaving the NY Area for a few years, I eventually returned to the Hudson Valley and have lived here ever since. I have moved around a lot in my life, but the sheer variety of both landscape and activity, along with the culture of living so near one of the greatest cities on Earth, is what has kept me in the Hudson Valley.

I love exploring, the more I do it, the more I realize how much I still have not seen just within the Hudson Valley. I created the website to help us all explore it together, to create personal experiences, meet new people, and find new places and things to love.

As an artist, business owner, and resident myself, I was also looking for a way to give back to and support the community. On my own path of exploration, I run into many local businesses, artists, crafters, and makers doing great things for us here in the Hudson Valley. So, we promote and support them by sharing their profiles, products, art, and music with people who may not know they are out there and giving you the opportunity to purchase from them directly through the Market. These people are the backbone of our community and we should support them!

I hope you will come along on this journey with me, and even strike up a conversation. While I tell you about my experiences, I also want to hear about yours. Together, we can tell the world why iHeart Hudson Valley.

Robbie O'Quinn
Orange County Chamber of Commerce

Morgan Boyd

Morgan

Content Assistant

Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, I am happy to call the Hudson Valley my home. I recently graduated from Kent State University, where I majored in journalism and minored in marketing. When I left for school in Ohio, I never realized how much I would miss the mountains. Not to mention, there is nowhere that does fall better than the Hudson Valley. After graduating during the pandemic, I was desperately yearning to come back home. Now that I’m back, it’s safe to say that there’s no place like home.

Victoria Cymbal

Contributor

Victoria is a freelance writer in the Hudson Valley where she spends her time either finding new ways to bring the community together or hiking the local Catskill mountains.

What I love about the Hudson Valley – The Kickass mountains and the community

My favorite pastimes are – gardening, exploring new scenic views, seeing live music, and immersing myself in art projects.

Cecille Castillon-Weinstein

Cecille Castillon-Weinstein

Contributor

Cecille is the owner and founder of CASTILLON LIFESTYLE + CONCIERGE, a US-based consulting service providing lifestyle management and concierge solutions for families and professionals on the go.

What I love about the Hudson Valley  — 3 words: Something for everyone.

My favorite pastimes are — Shopping for vintage fashion, antiquing, hiking with my dog Dinosaur, drawing, and gardening.

 

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