LIC BID Annual Meeting
06/22/2009
9 AM - 10:30 AM

LIC BID 2009 Public Annual Meeting

Keynote: Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
Monday, June 22nd, 9 - 10:30 AM
Silvercup Studios, 42-22 22nd Street, 4th Floor, LIC, NY

Join the LIC BID and area business leaders as we review the past year's work, discuss future plans for the commercial core of Long Island City, and celebrate our fourth year. Networking and continental breakfast, no charge to attend. The LIC BID will honor Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney for her steadfast advocacy for the revitalization of Queens Plaza, as well as Raymundo Vasquez of Atlantic Maintenance.

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Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney
http://maloney.house.gov/

First elected to Congress in 1992, Carolyn B. Maloney is recognized as a national leader with extensive accomplishments on financial services, national security, the economy, and women's issues.

Her career has been a series of firsts. Maloney is the first woman to represent New York's 14th Congressional District; the first woman to represent New York City's 7th Councilmanic district (where she was the first woman to give birth while in office); and is currently the first woman to Chair the Joint Economic Committee, a House and Senate panel that examines and addresses the nation's most pressing economic issues.

As a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee (and immediate past chair of its Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee), she has worked to modernize financial services laws and regulations, strengthen consumer protections, and institute more vigilant oversight of the safety and soundness of our nation's banking industry. Also a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Maloney legislation has saved hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars.  

As co-founder of the House 9/11 Commission Caucus, Maloney helped author and pass legislation to implement all of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations for improving intelligence gathering.

As a champion for domestic and international women's issues, Maloney helped pass legislation that targets the ‘demand' side of sex trafficking; provides annual mammograms for women on Medicare; the Debbie Smith Act which increases funding for law enforcement to process DNA rape kits, termed ‘the most important anti-rape legislation in history.'

New York City has no stronger advocate in Congress than Maloney. She has doggedly fought for full federal assistance to help the city rebuild from 9/11, most recently helping secure federal aid to fund the health care needs of those made sick by the toxic air at Ground Zero. She has also delivered significant federal funding-- $486 million in the most recent round of funding-- for the Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access transportation projects, both of which run through her district.

The Village Voice characterized her as "a tiger in the House on every dollar due New York." The New York Sun said "her entire career has been marked by a kind of personal courage." And The New York Times said, "New York's Congressional delegation stands out for their moxie, kind of the way New Yorkers themselves often do. Among the brashest members is Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, a Democrat of Manhattan." 

09/10/2009

8 AM - 9:30 AM

Best Practices in Email Marketing for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, Thurs. Sept. 10, 8 - 9:30 AM

Holiday Inn Manhattan View, 39-05 29th St., LIC.

Directions at: Holidayinn.com/longislandcity

Wendi Caplan-Carroll, NY Metro Development Director, Constant Contact.

Networking and continental breakfast. There is no charge to attend, but please RSVP below so we can pre-print a name tag for you.

Build the relationships that are the key to your business success with easy, inexpensive and highly effective email marketing! In this seminar, we will provide tips to increase your email deliverability and open rates, write good headlines and content, and perhaps most importantly, strategies for getting -- and keeping -- high quality prospects, customers and members.

You will learn how to:

* Become a trusted email sender in the eyes of your prospects, customers, and members.

* Build your list! How to find and keep email list subscribers.

* Get your sent emails opened and read.

* Turn your readers into more frequent buyers/supporters/donators.

* Target your communications -- how to get the right message to the right people at the right time

* Use email communications to improve customer/member loyalty

Holiday Inn Manhattan View is a brand new facility offering very reasonable rates for business travellers and tourists seeking easy access to Queens airports, yet just minutes from the Queens Plaza subway station and midtown Manhattan. Now serving Sunday brunch.

LICBDC Business Breakfast, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 8 - 9:30 AM

Christopher Ward, Executive Director of Port Authority of NY & NJ

Mr. Ward will discuss transportation infrastructure plans affecting Long Island City and Queens.

Networking and continental breakfast. $20 members, $30 nonmembers. Please contact Indra Smith at 718.786.5300 x 21 or register online. Riverview Restaurant, 2-01 50th Ave. LIC, NY 11101.

http://www.riverviewny.com

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Executive Director Christopher O. Ward

Christopher O. Ward is currently the Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (and President of the Port Authority's wholly owned entities: Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation, the Newark Legal and Communications Center Urban Renewal Corporation, and the New York and New Jersey Railroad Corporation). He was appointed on May 22, 2008. This is Mr. Ward's second tenure at the Port Authority. He previously served as Chief of Planning and External Affairs, as well as Director of Port Redevelopment from 1997 to 2002.

