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Is this developer for real?
Goshen water park developer leaves stream of broken promises
1 of 2

Designs for Bouchville Manors' water park include a variety of tubes, slides and other attractions.Photo provided

By Michael Levensohn


Times Herald-Record
August 07, 2007


Before Goshen, there was Woodbury.

Before Woodbury, there was Chester.

Before Chester, there was a missile silo near Lake Placid.

All are places where Liliana Trafficante has proposed building a water park in the past few years.

So far, though, all she's managed to build is a reputation for stringing sellers along and failing to pay her bills.

Trafficante, who works out of a Manhattan office, is the founder of Bouchville Manors. The organization is dedicated to finding jobs for young people leaving foster care, according to its Web site.

Trafficante's latest effort in that quest is the GoOcean water park and resort. Trafficante said she'd like to build a $100 million-plus complex including an indoor/outdoor water park, a hotel, retail space and housing on a 120-acre parcel near Route 17's Exit 124.

The project would include housing for young adults making the transition out of foster care. They would work at the water park and hotel and gain valuable career skills, said Trafficante, who has fashioned a persona as a crusader for children's rights.

She's a 1985 graduate of the Dwight School, a private elementary and secondary school on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The school's mission is to prepare students for a life of public service. It expects its students to "use their unique 'spark of genius' to build a better world," according to the Dwight Web site.

Former business associates say Trafficante fixed on the idea of a water park and mini village for foster kids as long as a decade ago. The history of the project is memorialized in virtual scraps of paper scattered across the Internet, many with missing words and other typos.

One of the earliest, a 2002 PRWeb news release, announced that Trafficante's companies, Bouchville Manors and International Dreams, planned to build "The First Foster Home, mini park, and water park in history housed in a missile."

The document seeks financial assistance. "EMMEDIATE INVESTOR ACTION NEEDED $5,000.00 to start and 45 million in purchase and construction," it reads.

The Lake Placid plan never materialized, and by 2003 or 2004, Trafficante had turned her attention to Orange County.

In an Oct. 8, 2004, online news release, Trafficante announced plans to break ground on a foster home, mini-town and water park the following April in Chester. She tried to buy a home with land there, but the deal fell through when she didn't come up with cash, according to sources familiar with the deal.

Before she pulled up stakes in Chester, Trafficante began negotiating to buy property in Woodbury from Rutherford Chemicals, the owner of the Nepera chemical plant there.

That deal never materialized, either. Trafficante claimed she passed on the site because of its proximity to the chemical plant.

"That whole plant sitting there didn't sit right with me," she said during an interview in mid-July.

Others familiar with the Rutherford Chemicals deal say Trafficante was unable to come up with any money.

Not that she didn't try. She took her project to a dozen or more possible financiers, according to documents obtained by the Times Herald-Record. In a press release dated Aug. 1, 2002, Trafficante sought donors for a Monopoly-style game called Bouch-opoly. Spots on the game board would sell for $175 to $600. An online flier for an April 10, 2004, Jazz for Peace concert to benefit Bouchville Manors doesn't name a location for the project but proclaims that the water park and mini village will celebrate a grand opening in September 2004.

Trafficante's causes are trumpeted on a variety of Web sites, including several (www.goocean.com, www.bouchville.org, www.childabusecharity.biz) that appear to exist solely for that purpose. Bouchville Manors has an msn group, a Yahoo! group and a MySpace page. It solicits donations through sites like payitforward.org and bricksrus.com, and accepts payments through PayPal.

Bouchville Manors even has an online store (www.cafepress.com/themanors) selling $21 T-shirts and $2 buttons.

It's unclear how much Trafficante has raised through all of these outlets, and where the money has gone. None of Trafficante's businesses is registered as a charity. In mid-July, she said Bouchville Manors used to operate under the auspices of an unrelated nonprofit. Documents identify the nonprofit as Near Town and Associates.

Trafficante said she's in the process of setting up a new nonprofit. Her bills, meanwhile, continue to pile up, from a $700,000-plus judgment obtained by a developer she worked with to a $14,000 bill from a consulting firm that threatened to sue over payment for a feasibility study for the water park.

In Goshen, Trafficante has fallen off the radar almost as quickly as she appeared. It's been three weeks since two stories ran in the Times Herald-Record detailing her plans, as well as her efforts to solicit a letter of support from Goshen Mayor Bob Weinberger.

