Work With Us! 2023 RFPs

Downtown Jamaica Partnership is requesting proposals for supplemental sanitation services, light-based public artworks, and holiday lights. Please download the RFPs below.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS RFP

Date: August 14, 2023

Project: RFP for Holiday Lights

Term: Winter 2023 - Spring 2024

To: [email protected]

DJP Holiday Lights - Schedule

Date*Project Phase
Monday, August 14, 2023Request for Proposals Released
Friday August 25, 2023, by 5:00 PM EDTQuestions to the Partnership are due
Tues., August 29, 2023, by 5:00 PM EDTAnswers from the Partnership are due
Friday, September 8, 2023Submissions Due
Tuesday, September 19, 2023Selected Contractor notified
Friday, October 6, 2023Contract is signed
Monday, October 16, 2023Preliminary design proposal & technical review
Monday, October 23, 2023Finalize site(s) & design(s)
Weds, October 25 – Weds, Nov 8, 2023Fabrication
Thursday, November 9, 2023Fabrication complete; Secure City permits, approvals
Weds, November 15 – Mon, Nov 20, 2023Holiday Lights installation
February 15 – March 1, 2024Lighting Removal

*Schedule is subject to change

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LIGHT-BASED PUBLIC ARTWORKS RFP

Date: August 07, 2023

Project: RFP for Light-based Artworks, 2023

Term: Winter 2023 - Spring 2024

To: [email protected]

DJP Light-based Artworks 2023 - Schedule

Date*Project Phase
Monday, August 7, 2023Issue Request for Proposals to Artist/Artist teams
Friday August 11, 2023, by 5:00 PM EDTQuestions to the Partnership are due
Monday, August 14, 2023, by 5:00 PM EDTAnswers from the Partnership are due
Sunday, August 20, 2023, by 5:00 PM EDTSubmissions Due
Monday, August 28, 2023Selected Artist/Artist team notified
Friday, September 8, 2023Contract is signed
Monday, September 18, 2023Preliminary design proposal & technical review
Monday, October 2, 2023Finalize site(s) & design(s)
Tuesday, October 3 - November 6, 2023Fabrication
Tuesday, November 7, 2023Fabrication is complete; Secure necessary City permits, approvals
Wednesday, November 15 – Monday, November 20, 2023Artwork installation
Week of November 20, 2023Project Unveiling
March 10 - March 15, 2024Artwork Removal

*Schedule is subject to change

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SUPPLEMENTAL SANITATION SERVICES RFP

Date: July 31, 2023

Project: RFP for Supplemental Sanitation Services

Term: September 15, 2023 – June 30, 2025

To: [email protected]

Submission, Review and Selection Schedule (Important Dates)

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We are Hiring!

The Downtown Jamaica Partnership (DJP) Board of Directors, in conjunction with Perch Advisors, is currently recruiting for the Downtown Jamaica Partnership’s next Executive Director.

Executive Director, Downtown Jamaica Partnership (DJP)

(Queens, NY)

The Downtown Jamaica Partnership (DJP) Board of Directors, in conjunction with Perch Advisors, is currently recruiting for the Downtown Jamaica Partnership’s next Executive Director.

About the Downtown Jamaica Partnership (DJP):

The DJP is a newly formed Business Improvement District (BID) from the merger of three local BIDs: the Jamaica Center BID, Sutphin Avenue BID, and 165th Street Mall. The Downtown Jamaica Partnership hosts more than 600 businesses, services the commercial area through thousands of hours of supplemental sanitation services, involves the community through events and promotional support for businesses, and advocates on behalf of neighborhood business owners. The combined assessment is $1.35MM.  For more information on the DJP, please visit www.jamaica.nyc.

About the Position:

The next DJP Executive Director is a strong leader who will enable the future BID to realize its next stage of impact - with innovation and execution of public space management programs and projects, sanitation and beautification, business advocacy, and marketing and events programs. The ideal candidate is a bold leader with a vision for Jamaica’s future as a commercial district that welcomes new visitors, shoppers, businesses and residents to its thriving business district. The next Executive Director will exhibit the qualities of a savvy relationship builder, innovative problem solver, dynamic manager, and inclusive leader.

The Executive Director will report directly to the Board of Directors and be responsible for the overall leadership and direction of the DJP with the following skills:

DJP Leadership, Management, and Administration

Relationship Management

Fundraising

Board of Directors and Stakeholder Engagement

Business Advocacy

Marketing/Promotion/Events

Experience and Qualifications Requested:

This is a full-time position with flexibility. Occasional nights and weekends are required.

Salary range: $125,000 - $150,000 annually depending on experience. Benefits package including generous PTO and health insurance available.

How to Apply:

No phone calls, please. Email your resume, cover letter with salary expectations, and a relevant writing sample to: [email protected]. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only qualified applicants will be contacted. Please do not contact the DJP office directly regarding this employment opportunity.

The Downtown Jamaica Partnership is an EEO employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Locally-based Southeast Queens candidates are encouraged to apply.

Job Opening Date: June 9th, 2023

Job Closing Date: July 12th, 2023

Anticipated Start Date: Summer - Fall 2023

Jamaica’s Three Downtown Business Improvement Districts are joining forces!

