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5ons. ARCH, which has one of its loca5ons in West Nyack, is growing further s5ll, all from its Bushwick, Brooklyn founding roots in 2010.
Collier grew up in Canada. His mother (a clinical biochemist) made much of his clothing, his father (an ar5st) furniture, the family com-
posted, gardened, and shared a commitment to the land and responsibility for the garbage they produced. A%er a6ending his first Burning
Man Fes5val in 2005, he moved to New York City, and four years later, was invited to work on building a project for Pier 59's 11th anniversary,
a 17 foot wide by 16 foot tall Roman archway. That Pier 59 archway was the beginning of ARCH the company. "A large part of my commit-
ment in our company's core values and ethics in sustainability comes from my upbringing," says Collier. "The secondary was being in New
York City and being an ar5st, you have to learn to work with what you can get."
Collier is pleased to have ARCH in a place where they can donate resources to places like Materials for the Arts in Queens, Film Bix Recy-
cling, and Build It Green, where Collier and company would once go to source things for projects all over the city. That's just one small way