The letter, Trafficante said, was the last thing she needed before a hedge fund would release money so she could buy the Goshen site. Trafficante declined to name the hedge fund.

Weinberger refused to provide the letter, suggesting instead that Trafficante follow the usual municipal review procedures. Since then, the onslaught of phone calls from Trafficante and Co. have stopped.

Trafficante did not return multiple calls seeking comment for this story. She hasn't yet submitted plans of any kind to the Village of Goshen.

But a blurb on bouchville.org says construction of GoOcean is "to begin ASAP."

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Near Town and Associates, Inc

AUTHOR: neartown - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, May 12, 2011

Near Town and Associates, Inc. was approached by Lilianna Trafficante to work along side Bouchville Manor to facilitate  the financing of her water park. Near Town and Associates, Inc. was not involved in this scam at all. Near Town was a victim as well, because Near Town paid many fees for Bouchville to facilitate the financing of this park.  

After further due diligence, Near Town was made aware that Trafficante nor Bouchville had site control of the land she said she was in title to, not had any governmental approval for the parks.

After this was found out, Near Town pulled away from this entity and person, after losing thousands of dollars.

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#7 Consumer Comment

GoOcean is a Scam.

AUTHOR: Down With Cem - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2008

This Liliana Trafficante has scammed untold numbers of investors. Now she's got a ton of investors screaming at her to get money back. Since she has no money, she goes out and dupes more investors to try and pay back the original investors. It's a rob Peter to pay Paul kinda thing. It's ridiculous! Stay far away from her, she's no good...

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#6 Consumer Comment

GoOcean is a Scam.

AUTHOR: Down With Cem - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2008

This Liliana Trafficante has scammed untold numbers of investors. Now she's got a ton of investors screaming at her to get money back. Since she has no money, she goes out and dupes more investors to try and pay back the original investors. It's a rob Peter to pay Paul kinda thing. It's ridiculous! Stay far away from her, she's no good...

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#5 Consumer Comment

GoOcean is a Scam.

AUTHOR: Down With Cem - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2008

This Liliana Trafficante has scammed untold numbers of investors. Now she's got a ton of investors screaming at her to get money back. Since she has no money, she goes out and dupes more investors to try and pay back the original investors. It's a rob Peter to pay Paul kinda thing. It's ridiculous! Stay far away from her, she's no good...

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#4 Consumer Comment

GoOcean is a Scam.

AUTHOR: Down With Cem - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2008

This Liliana Trafficante has scammed untold numbers of investors. Now she's got a ton of investors screaming at her to get money back. Since she has no money, she goes out and dupes more investors to try and pay back the original investors. It's a rob Peter to pay Paul kinda thing. It's ridiculous! Stay far away from her, she's no good...

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#3 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Great Group!!! WELCOME TO GOOCEAN!!

AUTHOR: Johnston - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, February 01, 2008

This project really is the real deal. Liliana and her team are truly out to build a great water park and foster home!! This water park & resort is going to generate $$ for Goshen, NY and the surrounding area! The foster home is going to actual give many needy children a reason to live again! I applauded Liliana Trafficante and her GoOcean/Bouchville Manors Team!! Liliana and her team ran into many bumps in the road along the way. She met a "fake" land owner who thought he had write a horrible rip off report to get his own justification since he was not a person to handle matters face to face. They also ran into problems with Liliana's famous program "Pay it Forward". This program granted loans to families in need. The program had rules and guidelines it must follow to weed out the un-needy. After this program not being able to fund everyone that applied due to one reason or another, some took their anger out on rip off report. That is all ok though. We at GoOcean/Bouchville Manors want to understand and forgive those whom did what they thought to be right thing in their mind. We just want to make sure that everyone knows we are only here to help and build a stronger future for our country's foster children and economy.

