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News for 2009 You will Need Acrobat Reader. December 24, 2009: TimesLedger And just like that, it was gone. The city removed an unsightly fence in front of the Queens Civil Court Building in Jamaica two weeks ago and community activists are eyeing new possibilities to use the open space to spruce up the neighborhood. During the weekend of Dec. 12, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services took down the black iron ... December 17, 2009: TimesLedger JAMAICA BID VALUE CARD HELPS SHOPPERS SAVE BIG Shoppers are getting great deals in downtown Jamaica and an ongoing discounting effort is the main factor for it, according to area business leaders. The Jamaica Business Improvement District has doled out nearly 3,300 value cards to customers over the last three weeks through various stores and a special kiosk at Jamaica Avenue and Parsons ... December 17, 2009: TimesLedger The city's urban planners said downtown Jamaica is one of the prime destinations in the city where businesses and developers are looking to grow and it touted three ongoing projects that will be leading that expansion. Representatives from the city Economic Development Corp. held a guided tour of downtown Jamaica Monday to give updates on their ongoing ... November 27, 2009: Press of Southeast Queens The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation held its bi-monthly meeting of their Downtown Committee held at the Harvest Room in Jamaica Nov. 18 ... November 26, 2009: Queens Chronicle SAVINGS HIT JAMAICA AVENUE FOR HOLIDAYS Shoppers have already begun swiping debit and credit cards and withdrawing cash from the bank to purchase items for the holiday season. But in Queens, they should now also make space in their wallets for the new ValueCard, which provides a way to save. The Jamaica Center Business Improvement District is presenting shoppers with the card, which ... November 13, 2009: Daily News DOWN GOES FENCE! STATE SUPREME COURT IN JAMAICA LOSES ITS BARRIER The Berlin Wall isn't the only imposing barrier to be torn down. A 10-foot-tall iron fence encircling the state Supreme Court on Sutphin Blvd. in downtown Jamaica is to be removed, city officials said yesterday. Local leaders had called the fence an "eye-sore" that stood in the way of making the building's plaza more accessible to the public in a neighborhood ... September 4, 2009: Daily News The latest economic outlook may be sobering, but good news is on Queens' horizon. Mayor Bloomberg signed a bill on Thursday granting Flying Food Group a series of tax breaks for agreeing to create more than 150 union jobs at its new Jamaica food processing and packing plant. The bill must still be approved by the state. "The tax credits are ... August 25, 2009: Daily News $194M PROJECT TO ADD LOW-INCOME UNITS The former Queens Family Court building is undergoing a $194 million transformation that community leaders hope will spur new development in downtown Jamaica. The library-turned courthouse is slated to get a third incarnation as 346 units of low-income, affordable and market-rate apartments with an underground parking garage. It is also expected to ... July 30, 2009: Queens Chronicle JAMAICA'S COLONIAL-ERA CEMETERY TO BE RESTORED For the last couple decades, the Prospect Cemetery Association -- in other words, President Cate Ludlam -- has held itself responsible for the graveyard's upkeep. The site, which is adjacent to the York College campus in Jamaica, was "a mass of confusion," she recalled, an array of decaying tombstones, weeds and vines reaching to her knees and a ... July 9, 2009: TimesLedger JAMAICA FUNK SLIMS DOWN ACTS TO REACH BIGGER AUDIENCE When the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. began planning this year's Jamaica Funk concert series, its organizers decided to put quality over quantity. Unlike last year, where there were several performers playing 65 concerts during the summer months, the organization decided to have 11 concerts with larger bands. The decision to cut the ... July 7, 2009: Daily News OLD, RAGGED CEMETERY GETS NEW LIFE Tucked along the Long Island Rail Road tracks in downtown Jamaica is a ragged old cemetery where most of the graves have been virtually lost in an emerging woodland. The thick and untamed foliage, a rarity in the concretecentric downtown, conceals thousands of Colonial-era graves -- and, perhaps, a few secrets. Starting in September, the graveyard, ... June 14, 2009: Daily News A short distance from the Long Island Rail Road's Jamaica Station lies an old industrial building that backs up to the tracks. Few train passengers have probably ever paid any mind to the one-story building at 148-02 Archer Ave., currently home to a church. But the building's rooftop, littered with rusted nails once used to secure railroad ties, could play... June 2009: Queens Courier - Queensborough Greater Jamaica Development Corporation is currently undertaking a series of cultural programming and initiatives entitled Culture Builds Jamaica. This initiative is designed to revitalize Downtown Jamaica's public spaces through programs designed to fostering interest and excitement about Downtown Jamaica as a dynamic and attractive destination... May 28, 2009: NY1 The Jamaica Alliance's new private security force is launched in hopes of changing the face of the neighborhood... May 2009: Queens Courier - Queensborough GREATER JAMAICA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: RECEIVES THE EXCELLENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARDS When you walk down the streets of Downtown Jamaica, you'll see more than anonymous commercial buildings that blend in with one another. Instead, you'll see a rich variety of historic buildings that give the Downtown a special character. Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) has helped to restore and preserve some of these ... April 28, 2009: Daily News JAMAICA GETS MUCH-NEEDED BOOST FOR BIZ Entrepreneur Kenny Lewis learned the hard way that the Wall Street meltdown would have painful consequences for owners of small businesses on Main St. Lewis, 39, and his wife, Lorraine, had planned to open their second Subway franchise in southeastern Queens in September, but ran into costly construction delays. Forced to use revenue from the ... April 8, 2009: Daily News Queens' "Hometown" airline could soon be taking off -- destination unknown. Six months after opening its $743 million Terminal 5 at Kennedy Airport, JetBlue began a search for a new corporate headquarters last week, a company official confirmed yesterday. The move -- which could come when JetBlue's Forest Hills office lease expires in 2012 -- could be a ... April 2009: Queens Courier - Queensborough GREATER JAMAICA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: CREATING AND SUSTAINING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Alternative financing provided through Greater Jamaica Development Corporation's Revolving Loan Fund, Capital Access, helped two locally owned and operated businesses expand in Southeast Queens. Pauline Brown knows something about meeting needs. Since 1997, Ms. Brown has provided infant care, pre-kindergarten education, weekend child care, and ... April 2009: Queens Courier - Queensborough QUEENS GROUPS PROVIDE HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES As small businesses -- who make up the biggest share of the Queens Chamber of Commerce's membership -- continue to feel the effects of the difficult economy, many businesses are looking for help. In Queens, many groups provide services for small businesses, and a number of them have either increased their services or come up ... March 12 , 2009: TimesLedger MANY WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TimesLedger Newspapers honored five Queens leaders Tuesday as part of its Queens Community Service Awards, which annually acknowledges individuals who make a difference in the borough's diverse communities. In an event moderated by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, Borough President Helen Marshall, civic organizer Corey Bearak, Greater ... February 27, 2009: Press of Southeast Queens At a meeting of the members of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, the featured speaker was the noted jazz and cultural critic, novelist, and syndicated columnist of the New York Daily News, Stanley Crouch, who spoke on the topic of "Queens: Where Many ... February 23, 2009: Crain's New York Business HOT DOGS WON'T LACK BUNS IN QUEENS Residents of Jamaica, Queens, can sleep soundly. Their buns are staying in the oven. After emerging from bankruptcy early this month, Interstate Bakeries Corp. wasted no time in trumpeting the glad tidings: Its Jamaica factory, the city's largest maker of hot dog rolls, will remain open. The century-old plant on 268th Street and Douglas Avenue has about ... February, 2009: Queensborough For over forty years, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) has been dedicated to planning, facilitating and advancing sustainable development to revitalize and strengthen Downtown Jamaica. Through the efforts of GJDC and its community partners, Downtown Jamaica is making tremendous progress towards becoming a dynamic urban center built ... January 28, 2009: TimesLedger COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARDS: AN URBAN PLANNER BRINGS LASTING CHANGE TO JAMAICA For decades, Carlisle Towery used to view Jamaica as a diamond in the rough in terms of urban growth, but it has now become a striking example of how a downtown on the brink can be rescued and rehabilitated. As president of the nonprofit Greater Jamaica Development Corp., he has helped to bring the downtown area of the neighborhood out of ... January 23, 2009: Press of Southeast Queens JAMAICA VIEWS THE INAUGURATION Greater Jamaica Development Corporation sponsored a live viewing of the Inauguration of Barack Obama for the community Jan. 20 at the Jamaica Multiplex Movie Theater ... January 8, 2009: TimesLedger JAMAICA LIBRARY BREAKS GROUND ON KID'S CENTER Borough President Helen Marshall joined some of the borough's brightest learners at the Central Library in Jamaica Monday to commence construction on the branch's high-tech children's center. The Children's Library Discovery Center will be a new addition to the branch's children's section, which focuses primarily on science education. The 14,000- ...
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