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The Economy
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The Office of Economic Development seeks to
attract and retain jobs through providing information to existing
and potential businesses; working with neighborhood groups
to plan for growth; and advocate for the business community.
To this end, the office provides assistance to both large and
small businesses, as well as to the many business organizations
and agencies in the Borough.
Keep It In Queens
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Keep It In Queens is a joint initiative of the Queens Borough
President’s Office, the Queens Chamber of Commerce
and City of New York to connect Queens-based businesses to
economic development projects in the Borough.
Queens is experiencing unprecedented
levels of economic development activity with major redevelopment
projects, like that at Willets Point throughout the Borough.
Keep It in Queens is designed to better link Queens-based
suppliers, distributors, and service providers with the projects
and developments in the borough. The directory generated
by this initiative will create a one stop easily accessible
program for a wide variety of services ranging from apparel
to manufacturing, catering to accounting, lumber and paint
to construction supplies.
Keep It In Queens invites Queens-based businesses to become
part of the directory by filling out a vendor registration
form that includes contact information, capacity, and information
about the various characteristics of the business including
whether it is a minority or woman-owned. That information
will be entered into a database on the website www.keepitinqueens.com.
Businesses or individuals in need of services or materials
can access the website and buy from a Queens-based business.
The Queens Borough President’s website and the Chamber’s
website will have links to www.keepitinqueens.com.
This program will connect Queens businesses to future developments
like that at Willets Point. The redevelopment of this area
is the biggest and most important project currently contemplated
for the borough of Queens and businesses who participate
in Keep It In Queens will be connected to the opportunities
generated by the construction and ongoing operation of the
project, which is projected to create 5,500 permanent jobs
and 18,000 construction jobs, and generate $25 billion in
economic activity over the next 25 years.
For a link to the form please log onto nyc.gov/html/kiiq/
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN QUEENS …
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- Residential development is moving forward with new construction
on the Pepsi site at Queens West.
- Tishman-Speyer will be developing a high rise commercial
structure on the site of the Municipal Garage at Jackson
Avenue and Queens Plaza South.
- TDC & the Rockefeller Partnership have been designated
as the developers of the Municipal Lot site in Flushing
where they plan new housing, retail, commercial and public
spaces.
- Around the Airtrain in Jamaica plans for underway to
spruce up the environs surrounding this new terminal.
- Arverne-by-the-Sea in Rockaway continues to grow with
the addition of hundreds of new housing units.
CONTENTS
This section, organized by topic, provides names of organizations
that can assist in many aspects of business development.
In most cases, there are direct website links for complete
information.
Business Assistance/Counseling
Get a helping hand in developing your business plan for a
new or expanding business
Education
Organizations and institutions that provide classes and workshops
to hone your entrepreneurial skills
Employment/Job Development
Agencies that provide job training, employment programs and
referrals for businesses seeking qualified employees.
Energy Savings Programs
Major utilities have programs that can help reduce costs.
Financial Assistance/Funding
These are organizations, other than banks, that have funding
and credit resources, some of them geared to micro-loans.
Information Technology Assistance
Non-profit organizations that provide IT assistance to other
non-profits and start-up businesses
Marketing/International Business
NYC agency that assists foreign-based companies.
Procurement Assistance
Learn how to sell your product and/or service to various
public agencies and private business sectors
Reference/Statistical Information
Resources that can provide, business, statistical, labor,
land use, and other pertinent data.
Security/Crime Prevention
NYC agencies that provide crime prevention service and anti-graffiti
assistance
Government Agencies
Listing of Federal, State and City agencies providing business
assistance including business licenses, permits and incentive
programs
Neighborhood Guide to Business
Organizations
Listing of chambers of commerce, merchants associations,
local development corporations and business improvement districts.
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