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| LICBDC Conduit
Connecting business & community with prosperity since 1979 Oct. 2, 2007
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in this issue
-- LICBDC Events: Lower Your Natural Gas Bills, Oct. 18
-- LIC Area Events
-- Business News
-- LICBDC Member Company Profiles
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LICBDC Events: Lower Your Natural Gas Bills, Oct. 18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register Now! LICBDC Annual Luncheon & Trade Show, Wed. Nov. 14Join 3,000 attendees and 150 exhibitors at Terrace on the Park. No charge to attend one of the City's premiere business-to-business networking events. Purchase exhibit tables, Journal ads, and Luncheon tickets. Call 718.786.5300 x 21 or register online at /Events.html Seminar on Containing Employee Benefit Costs, Thurs., Oct. 4, 8:30 - 11 AM Presentation on current workforce trends and best practices from Frank Aiosa, Chernoff Diamond & Co. For business owners and HR administrators. LIC YMCA, 32-23 Queens Blvd. Co-sponsored by LICBDC, NY Dept. of Labor, Greater Queens JSEC. No charge to attend. RSVP to 718.786.5300 x 32. Seminar on Cutting Natural Gas Costs, Thurs., October 18, 8:30 - 10 AM Upgrading your facility can raise energy efficiency and lower natural gas costs. New York State has $3 million to underwrite these projects, so find out how to qualify. No charge to attend, continental breakfast, networking. Con Edison Learning Center, 43-82 Vernon Boulevard, LIC. RSVP to 718.786.5300 x 32 or e-mail dmesloh@licbdc.org. Review specific NYSERDA gas efficiency programs here. LICBDC Holiday Party, Thurs., Dec. 6, 6 - 8:30 PM Wine, hors d'ouevres and networking at Court Square Wine & Spirits, 24-20 Jackson Ave. No charge to attend for staff of LICBDC member companies, $25 for non-members. Other events are in formation. Contact our office for sponsorship opportunities. SDS Global Logistics Invites Its Friends to the Trade Show SDS, which will be exhibiting at the Trade Show, is sending a customized flyer to all their business contacts, inviting them to visit the SDS table on Nov. 14. Exhibitors can follow their example to build good will at no cost. Wouldn't your clients want to know about a great morning of free networking? For your own customized flyer, contact danminer@licbdc.org. "The LICBDC Boat Cruise was indeed very exceptional, impressive, and productive for me as a new commercial printer moving to Long Island City. I was introduced to so many neighbors who were helpful and gave me useful, friendly advice regarding my relocation to Hunters Point Avenue where I will be located by the end of this year. The networking event was extremely fruitful to me as I was introduced by Debbie to a couple of potential customers in Long Island City, a new market with tremendous potential which we have never explored in my 15 year career as a commercial printer." - K. Y. Chow, GM Printing |
LIC Area Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New! Follow link at www.licbdc.org to our local events page.October Business Workshops at QEDC Queens Economic Development Corp. offers a number of business workshops each month. Register at (718) 263-0546; $10 each. The Oct. schedule will include: Business Basics, Business Planning, Understanding Financial Statements, Access To Capital, Marketing your Business, Grants, Credit Repair. Click here for details. http://www.queensny.org/calendar.php Wine Tasting Party to Benefit the Space, Wed. Oct. 3, 6 - 10 PM Court Square Wine & Spirits, 24-20 Jackson Ave., LIC. LIC Waterfront Walking Tour, Sat., October 6, 11 AM -1 PM The Pulaski bridge, Courthouse Square, and Gantry Park. Meet at Dorian's Cafe at #7 Vernon/Jackson station. Sponsored by LGCC. $20. JSEC Breakfast, Branding Your Company to Improve Hiring, Thurs. Oct. 11 8:30 - 11:30 AM. Contact 718.780-9406 or stephen.sage@labor.state.ny.us. 25th Aviation Networking Conference, Fri., Oct. 12, 9 AM - Noon Queens Air Services Development Office. LaGuardia Airport Marriott, 102-05 Ditmars Boulevard, East Elmhurst. No charge, but RSVP required. Call (718) 244-6852. http://www.asdoonline.com/. MoFA, the Museum of Fake Art, Sat., October 13, 8 PM CivicSpace, 28-10 Queens Plaza South, LIC. $15. Over fifty fake works of art, DJ party. www.licspace.org. Sunnyside Community Services Benefit Art Auction, Thurs., Oct. 18 Live music and cocktail reception. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $75 per person. Call (718) 784-6173 x 434 or email rzulawski@scsny.org. Open Artist Studios, Wills Building, Sat. & Sun., Oct. 20 & 21, 1 - 5 PM 43-01 21st Street, LIC. Wine Tasting Benefit, Greenspace Dance Company, Wed. Oct. 24, 6 - 10 PM Court Square Wine & Spirits, 24-20 Jackson Ave. www.Green SpaceStudio.com Emerald Isle Immigration Center 20th Annual Dinner Dance, Fri., Oct. 26, 8 PM Astoria World Manor. Honorees: Assemblywoman Nolan, John Greaney, Mae O'Driscoll. Call 718.478.5502 x 211. www.eiic.org |
Business News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Citibank's Two Court Square To OpenThe new office tower, built to environmentally innovative LEED Gold standards, will officially open in late October. Magic BLT Now Open on 44th Drive This new café is open Mon - Fri, 7 - 7. Light healthy breakfast offerings with good coffee, and for lunch, specialty sandwiches made with unique Asian / Italian seasonings. 718.784.1310. Between 21st and 23rd Streets on 44th Drive. Stefano and Hui Hui are excited by the new development in the area and look forward to serving both residents and local business employees. Blue Streak Wines & Spirits Now Open in Queens West 4720 Center Boulevard, near the Hunters Point waterfront. http://www.bluestreakwinesandspirits.com/ 20,000 S.F. Gourmet Supermarket to Open in Queens West According to real estate blogs Racked and Curbed, we hear that Amish Market will open in February, in the Rockrose East Coast Phase 2, at Center Blvd. and 47th Ave. Congrats to the Sunnyside Business Improvement District, officially created in August. Desires Hotel Chain Plans LIC Hotel |