Mr. Ward's previous positions included stints as Managing Director of The General Contractors Association of New York, Inc., Chief Executive Officer of American Stevedoring, Inc., as Commissioner of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the Bloomberg Administration, as Senior Vice President for Transportation and Commerce at the NYC Economic Development Corporation, as Assistant Commissioner at the Department of Telecommunications and Energy and as Director of Research at the Department of Consumer Affairs. Mr. Ward holds a Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University's Divinity School. Mr. Ward has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

http://www.panynj.gov/abouttheportauthority/governance/executivedirector/

Networking After Hours at Dutch Kills Bar
10/22/2009
6 PM - 8:30 PM

Networking After Hours at Dutch Kills Bar                                                                  Thurs. October 22, 6 – 8:30
Travel back in time to the 1890s, exchange business cards, and sample historic Queens cocktails.  Admission of $10 for LICBDC members and $15 for non-members comes with one drink ticket and snacks.  27-24 Jackson Ave., LIC, NY. http://www.dutchkillsbar.com  To register, pay online below.  

Reviewed in Gothamist.com.
http://gothamist.com/2009/02/10/dutch_kills_bar_poised_to_finally_o.php

“The name of the bar is the same as the ancestral name of the neighborhood where it is located (Dutch Kills), which was one of several small enclaves that unified in 1870 to become Long Island City. The word "kills" means "creek" in Dutch, whose settlers arrived in the area in 1643. Originally named "Canapaukah" (loosely translated as “bear's watering hole") by the Canarsee indians who were the first occupants of the land in and around what is now Long Island City, the "creek" in question is the Newtown Creek, which runs behind the bar dividing Long Island City from Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Dutch Kills was an important road hub during the Revolutionary War, and the site of a British Army garrison from 1776 to 1783."

Seminar: Small Business Preparedness
10/29/2009
8 AM - 9:30 AM

Seminar: Small Business Preparedness Thursday, October 29, 8 - 9:30 AM
NYC Office of Emergency Management
Co-sponsored by LIC Business Improvement District, Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce, Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District.

Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39th Street Sunnyside, NY 11104.
No charge to attend. Continental breakfast, networking. To RSVP, contact Indra at 718.786.5300 x 21 or ismith@licbdc.org, or RSVP below.

Simple steps that any business owner can take to prepare.  Assess the hazards likely to affect businesses in NYC, the basics of backing up important documents and storing them offsite, communicating emergency plans to employees, reviewing insurance coverage, and knowing how to respond when an emergency occurs.  The Ready New York for Business guide http://nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/biz_guide.shtml 

Sponsors:
HSBC 

HSBC Bank USA N.A., sponsor of our Boat Cruise, has over 400 branches in the New York State area including the LIC branch located at 22-15 43rd Ave., LIC.  It is the principal subsidiary of HSBC USA Inc, and indirectly-held, wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings Inc., one of the nation's ten largest bank holding companies by assets.  The HSBC Group, headquartered in London, has over 10,000 offices in 85 countries and territories and is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organizations.  Contact joseph.alexander@us.hsbc.com.

2009 LICBDC Annual Luncheon and Trade Show
11/18/2009
9 AM - 2 PM

LICBDC Annual Luncheon and Trade Show

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Trade Show 9 A.M. - 2 P.M., Luncheon 12:30 P.M. - 2 P.M.

Terrace on the Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

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LICBDC B - to - B Networking Expo, November 18

Click here for a PDF version of the registration form. 

Opening Reception, Country Inns & Suites Hotel, November 5, 5.30 - 8 PM

Celebrate the opening of LIC's newest hotel. Networking, continental breakfast. Discounted rooms for travelers associated with LIC businesses. Contact 718.729.0111.

Members Only LICBDC Open House
Thursday, January 28, 5 – 7 PM

Network with other LICBDC members and visit our new office in the MetLife Building.  RSVP required.  No charge to attend but you must be a current LICBDC member.  Contact Indra Smith at 718.786.5300 x 21 or ismith@licbdc.org.

Networking Night, Tues. Jan. 19
01/19/2010
6 PM - 8:30 PM

Networking After Hours at Shi Restaurant
Tues., January, 19, 6 - 8:30 PM

Catch up with old friends and meet new ones at Shi, a trendy Asian fusion place with a great river view.  Admission of $10 for LICBDC members and $15 for non-members comes with one drink ticket and hors d’ouevres. 4720 Center Blvd (between 47th Ave and 47th Rd), LIC.

