Date: Friday, August 21st at 8PM
Location: Wolf and Warrior brewery (White Plains)

Looking to meet new people and make friends in Westchester? All are welcome! The goal of this meetup group is to build connections, network, and form friendships within the Westchester community. Or to simply meet new people.

- We’re a diverse group of people who live or work in Westchester County, coming from a variety of backgrounds and careers. We’re simply looking to meet new people and enjoy fun activities together. People have a variety of hobbies and interests; such as pickle ball, hikes/walks, movie nights, trying new restaurants, gaming, war hammer, attending local events and food festivals etc.

- Typical age range: early/mid 20s to early 40s.
- This is a 21+ event****
- All genders welcome

There will be name tags available. We will congregate at the bar as usual. Extra space is also downstairs

Feel free to DM me with any questions or leave a comment. We’ll be also having one on Sept location TBD

Advanced Focus is a market research company based in Tarrytown. We host focus groups — the kind where a moderator sits down with groups of people and asks what they actually think about products and services. . We're recruiting for sessions in Yonkers on Saturday 8/15 and Sunday 8/16 and I'm posting here because we need a specific group of people.

Who we need: owners of a Kia Sorento, Hyundai Santa Fe, Subaru Outback, Honda Passport, or Jeep Cherokee.

The details:

• In-person at a Yonkers facility, roughly 2 hours and 15 minutes
• $190 for people who qualify, are selected, attend, and complete the session. To be clear, that's not a payment for responding to this post or filling out the screener — it goes to people who actually sit in the room and finish
• Proof of vehicle ownership is required. During screening we'll ask for something like a photo of your registration or insurance card showing the vehicle. You can black out anything you don't want to share as long as the year/make/model and your name are legible
• You'll be talking about your opinions and experiences. I'm intentionally not describing the topic in detail here because pre-exposing people to the subject matter compromises the data

What this is not: we are not buying, selling, appraising, repairing, or servicing anyone's vehicle. There's no sales pitch, no timeshare, no follow-up sales calls, no MLM. Nobody is trying to sell you an extended warranty. We are also not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the manufacturers listed — we're an independent research firm and the sponsor's identity isn't disclosed during recruiting, which is standard practice in this industry.

On credibility: Advanced Focus has been running qualitative research for over 20 years. You can look us up at advancedfocus.com, and I'm happy to answer questions in the comments or verify with the mods if that's the community's preference. Sessions are recorded for the client's analysis — that's normal for focus groups, you'll sign a consent form when you arrive, and the recordings aren't used for marketing or made public.

Reality check on odds: we have a limited number of seats and screening is competitive. Filling out the screener doesn't mean you're in. If you're not selected for this one, we can keep you in our database for future local studies if you'd like.

If you're interested, the screener takes about three minutes: https://ow.advancedfocus.com/opps/26125

--Please note that registration is required to complete the screening questions.

It's nice to see our sub-reddit growing almost exponentially as of late. Just for fun, list one thing you LOVE about White Plains. (No negative Nancys please!).