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.

Jamaica Avenue Falls in the Yellow Cluster: What this Means for Business

If you haven't heard, precautionary measures have been put into place to stop the spread of COVID in hot spots throughout NYC per Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio. Jamaica has been designated as a Yellow Zone — Precautionary Zone which means the following:

We encourage all businesses to read up on the zones and the different guidelines you will have to follow if we are elevated to orange or red hereNOW is the time to prepare. Sign up for our BID’s emergency cell phone alert system JBID-Alerts! so that we can reach out to you if our zone or regulations change (see next article for more info). 

Next, enter NYC’s Department of Small Business Service’s business hotline into your phone—you can call them for assistance regarding closing, reopening and compliance guidelines: 888-SBS-4NYC (888-727-4692). You should also visit NYC’s Department of Small Business Service’s webpage for a variety of resources and news regarding coronavirus business support (PPE Marketplace, info on reopening rules and regulations, etc., list of financing resources, and so on.)

View the rest of our E-newsletter here.

Let’s Make Downtown Sparkle

Queens Youth Justice Center (QYJC) Partnership
We are excited to announce a new partnership with one of our neighborhood nonprofits, the Queens Youth Justice Center to remove litter from our downtown. Every Saturday, starting this month, youth enrolled in workforce development programming at the Justice Center will help sweep litter from north-south cross streets bisecting Jamaica Avenue between Sutphin Boulevard and 169th Street. The youth will also remove litter from a portion of Archer Avenue. Litter collected by the youth will then be transported out of the district by our own Jamaica Center BID Clean Team (which cleans Jamaica Avenue from Sutphin Boulevard to 169th Street seven days a week.) The partnership is expected to provide an additional 2,430 hours of community benefit services to Jamaica’s downtown over the next three years. You can read our joint press release with QYJC here

View the rest of our E-newsletter here!

(Photo Credit: Odathrowback Festus)

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 
Maps!!

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

Storefront Improvement Program

Picture of Downtown Jamaica AvenueStorefronts are important to New York City neighborhoods. They house local businesses, are a visible part of the street, and define the character and feel of a community. Well-designed storefronts enhance and give identity to local businesses and encourage potential customers to walk in the door.

The Jamaica Center BID is helping the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) to notify property and business owners that storefront improvement funding is available in FY2020 in Jamaica.

Administered by SBS, the Downtown Jamaica Storefront Improvement Program provides funding to local property owners and businesses to complete exterior building renovation projects. The program reimburses up to 75% of the cost of eligible improvements with a maximum grant of $20,000 per property. Learn more here.

Jamaica Center BID Names Jennifer Furioli as New Executive Director

Executive Director, Jennifer Furioli standing with the BIDs StreetPlus worker Emiliano.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 29, 2019

Jamaica, Queens, New York City

Jamaica Center Business Improvement District Names Jennifer Furioli as New Executive Director

The Jamaica Center Business Improvement District, the BID covering the commercial area along Jamaica Avenue from Sutphin Boulevard to 169th Street and Union Hall Street, has appointed Jennifer Furioli as its new Executive Director.

Ms. Furioli most recently served with the New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District (NRBID), where she was responsible for overseeing the New Rochelle Grand Market, NRBID events and external NRBID communications. Partnering closely with NRBID’s Executive Director, Jennifer also worked on placemaking initiatives and providing additional advisory to the IDEA New Rochelle (Arts and Technology district) initiative. In 2018, she was a key member of the City of New Rochelle’s Mayors Challenge team: an interdisciplinary group of New Rochelle City executives, New Rochelle BID employees and technologists from IDEA New Rochelle competing against other cities nationwide to develop innovative solutions to city problems. New Rochelle’s team was one of nine cities to win the Mayors Challenge, resulting in a $1 million dollar implementation grant for the City of New Rochelle to utilize augmented and virtual reality as a tool to increase citizen engagement in the city planning process.