Economic Forecast Breakfast
with Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO, Partnership for New York City
Thurs., March 18, 8 - 9:30 AM
Queensboro Room, MetLife Building

Networking Night at Manducatis Restaurant
Tuesday, March 23, 6 - 8:30 PM
Enjoy networking at LIC's classic Italian restaurant, in business since 1977. $10 for LICBDC members and $15 for non-members includes drink ticket and hors d'ouevres. 13-27 Jackson Ave., LIC.  Contact Indra Smith at 718.786.5300 x 21 or register online. 

Sponsor: Filco Carting Corp.

Panelists from Citibank, Valley National Bank, Asset Enhancement Solutions, and the US Small Business Administration will help you understand your borrowing and credit needs, what banks need to approve lines of credit, installment loans, and commercial mortgages, and how to find the right financing product for your business.  Networking & continental breakfast.  Please RSVP online or contact Indra Smith at 718.786.5300 x 21 or ismith@licbdc.org. No charge to attend. 

Breakfast with Councilmember Van Bramer
04/21/2010
8 AM - 9:30 AM
 

Business Breakfast with Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer
Thursday, April 21, 8 – 9:30AM

LIC’s new representative will discuss area issues.   $20 for members, $30 for non-members.  Contact Indra Smith at 718.786.5300 x 21 or register online.

Sponsors: Plaxall, Silvercup Studios, Werwaiss & Co., Inc.

Co-sponsor: The Floating Hospital

Plaxall is a family owned and managed business, engaged in both manufacturing and property management in Long Island City.  Our Design Center division operates a factory at 5-46 46^th Avenue where, since 1950, we have produced thermoformed products for the medical, cosmetic, packaging and other industries.  Plaxall also owns and manages over a million square feet of space in the Hunters Point section of LIC.  We have residential, office and warehouse space.  Tenants include, among others, ADT, Konica Minolta, Tuk Tuk, Hertz, Takeshi Murakami, and the Jeffrey Deitch gallery.  We also provide space for non-profits such as LIC Community Boathouse, Recycle-a-Bicycle and the Space.  More information on the design business is at www.Plaxall.com and the property division is at www.LICProperties.com.

Werwaiss & Co., Inc.

The Floating Hospital has been serving the healthcare needs of NYC families since 1866 – providing a healthier and more hopeful future to all New Yorkers.  Today, TFH has “dropped anchor” in Long Island City, with its spacious and newly renovated LIC Community Health Center.  This convenient “ONE-STOP” location offers quality primary health care for the entire family, including comprehensive medical, dental and mental health services.  All insurance plans (including new Medicaid patients) are accepted and affordable cash payment discount plans are also available. Call 718.784.2240 to make an appointment or visit us at 41-40 Crescent Street (Between Queensboro Plaza North & 41^st Street).  Contact Cynthia Davis, our Business Specialist, at 718.784.2240 x273 to ask about affordable customized employee plans for LIC small business owners.  www. thefloatinghospital.org

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http://council.nyc.gov/d26/html/members/home.shtml

James G. Van Bramer

District 26 - Council Member - Democrat

A life-long resident of Western Queens, Jimmy Van Bramer was elected to the New York City Council on November 3, 2009.

A community organizer, Jimmy Van Bramer is the son of two active union members. While growing up Jimmy sometimes followed his stepfather, a public-school custodian, to work. As he watched his stepfather polish classroom floors and scrub desks so that children and teachers could have a clean learning space, Jimmy learned the importance of hard work, and the powerful impact that seemingly small efforts can have on the lives of working people. Jimmy has carried those lessons throughout his life.

Jimmy's career has been devoted to making our community stronger and making life better for Queens families like the one he grew up in. From 1999-2009, he served as the Chief External Affairs Officer of the Queens Public Library. As the library's link between community members and government, Jimmy worked to protect and expand important library services, such as after-school programs and English language classes. He also led members of the Queens community on annual trips to Albany and Washington, D.C. to help them make their voices heard by government officials. In addition, Jimmy works to improve our neighborhoods outside of his job, by serving as a member of Community Board 2 and its Land Use Committee.

06/29/2010
9 AM - 10:30 AM

LIC Business Improvement District Annual Meeting
Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 9 - 10:30 AM
Silvercup Studios, 42-22 22nd Street, 4th Floor, LIC, NY

Keynote speaker: Linda Gibbs, Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services.

Update on Queens Plaza and Jackson Avenue Capital Improvement and construction programs; presentation of the FY 2011 Budget; election of Board Members.  The BID annually presents awards to community & business leaders.  This year's recipients are: Sheila Lewandowski, The Chocolate Factory Theater; Melva Miller, Office of the Queens Borough President; and Vivian Meyers, Gotham Realty.   

Networking and continental breakfast.  No charge to attend.  RSVP required.  Please sign up below, or contact 718.786.5300 x 21.  www.licbid.org