To streamline services, reduce unnecessary administrative overhead, maximize efficiency and better serve our business community, Jamaica’s three downtown BIDs are joining.

How? In June of 2022, City Legislation was passed to create one singular business improvement district for downtown Jamaica. One nonprofit organization will administer services within the newly-united district. This organization will have a Board of Directors comprised of local property owners, businesses, residents, and City-appointed officials as dictated by local NYC Business Improvement District (BID) Law.

When? Right now! The legislation will go into effect on 1/1/23 and the prior BID boundaries will dissolve. NYC’s Department of Small Business Services (also known as SBS - the City agency that creates and oversees the City’s BID network) will be assembling a Board of Directors. SBS will assist this new Board through the process of developing bylaws, a new budget, and program priorities to benefit the business district.

For more information on this process and SBS’s timeline, please contact the agency directly here.

Who is Providing Supplemental Sanitation? Sutphin Boulevard BID now holds the current City contract with SBS to provide supplemental Sanitation Services on Jamaica Avenue from 169th Street to Sutphin Boulevard and on Union Hall from Jamaica Avenue to Archer. Contact Sutphin Boulevard BID for more information: www.sutphinblvdbid.org.

How Can I Stay Connected/Learn More? More information will be shared as it becomes available.

FREE!! Instagram Workshop for Small Business Owners

FREE!! Instagram Workshop for Small Business Owners. Beginners Welcome!Come learn how to set up your business Instagram page, take appealing pictures, attract customers, use hashtags effectively, and more!
Bonus: Learn how to list your business on Google 
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When: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 from 9AM - 11AM
Where: Queens Library Central, 89-11 Merrick Blvd
Limited spots so RSVP here:
Questions? Email: [email protected]

 

BRIC, Jamaica Center BID, NYC Department of Small Business Services

The Jamaica BID’s Public Art Opportunity

The Jamaica Center Improvement Association was awarded an Active Arts Public Art Grant, and is inviting artists to submit their qualifications for consideration. The selected artist will engage with the community to produce a one-year long temporary, large-scale ground mural installation for the newly-activated Parsons Blvd. Public Space, (btw. Jamaica Avenue & Archer Avenue) in Downtown Jamaica.
Submissions of qualifications are due to the Jamaica Center BID by July 11th, 2018. Please send submissions to [email protected].
To Find Out More Download Full Artist Qualifications Profile

Sidewalk Sale Days: July 6th thru July 8th

Shop in the #JamaicaBID district this weekend for Fab Stealz and Dealz during Sidewalk Sale Days – Friday, July 6th thru Sunday, July 8th.

The Jamaica BID Sidewalk Sale Days Program is a weekend of deals and fabulous finds on Jamaica Avenue! These are the only dates and times businesses are permitted to display merchandise outside, including hanging items from awnings and/or canopies.

Merchandise, racks, tables and /or hangers cannot extend more than three [3] feet from the building. Sidewalk Sale Days are only permitted along Jamaica Avenue from Sutphin Blvd. to 169th St. including Union Hall Street.

Businesses displaying merchandise outside of Non-Sidewalk Sale Days will be ticketed, or possible confiscation of merchandise.

Permit Street Activity Program
Sanitation Approval Letter
Sidewalk Sales Day Calendar 2018

Jamaica Center BID
161-10 Jamaica Avenue – Suite 419
Jamaica, NY 11432
[email protected]

Jamaica Just My Style Fashion Event

 

Flyer JJMS 2018 FINAL COPY 6 8 2018Friday, June 15th from 6pm to 9pm, Downtown Jamaica will be the ultimate style destination with the BID's 7th Annual #JJMS... "Jamaica Just My Style" Fashion Event",  showcasing special styles from popular businesses on Jamaica Avenue, our featured designer, Michi Knitwear, by Michele Walden Mcphee from Queens, and introducing Destiny Johnson, Queens up and coming R&B Hip-Hop Artist, with Special Guest Host, "Roxanne Roxanne", Queens First Female Rap Star.

Jamaica "Just My Style" Fashion Event" is part of the Jamaica Center BID's ongoing effort to promote Downtown Jamaica as a fashion, arts, cultural and shopping destination.  In its seventh year, Jamaica "Just My Style" Fashion Event" will bring over 400 influencers and the community together to experience the positive and rich culture of Downtown Jamaica.....RSVP NOW HERE!

#JJMS Local Participating Retailers:

Old Navy, Vanessa Boutique, Shoppers World, Danice, Jimmy Jazz, MadRag, Pretty Women NY, GAP Outlet, Telco, Hot Point, MKJ Beauty, Make Me Over Beauty Bar

#JJMS Sponsors:

Resorts World Casino NYC, Mattone Group LLC, Fresh & Healthy, Golden Krust, Raymour & Flanigan, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Monster Energy, Chipotle Mexican Grill

A  special thanks to #JJMS Media Coverage by Queensbuzz.com, &  Its In Queens

We are excited to have vendors join this year: Paparazzi Jazzy Jewels by Jean, Zaraz Handbags & Accessories, Indulge Bath N Body, CGM Enterprises (Check back soon for Website/Social Media)

The event will be held at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) located at 153-10 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432.