WELCOME TO GOOCEAN!!
What is GoOcean?
GoOcean Water Park and Resort will be a revolutionary and exciting new water park. Set to be located in Goshen, New York, GoOcean will be New York's first indoor water park, and will also feature a beautiful hotel, fine dining, and shopping. Its purpose is to employee youth as they phase out of Foster care

GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC is seeking financing to develop GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort in Goshen, New York. Our proposed vision when complete will be a destination in and of itself for locals and tourists alike, with full family entertainment in a section of Goshen, New York. Amenities will include the following:

Indoor/Outdoor Water Park
Amusement/Theme Park
Hotel - 500 rooms, 12 stories.
Spa and Resort
Business Convention center
Restaurants
Gift Shops
Ballroom
Oasis
Aquarium
Olympic sized swimming pool
World Class Fitness Center
Nature Trails
Miniature Golf Course
Single Family Homes

Property
GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort is a total of 125 acres. GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort is located off Route 17 Exit 124 and is 15 minutes away from Woodbury Commons Premium Outlets. It's 20 minutes from I-87, as well as it having excellent visibility along I-87, which is the primary interstate highway connecting New York City and northern New Jersey with Albany, New England, Montreal, and Buffalo. In addition, the subject is located within 1.5 miles from the Metro-North train station offering convenient service to New York. The specialty of this beautiful and amazing piece of land is the tremendous opportunity to create one of the most unique and successful and Indoor/Outdoor Water Park projects on the East Coast, to be located in Goshen New York. As well as create Jobs and bring in Revenue for the Town of Goshen.

The GoOcean Team
GoOcean Park and Resort, offices are located at 255 5th Ave, 5th Floor, Goshen, NY 10016, is a water park and amusement Park, real estate development and Financial Consulting firm. GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC is comprised of seasoned water park designers, builders, hotel developers, architects and real estate developers. With experts in Indoor Outdoor water parks, amusements parks, hotel development and design, expert architects, an in-house marketing department, and a financial consulting division. The GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC team has successfully completed over 80 Projects worldwide and is currently developing commercial & residential projects through the United States. A consultant for the poject, Louis D. Garcia has held global financing responsibilities for such firms as Louis D. Mr. Garcia has over thirty five years experience within the private and public financial world. During this time he has held positions with Jessup, Josephthal & Co., Inc, as Senior Managing director of real estate, and, as deputy director for the north eastern quadrant of Minority business development, and quasi- governmental agency attached to the department of commerce. Mr. Garcia has held global financing responsibilities for such firms as Gran Majour de France (GMF), the French mutual insurance Company, and Dumez, the power and light of France for financing project in the Caribbean as well as South America. Mr. Garcia's latest project has been with the government of Egypt, where he was one of the leading architects developing a master plan in answer to there great pollution issues.

Our Founder, Liliana Trafficante
Liliana Trafficante is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer for GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC and the creator of the GoOcean Project. Ms. Trafficante designed the project components with the help of Water Ventures (main contractor) and her consultants. She has hand picked the team from the concept design stage to the running of the waterpark. Ms. Trafficante has the skills and experience necessary to determine what Youth need to develop entrepreneurial skills, and has combined these ideas to gear the project towards those goals. Ms. Trafficante has an affinity for youth and has used this along with business skills to attract the finest architects, builders, and consultants to come together for the GoOcean project and ensure the success of the waterpark. Ms. Trafficante began her career in 1999 when she started a company called International Dreams. The mission of International Dreams was to help youth at risk start their own businesses as an alternative to life on the streets. Ms. Trafficante helped the youth with development Strategies, financing, copyrighting, as well as other facets of start ups. In 2005, Liliana conceptualized and Developed Goocean Park and Resort, LLC

Contact Us
E-Mail us at Updates@GoOcean.com
Call us at (212)679-4093

www.goocean.com

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Great Group!!! WELCOME TO GOOCEAN!!

AUTHOR: Johnston - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, February 01, 2008

This project really is the real deal. Liliana and her team are truly out to build a great water park and foster home!! This water park & resort is going to generate $$ for Goshen, NY and the surrounding area! The foster home is going to actual give many needy children a reason to live again! I applauded Liliana Trafficante and her GoOcean/Bouchville Manors Team!! Liliana and her team ran into many bumps in the road along the way. She met a "fake" land owner who thought he had write a horrible rip off report to get his own justification since he was not a person to handle matters face to face. They also ran into problems with Liliana's famous program "Pay it Forward". This program granted loans to families in need. The program had rules and guidelines it must follow to weed out the un-needy. After this program not being able to fund everyone that applied due to one reason or another, some took their anger out on rip off report. That is all ok though. We at GoOcean/Bouchville Manors want to understand and forgive those whom did what they thought to be right thing in their mind. We just want to make sure that everyone knows we are only here to help and build a stronger future for our country's foster children and economy.