Prior to joining NRBID in 2016, Jennifer worked for one of New York City’s flagship BIDs, the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District in Manhattan. While at Lincoln Square, worked on a city-wide committee to make the UWS and Lincoln Square more age friendly District, raised sponsorship dollars for Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square, authored external BID communications, including, but not limited to the organization’s website, dining guide, annual reports, required City impact reports, and weekly constituent communications, and helped advocate for a newly-designed Dante Park. Her past experience also includes time at New York City’s Department of Small Business Services, which oversees the City’s network of 76 Business Improvement Districts.

“Our board is grateful to outgoing Executive Director Whitney Barrat for her leadership and service, and equally pleased to welcome Jennifer Furioli to the Jamaica Center BID,” said Board Chair Michael Hirschhorn. “More than ever, our board is committed to fostering strong community ties and partnerships with our retailers, community-based organizations, governmental entities and anchor institutions, and building a culture of organizational excellence. Jennifer is equally committed to our vision and we look forward to working with her and our many local partners to support this thriving retail and cultural hub in Jamaica.”

Ms. Furioli holds a B.A. in English Literature and Spanish Language from the University of Northern Colorado and a master’s degree in Public Administration from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.

“There were so many things that attracted me to this position,” stated Jennifer: I’m excited by the new development and retail that’s bringing a fresh sense of excitement to Jamaica, and also enthusiastic about the committed long-term retailers that have called Jamaica Center BID home for many years. What ultimately reeled me in was the community: the network of committed businesses, property owners, economic development, cultural, educational, governmental, and religious institutions that have invested in Jamaica for decades. My staff and I are committed to maintaining and growing those partnerships for the benefit of the Jamaica Center BID and overall Downtown Jamaica neighborhood and I can’t thank the BID’s Board of Directors enough for providing me the opportunity to serve this organization and community in the coming years.”

 

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

Recap: JJMS Fashion Event

PicMonkey Collage JJMS June 15th #2

On Friday, June 15th the Jamaica BID held the 7th Annual Jamaica Just My Style Fashion Event, at Jamaica Performing Arts Center. The event bringing together influence's for an evening of fashion,  wine tasting and entertainment.

This year's host was, Roxanne Roxanne, with DJ Sylk, and featured designer, Michele McPhee of Queens New York. Fashions from: Old Navy, Vanessa Boutique, Shoppers World, Jimmy Jazz, Danice, MadRag, Telco and Hot Point. Sponsors: Resorts World Casino NYC, Mattone Group Jamaica, LLC, Raymour & Flanigan, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Fresh & Healthy, MKJ Beauty, Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill, Black Hawk Imports, and Chipotle Mexican Grill.  Media coverage by: Keri's Korner, Queensbuzz.com and Harlem Community News, special accessory ammenties from vendors: Jazzy Jewels by Jean Robinson, and Indulge Bath N Body by Marla Gand CGM Enterprises, Carl G. Morris, (Travel Services) social media/website coming soon.

See Media Footage:
Queensbuzz.com
http://www.queensbuzz.com/homepage.php?userid=4690

JJMS 2018 Video: http://www.queensbuzz.com/

JJMS 2018 Media Ad:  http://www.queensbuzz.com/homepage.php?userid=4690

JJMS 2018 Sneak Peek at Parsons Public Space June 9th : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3FIb7ZBZY

Harlem Community News by Clark Illmatical
7th Annual JJMS Fashion Event

The BID thanks all of our Sponsors, Jamaica Avenue Retailers, Vendors, and the Community for making the 7th Annual JJMS Fashion Event, another success....See you next year!

 

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

Jamaica NOW Leadership Council Survey

QBP Jamaica NOW Initiative Flyer - Survey JPEGAs a part of the project, we are inviting you to be a part of a survey about living, working, and going to school in Jamaica Queens. Survey insights, along with stakeholder meetings, statistical reports, and workshops are key to developing a compelling brand and positioning strategy for Jamaica Queens.

Attached you will find the flyer for the survey which should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. The survey can found online at: JamaicaQueens. All information will be confidential and all identifying information is removed before we analyze the results.

The council would appreciate your participation and assistance to promote the survey. The survey will close, July 11th.

We look forward to using this information to make Jamaica, Queens an even better place to live, work and play in the future.

 

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