Jamaica Performing Arts Center
153-10 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432

Download Media Alert

Artsite: Public Art Commissioning In Jamaica & Jackson Heights

QCA ArtsiteThe Jamaica BID is bringing Public Art to Downtown Jamaica, through the Artsite Commissioning Program.

The Jamaica BID ArtSite is looking to activate spaces throughout both Jamaica and Jackson Heights, Queens through a series of temporary public art installations. ArtSite will award 8 artists with a commission of $4,500 each to create temporary public art in these communities. Artwork and mediums can range anywhere from murals to performances that illuminate Jamaica and Jackson Heights as vibrant cultural hubs and illustrate how art can transform a community.

A key goal of ArtSite is to empower local artists to engage on a local level, understanding that they can be a catalyst for change. QCA, along with its partners, the Jamaica Center BID in Jamaica and the 82nd Street BID in Jackson Heights, seek to create a self-sustaining supportive art culture in these communities.

ArtSite aims to establish an ecosystem of local artists and art producers to create new work that reflects the diverse cultural stories particular to the communities of Jamaica and Jackson Heights. By allowing the artists to partner and create a dialogue with the local business community, we can reinvent the external perceptions of these two communities as sources of inspiration and epicenters of the new America canon of dance, theatre, music, art, etc.

Blog: https://www.queenscouncilarts.org/blog/
Website: www.queenscouncilarts.org/artsite
Application: https://qca.submittable.com/submit/116661/artsite-2018

Download Full Press Release

Recap: Raymour & Flanigan #JJMS Model/Designer Meet & Greet

PicMonkey Raymour MDMG

On June 9th the BID in Partnership with Raymour & Flanigan, hosted the #JJMS Model Designer Meet & Greet, an  evening was filled with music, lite bites, and models, designers networking with Jamaica Avenue.
Raymour & Flanigan
168-23 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432

 

Sidewalk Sale Days: June 15th thru June 17th

New Business - Ladies Wear Vanessa Boutique - 162-17 Jamaica Avenue 3

Start planning what you will wear to the #JJMSFashionEvent, during the BID's Sidewalk Sale Days. This Friday, June 15th starts the SSD, and the BID's 7th Annual #JJMSFashionEvent, the event bringing over 300 influencers to experience the authentic and unique district of Downtown Jamaica.

Get Your Tickets NOW HERE! 

Download JJMS Fashion Event 2018 Full Media Alert

Hosting this year, will be, First female Rap Star from Queens, NY and First female Hip Hop Artist to have a documentary, featured on Netflix... Roxanne Roxanne, with the featured designer, Michi Knitwear, by Michele Mcphee, and introducing  R&B/Hip-Hop Artist, Destiny Johnson, both, from Queens, NY, Jamaica Avenue retailers, and a host of fashionistas.

The Jamaica BID Sidewalk Sale Days Program is a weekend of deals and fabulous finds on Jamaica Avenue! These are the only dates and times businesses are permitted to display merchandise outside, including hanging items from awnings and/or canopies.

Merchandise, racks, tables and /or hangers cannot extend more than three [3] feet from the building. Sidewalk Sale Days are only permitted along Jamaica Avenue from Sutphin Blvd. to 169th St. including Union Hall Street.

Businesses displaying merchandise outside of Non-Sidewalk Sale Days will be ticketed, or possible confiscation of merchandise.

Permit Street Activity Program
Sanitation Approval Letter
Sidewalk Sales Day Calendar 2018

Jamaica Center BID
161-10 Jamaica Avenue – Suite 419
Jamaica, NY 11432
[email protected]

Jamaica Just My Style Model/Designer Meet & Greet

JJMS 2018 Raymour Model Designer Meet and Greetn JPEG_Page_1

Join the BID and Raymour & Flanigan, Saturday June 9th - 4pm-8pm for an exclusive JJMS Model/Designer Meet & Greet! Enjoy an evening with the models and designers of the Jamaica Just My Style Fashion Event, with lite refreshments, prizes, and get coupons for $100 on Raymour's designer brand name furniture.

Raymour & Flanigan Furniture/Mattresses
168-23 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432

Jamaica Just My Style Sneak Peek At Parsons Blvd. Public Space

Flyer - JJMS 2018 Plaza Sneak Peek FINAL

Earlier this month, the NYC Department of Transportation opened their new public space in Downtown Jamaica, join us for the kick off on June 1st, with events, games, and activities.

Then, on Tuesday, June 12th from 12noon to 2pm, have lunch with us at the Parsons Blvd. Public Space, and get a  "Sneak Peek" of the BID's JJMS..."Jamaica Just My Style" Fashion Event, showcasing trends from Jamaica Avenue's Jimmy Jazz Official top brands, and JJMS featured Designer, Michi Knitwear by Michele Mcphee of Queens, NY.

Parsons Blvd. Public Space
In Downtown Jamaica
Btw. Jamaica Avenue & Archer Avenue

Jamaica BID
161-10  Jamaica Avenue - Suite 419
Jamaica, NY 11432
jamaica.nyc

 

 

 

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