WELCOME TO GOOCEAN!!
What is GoOcean?
GoOcean Water Park and Resort will be a revolutionary and exciting new water park. Set to be located in Goshen, New York, GoOcean will be New York's first indoor water park, and will also feature a beautiful hotel, fine dining, and shopping. Its purpose is to employee youth as they phase out of Foster care

GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC is seeking financing to develop GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort in Goshen, New York. Our proposed vision when complete will be a destination in and of itself for locals and tourists alike, with full family entertainment in a section of Goshen, New York. Amenities will include the following:

Indoor/Outdoor Water Park
Amusement/Theme Park
Hotel - 500 rooms, 12 stories.
Spa and Resort
Business Convention center
Restaurants
Gift Shops
Ballroom
Oasis
Aquarium
Olympic sized swimming pool
World Class Fitness Center
Nature Trails
Miniature Golf Course
Single Family Homes

Property
GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort is a total of 125 acres. GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort is located off Route 17 Exit 124 and is 15 minutes away from Woodbury Commons Premium Outlets. It's 20 minutes from I-87, as well as it having excellent visibility along I-87, which is the primary interstate highway connecting New York City and northern New Jersey with Albany, New England, Montreal, and Buffalo. In addition, the subject is located within 1.5 miles from the Metro-North train station offering convenient service to New York. The specialty of this beautiful and amazing piece of land is the tremendous opportunity to create one of the most unique and successful and Indoor/Outdoor Water Park projects on the East Coast, to be located in Goshen New York. As well as create Jobs and bring in Revenue for the Town of Goshen.

The GoOcean Team
GoOcean Park and Resort, offices are located at 255 5th Ave, 5th Floor, Goshen, NY 10016, is a water park and amusement Park, real estate development and Financial Consulting firm. GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC is comprised of seasoned water park designers, builders, hotel developers, architects and real estate developers. With experts in Indoor Outdoor water parks, amusements parks, hotel development and design, expert architects, an in-house marketing department, and a financial consulting division. The GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC team has successfully completed over 80 Projects worldwide and is currently developing commercial & residential projects through the United States. A consultant for the poject, Louis D. Garcia has held global financing responsibilities for such firms as Louis D. Mr. Garcia has over thirty five years experience within the private and public financial world. During this time he has held positions with Jessup, Josephthal & Co., Inc, as Senior Managing director of real estate, and, as deputy director for the north eastern quadrant of Minority business development, and quasi- governmental agency attached to the department of commerce. Mr. Garcia has held global financing responsibilities for such firms as Gran Majour de France (GMF), the French mutual insurance Company, and Dumez, the power and light of France for financing project in the Caribbean as well as South America. Mr. Garcia's latest project has been with the government of Egypt, where he was one of the leading architects developing a master plan in answer to there great pollution issues.

Our Founder, Liliana Trafficante
Liliana Trafficante is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer for GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC and the creator of the GoOcean Project. Ms. Trafficante designed the project components with the help of Water Ventures (main contractor) and her consultants. She has hand picked the team from the concept design stage to the running of the waterpark. Ms. Trafficante has the skills and experience necessary to determine what Youth need to develop entrepreneurial skills, and has combined these ideas to gear the project towards those goals. Ms. Trafficante has an affinity for youth and has used this along with business skills to attract the finest architects, builders, and consultants to come together for the GoOcean project and ensure the success of the waterpark. Ms. Trafficante began her career in 1999 when she started a company called International Dreams. The mission of International Dreams was to help youth at risk start their own businesses as an alternative to life on the streets. Ms. Trafficante helped the youth with development Strategies, financing, copyrighting, as well as other facets of start ups. In 2005, Liliana conceptualized and Developed Goocean Park and Resort, LLC

Contact Us
E-Mail us at Updates@GoOcean.com
Call us at (212)679-4093

www.goocean.com

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#1 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Great Group!!! WELCOME TO GOOCEAN!!

AUTHOR: Johnston - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, February 01, 2008

This project really is the real deal. Liliana and her team are truly out to build a great water park and foster home!! This water park & resort is going to generate $$ for Goshen, NY and the surrounding area! The foster home is going to actual give many needy children a reason to live again! I applauded Liliana Trafficante and her GoOcean/Bouchville Manors Team!! Liliana and her team ran into many bumps in the road along the way. She met a "fake" land owner who thought he had write a horrible rip off report to get his own justification since he was not a person to handle matters face to face. They also ran into problems with Liliana's famous program "Pay it Forward". This program granted loans to families in need. The program had rules and guidelines it must follow to weed out the un-needy. After this program not being able to fund everyone that applied due to one reason or another, some took their anger out on rip off report. That is all ok though. We at GoOcean/Bouchville Manors want to understand and forgive those whom did what they thought to be right thing in their mind. We just want to make sure that everyone knows we are only here to help and build a stronger future for our country's foster children and economy.

