By Kevin McCauley
Empire Solutions is handling the SS United States Conservancy’s effort to restore the SS United States luxury liner, which set the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952.
The ship has been docked in Philadelphia in a state of disrepair since 1996. The Conservancy kicked off an online fundraising drive yesterday at www.savetheunitedstates.org.
A schedule of events is slated for New York on July 18 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the ticker tape parade that celebrated the record-breaking voyage. A cruise aboard the motor yacht Lexington and tour/cocktail party at the New York Mercantile Exchange are on tap.
The Conservancy wants to restore the “Big U” as the centerpiece of a mixed use waterfront real estate development.
Thomas Basile, principal of Empire Solutions, told O’Dwyer’s that he handles strategic communications and media relations work for the Conservancy.
He served in the State and Defense Depts. of the Bush II White House and was a senior press advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad.
In 2007, Basile teamed with Don Middleberg to form the Middleberg Sustainability Group, where he serves as managing director. |