FREE!! Instagram Workshop for Small Business Owners
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]
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]
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.
Friday, June 15thfrom 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 NOWHERE!
Artsite: Public Art Commissioning In Jamaica & Jackson Heights
The 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jamaica Just My Style Sneak Peek At Parsons Blvd. Public Space
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.
Join the #JamaicaBID in welcoming New Neighbor: Vanessa Boutique, located at 162-17 Jamaica Avenue. The boutique opened its doors in mid March - selling affordable quality ladies dresses of all styles. Soon to becoming a Jamaica Center Value Card Member, offering up to 20%off...You can also see Vanessa Boutique fashions at the Jamaica Just My Style Fashion Event - Friday, June 15th 6-9pm. Get Your Tickets Today on Eventbrite JJMS!!!
Stay connected to the BID's social sites: Instagram @jamaicaave, FB jamaica avenue, and jamaica.nyc
Shop in the #JamaicaBID district this weekend for Fab Stealz and Dealz during Sidewalk Sale Days – Friday, June 1st thru Sunday, June 3rd.
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.
PRESS RELEASE: The Jamaica BID Awarded $300,000 Commercial Revitalization Grant
The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Gregg Bishop announced $300,000 in grant funding to the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District (BID) to provide commercial revitalization services to the Jamaica Avenue and surrounding Downtown Jamaica retail corridors.
“We are thrilled to have been awarded this grant, which will enable us to delve in and better understand how we can be most effective in serving our commercial and residential stakeholders,” said Whitney Barrat, Jamaica Center BID’s Executive Director. “We’re so grateful to SBS for their partnership, and to have this opportunity to plan and implement programming that will truly reflect the evolving needs of our community.”