WELCOME TO GOOCEAN!!
What is GoOcean?
GoOcean Water Park and Resort will be a revolutionary and exciting new water park. Set to be located in Goshen, New York, GoOcean will be New York's first indoor water park, and will also feature a beautiful hotel, fine dining, and shopping. Its purpose is to employee youth as they phase out of Foster care

GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC is seeking financing to develop GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort in Goshen, New York. Our proposed vision when complete will be a destination in and of itself for locals and tourists alike, with full family entertainment in a section of Goshen, New York. Amenities will include the following:

Indoor/Outdoor Water Park
Amusement/Theme Park
Hotel - 500 rooms, 12 stories.
Spa and Resort
Business Convention center
Restaurants
Gift Shops
Ballroom
Oasis
Aquarium
Olympic sized swimming pool
World Class Fitness Center
Nature Trails
Miniature Golf Course
Single Family Homes

Property
GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort is a total of 125 acres. GoOcean Water Park, Hotel & Resort is located off Route 17 Exit 124 and is 15 minutes away from Woodbury Commons Premium Outlets. It's 20 minutes from I-87, as well as it having excellent visibility along I-87, which is the primary interstate highway connecting New York City and northern New Jersey with Albany, New England, Montreal, and Buffalo. In addition, the subject is located within 1.5 miles from the Metro-North train station offering convenient service to New York. The specialty of this beautiful and amazing piece of land is the tremendous opportunity to create one of the most unique and successful and Indoor/Outdoor Water Park projects on the East Coast, to be located in Goshen New York. As well as create Jobs and bring in Revenue for the Town of Goshen.

The GoOcean Team
GoOcean Park and Resort, offices are located at 255 5th Ave, 5th Floor, Goshen, NY 10016, is a water park and amusement Park, real estate development and Financial Consulting firm. GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC is comprised of seasoned water park designers, builders, hotel developers, architects and real estate developers. With experts in Indoor Outdoor water parks, amusements parks, hotel development and design, expert architects, an in-house marketing department, and a financial consulting division. The GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC team has successfully completed over 80 Projects worldwide and is currently developing commercial & residential projects through the United States. A consultant for the poject, Louis D. Garcia has held global financing responsibilities for such firms as Louis D. Mr. Garcia has over thirty five years experience within the private and public financial world. During this time he has held positions with Jessup, Josephthal & Co., Inc, as Senior Managing director of real estate, and, as deputy director for the north eastern quadrant of Minority business development, and quasi- governmental agency attached to the department of commerce. Mr. Garcia has held global financing responsibilities for such firms as Gran Majour de France (GMF), the French mutual insurance Company, and Dumez, the power and light of France for financing project in the Caribbean as well as South America. Mr. Garcia's latest project has been with the government of Egypt, where he was one of the leading architects developing a master plan in answer to there great pollution issues.

Our Founder, Liliana Trafficante
Liliana Trafficante is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer for GoOcean Park and Resort, LLC and the creator of the GoOcean Project. Ms. Trafficante designed the project components with the help of Water Ventures (main contractor) and her consultants. She has hand picked the team from the concept design stage to the running of the waterpark. Ms. Trafficante has the skills and experience necessary to determine what Youth need to develop entrepreneurial skills, and has combined these ideas to gear the project towards those goals. Ms. Trafficante has an affinity for youth and has used this along with business skills to attract the finest architects, builders, and consultants to come together for the GoOcean project and ensure the success of the waterpark. Ms. Trafficante began her career in 1999 when she started a company called International Dreams. The mission of International Dreams was to help youth at risk start their own businesses as an alternative to life on the streets. Ms. Trafficante helped the youth with development Strategies, financing, copyrighting, as well as other facets of start ups. In 2005, Liliana conceptualized and Developed Goocean Park and Resort, LLC

Contact Us
E-Mail us at Updates@GoOcean.com
Call us at (212)679-4093

www.goocean.com

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