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BACKGROUND: Queens Economic Development Leadership Council

Helen B. Marshall, Queens Borough President   Melva Miller, Director, Economic Development, Queensb Borough President's Office.   Seth Pinsky, President, NYC Economic Development Corporation Guest Speaker at Queens Economic Development Leadership Council.

Kew Gardens, New York - The Queens Economic Development Leadership Council (QEDLC) was formed by Queens Borough President Helen B. Marshall. It meets Quarterly under the leadership of Melva Miller, Director of Economic Development, Queens Borough Presidents Office. The Queens Economic Development Leadership Council operates as the Borough's authority on economic development initiatives and programs available to strengthen small businesses in Queens. The QEDLC is educated on the most up to date resources including, free services and programs, funding opportunities and capacity building resources available to small business. The QEDLC also receives information about government sponsored program and grants made available for nonprofit business groups to help strengthen the local economy. This body accomplishes this by partnering with the Queens Borough President to disseminate information, and provide assistance to small businesses throughout the Borough. The QEDLC meets regularly throughout the year and receives presentations by the City's foremost experts in the field. Seventy-one organizations are represented.  Each organization's Director attends meetings and interacts with Helen Marshall and Melva Miller: 165th Street Mall Improvement Association 30th Avenue Area Merchants Association 36th Avenue Area Merchants Association 82nd Street Business Improvement District Association of Minority Enterprises of New York (AMENY) Astoria Restoration Association Bayside  Business Association Bayside Hills Merchants Association Bayside Village Business Improvement District, Inc. Center for the Women of New York, Inc. Central Astoria Local Development Coalition Chamber of Commerce of the Rockaways Coalition for Far Rockaway College Point Board of Trade, Inc. Community Environmental Center Corona Business Association Council for Airport Opportunity Douglaston Village Chamber of Commerce Dress for Success East River Development Alliance Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation Flushing Business Improvement District Flushing Chamber of Commerce Flushing Chinese Business Association Flushing Development Center Flushing, Willets Point, Corona Local Development Corporation Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce Fresh Pond Chamber of Commerce Greater Jamaica Development Corporation Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation Guyanese-American Business & Professional Council Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Hunters Point Community Development Corporation Jackson Heights Bangladeshi Business Association Jamaica Business Resource Center Jamaica Center Business Improvement District Jamaica Chamber of Commerce John F. Kennedy International Airport Chamber of Commerce Joint Bellerose Business District Junction Boulevard Merchants Association Korean-American Association of Flushing Korean-American Small Business Service Center LaGuardia Community College SBDC LaGuardia Procurement Technical Assistance Center Lefrak City Merchants Association Local Development Corporation of Laurelton, Rosedale & Springfield Gardens Long Island City Business Improvement Corporation Maspeth Chamber of Commerce Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District Northern Blvd. Merchants Association Oakland Gardens Merchants Association Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation Queens Business Solution Center Queens Chamber of Commerce Queens Economic Development Corporation Queens Village Local Development Corporation Queens Workforce 1 Career Center Rego Park Green Alliance Richmond Hill East Business Persons, Inc. Ridgewood Local Development Corporation Rockaway Blvd. Local  Development Corporation Rockaway Development & Revitalization Corporation SCORE Small Business Administration LaGuardia Community College SBDC Steinway Street Business Improvement District Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District Union Turnpike Merchants Association Woodhaven Business Improvement District York College SBDC   Melva Miller, Director, Economic Development, Borough President Helen Marshall’s Office Melva M. Miller, resident of South East Queens, has dedicated her life to community advocacy through creative organizing and citizen participation.  The daughter of a community activist, Ms. Miller commenced her community development work in 1993 when she began working with children using the arts as a tool to instill a sense of social responsibility while fostering positive imagery of youth in the community.  This work gave Ms. Miller the opportunity to collaborate in creating programming that used dance, music and artistic expression as a conduit to introduce community awareness.  She then sought to professionalize her community development skills and attended the Hunter College School of Social Work where she earned a Master’s degree in Community Organization and Planning, and received the school’s Dorothy North McNeal Award for achievement in Community Organization.  Upon graduation, Ms. Miller quickly put her formal organizing training to work when she was appointed the position of Executive Director for the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District (BID).   As the first Executive Director of this community based not-for-profit organization, she created and administered programs that served as catalysts for economic revitalization along Sutphin Boulevard in downtown Jamaica, Queens.  During her tenure, she was charged with providing supplemental sanitation and security services throughout the District as well as provided promotion for the area, advocacy for the interests of the local businesses, distributed information to boost economic development, and enhanced neighborhood quality of life for local businesses and residents.  While at the BID, she also served as Project Director of the Downtown Jamaica Cultural District formed to contribute to the artistic development of downtown Jamaica through marketing, brand identity, cultural development, public space utilization and real estate initiatives. July of 2007, Ms. Miller joined the Office of Queens Borough President Helen Marshall to serve as key advisor on, and provide assistance to, small businesses throughout the Borough of Queens, and develop a borough-wide workforce development initiative to support the borough’s economic growth and sustainability. June of 2008, she was promoted to Director of Economic Development and among her new responsibilities included implementing a $13 million dollar capital improvement program designed to encourage pedestrian activity in commercial corridors throughout Queens. In November of 2009, New York City’s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, appointed Ms. Miller to serve on the Board of Directors of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. She also represents Borough President Helen Marshall on the Board of the Council for Airport Opportunity, Queens Economic Development Corporation and the Boards of twelve Business Improvement Districts throughout Queens.  Ms. Miller’s accolades recognizing her dedication to the field of economic development include being named one of the “Top Women in Business 2008” by the Queens Courier and Queens Business Today Newspapers,“Top 10 Business Executives Under 40” and in 2009 acknowledged as one of Queens’ “Rising Stars, Business Leaders Under 40.”  recognized by the 1,200 member Queens Chamber of Commerce as one of Queens’  Ms. Miller has also been the coordinator of Community Development for the Laurelton Local Development CorporationNational Center for Creative Aging in Brooklyn, a non-profit organization fostering the understanding of the relationship between creative expression and healthy aging.  where she organized local businesses and other community organizations toward economic development within the Laurelton commercial corridor and, served as a community organizer for the ,     For more information, please contact: Melva M. Miller Director, Economic Development Borough President Helen Marshall’s Office 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Room 220 Kew Gardens, NY 11424 (718) 286-2655 MMiller@queensbp.org Helen B. Marshall, Queens Borough President Melva Miller, Director, Economic Development, Queensb Borough President's Office. Seth Pinsky, President, NYC Economic Development Corporation Guest Speaker at Queens Economic Development Leadership Council. Robert Steel, Deputy Mayor of the City of New York. Speaker at Queens Economic Development Leadership Council Joseph Tazewell, NYC Regional Director, Empire State Development , Guest Speaker at Queens Economic Development Leadership Council US Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Guest Speaker at Queens Economic Development Leadership Council

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