What's Happening This Week in
Downtown Jamaica
Trick or Treat on the Ave

We're celebrating Halloween on the Avenue with a new special event on Saturday, October 26 at Rufus King Park with a variety of FREE family fun activities including music, arts and crafts! Afterwards be sure to support local businesses for FREE treats and shop while you're there. Costumes are encouraged! Please help spread the word!

The Jamaica Center BID's 40th Annual Meeting

Join us as we celebrate our 40th year as a BID in Jamaica. Featured guest speakers will include Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Commissioner Gregg Bishop of the NYC Department of Small Business Services . Space is limited so please RSVP below.

Breast Cancer Awareness Event

Join the Queens Chronicle and Raymour and Flanigan in honoring breast cancer survivors in the Queens community this Thursday!

2nd Thursday Night Jazz Kicks off with Trivon Pennicott

See three-time Grammy Award Winner, saxophone player, composer and multi-instrumentalist Tivon Pennicott at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) this Thursday!

King Manor Fall Festival 2019

Celebrate the return of autumn leaves (and the end of these dog days of summer!) at King Manor’s annual Fall Festival. Play games, make corn husk dolls, churn butter 19th century style, press your own apple cider, interact with a historic interpreter, and more!

International Day of the Girl Force Tea Party

The International Day of the Girl is a United Nations Women-sanctioned annual event, celebrating the power and potential of young women around the world! This year’s theme, “With Her: A Skilled Girl Force”, celebrates girls everywhere as they inspire, innovate and take charge of their own future. For girls ages 8-14.

Monstah Black- "Workshop for Professional Artists"

Monstah Black teaches movement material based on phrases in development for The Illustrious Blacks tour of 2020 and future projects.

19th Annual Harvest Festival

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation's Harvest Festival returns for another year of fun, joy, and laughter. Get ready for a day filled with food, live music, arts, crafts, and much more!

2019 Tree of Life Gala

Join the First Jamaica Community & Urban Development Corporation for their Tree of Life Gala this December and help improve Jamaica through economic empowerment and self sufficiency!

District Deals
Jamaica Center BID Value Card

Sign up for our Value Card and we'll send you a digital version of the card to use in participating stores on Jamaica Avenue.

Below are the stores that are accepting the Value Card with 10% discounts! Check them out when you're out and about.



Jamaica Center BID businesses: Have a district deal you want to share with over 3,000 people? Send it to us, and we'll post it in our newsletter! Email us below!
Raymour & Flanigan

  • Columbus Day Sale - Save on Everything!
 
Downtown Jamaica Business Resources
Jamaica Center BID Banner Program

Calling all businesses! Participate in our banner program and promote your brand throughout Downtown Jamaica through a sponsorship banner! This fall new banners will be raised throughout Jamaica Avenue. Contact the BID to learn more.
StartUP! Business Competition

The Queen's Economic Development Corporation's StartUP! Competition is back! Get training, meet with advisors, and enter the competition for a chance to win a $10,000 grant for your business!
Restaurant Loan Program

Jamaica Center BID's recent Commercial District Needs Assessment identified that local residents and workers want more restaurants in the neighborhood. Now is an opportune time to open a restaurant: Greater Jamaica Development Corporation is looking to help restaurant entrepreneurs open restaurants in Downtown Jamaica with a loan program offering up to $150,000! Learn more and apply below.
Downtown Jamaica Leasing Opportunities
Community Assistance & Resources
That Suits You! Professional Style Workshop Series With PK Kersey

Author and entrepreneur PK Kersey is partnering with the Central Library Job & Business Academy (JBA) to offer style workshops and lessons on image. Come and learn about custom fittings, professional style tips, and other topics related to suit care, image etiquette, and proper attire that allows you to put your best foot forward during interviews and within the workplace. All attendees get a free necktie from the Job & Business Academy’s TIEbrary. 


  • 10/10: Professional Style Tips, Image Etiquette, TIE-challenge

  • 10/30: What Does Success Mean to You and How Are You Planning for It?
The Artist Commissioning Program 
application is now live! 

The Artist Commissioning Program (ACP) awards Queens-based choreographers, playwrights, and composers $10,000 each towards the creation of a new, original work that tells an untold story relevant to two Queens neighborhoods. For the 2019-20 ACP cycle, the two neighborhoods of focus are Flushing and Maspeth/Ridgewood. 

This program democratizes the traditional commissioning process, which has historically been reserved for a privileged few, by enabling local arts appreciators, or Art Commissioners, to commission new culture.

Art Commissioners apply by October 17. Artists apply by November 14.
103rd Precinct Communities Affairs Presents: Diplomas & Shields

Join the 103 Precinct as they meet with the community's youth to help build a better relationship. They'll be free food from McDonald's, giveaways and games!

About Business and Event Promotions in this Newsletter : Businesses and organizations located in the Jamaica Avenue Commercial District between Sutphin Blvd and 169th Street are invited to submit promotional information for possible inclusion in our newsletter. Events happening near or immediately adjacent to the Jamaica Avenue Commercial District may also be considered for inclusion on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to reject or edit materials for length, style, timeliness, and appropriateness. This newsletter serves to inform our community about events, opportunities and commercial activity in Downtown Jamaica, within specifically the Jamaica Center BID boundaries.