LICBDC Member Company Profiles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Urban Explorations Inc. is a landscape design and contracting company, specializing in rooftop and urban gardens. The company is known for its successive gardens, providing color in the garden in all seasons of the year, including interiorscapes and seasonal arrangements. Every garden is custom designed to suit the client's budget and available space. They provide free consultations and estimates. The company is fully licensed and insured. Patricia Olmstead, owner of the company, has been in the green business for more than twenty years and has a Certification in Landscape Design from the New York Botanical Gardens. She has taught architectural and preservation courses at the New School for Social Research. She is a member of the Sierra Club and is active in environmental issues. www.urbanexplorationsnyc.comIs your energy budget controlling your business? Get a grip on volatile energy prices with Constellation NewEnergy Energy prices are unpredictable, but your monthly bill doesn't have to be. Visit www.newenergy.com/grip to see how easy it is to get a grip on your energy costs. You can request a free quote and download a Letter of Authorization that lets them complete an analysis of your past usage, at no obligation. Get a free gift! For giving Constellation NewEnergy the opportunity to win your business, they'll send you a one-year subscription to the Harvard Business Review.* Visit www.newenergy.com/grip today to get started or call 877-CNE-8100 with questions. *No purchase necessary. Offer valid from 8/16/2007 through 12/31/2007 in select states. The Corcoran Group was founded in 1973 as New York City began a historic transition from being a market predominately composed of rentals to one of individual ownership. Corcoran targeted specific neighborhoods, concentrating on higher-end properties. With that strategy, and the acquisition of major real estate companies in Manhattan and Brooklyn, they became the largest residential real estate firm in New York City. The firm has 45 offices and almost 2,000 agents in key luxury markets, including the Hamptons, Shelter Island, North Fork and the Palm Beaches. In 2005, Corcoran agents generated $11.9 billion in total sales. Their website attracts over two million visitors per month and produces more sales than any other website in residential real estate. Using a database acquired from tracking sales for over thirty years, they publish The Corcoran Report, which provides a thorough analysis of market trends by size and types of housing and neighborhoods. Its sales statistics and timely market data long have been recognized as the most accurate and reliable in the industry. Corcoran's reach is extended through the Cendant Mobility Network, the nation's largest real estate referral organization comprised of more than a third of the top 500 brokerages in the United States as well as six global service centers on four continents. Corcoran has its own Relocation and Corporate Services Division. Corcoran is committed to understanding your individual needs and providing exceptional real estate experiences. Contact Dave Driscoll at Dave.Driscoll@corcoran.com, or visit www.corcoran.com. Commuterlink Offers Free Emergency Transit Routes for NYC Employees! CommuterLink is committed to helping NYC businesses minimize the administrative workload associated with commuter benefit programs. They've initiated new grant programs, developed informative program materials, automated their ridematching and increased their workforce to optimize their employer assistance. CommuterLink, New York City's Transportation Management Organization, is providing FREE alternate door-to-door transit routes for your employees through their customized surveys. Plus, if you take advantage of this offer now they'll even give away employee gift pack prizes and an executive pen set for you. Founded in 1989, CommuterLink is a non-profit organization sponsored by the NYS Department of Transportation in partnership with the NYC Department of Transportation. Their goal is to improve regional air quality and mobility, partly by providing New York City businesses with free Commuter Benefit programs that save taxes, reduce work hours lost and improve employee recruitment and retention. In addition, Commuter Benefits promote alternate transportation among employees, as well as, reduce driving stress, save gas and improve morale. Ensure that your workforce has a way to get home in case of a power outage, flood or other emergency effecting transit services. Simply contact CommuterLink now and they'll provide you a with an employee survey tailored for your company that you can distribute. There is no charge for this service and your employees will receive personalized mass transit directions that will illustrate an alternate route they can use next time the lines they use regularly are down. They can even find out your employees interests and concerns about their commute and provide free a spreadsheet containing the results. Please take advantage of Free Emergency Routes for your employees. Please let them know anytime they can be of assistance to you in exploring, initiating and implementing commuter programs that can benefit your company and workforce. They have a range of services, grants and programs that help businesses initiate and implement Commuter Benefits including: - Assistance with Pre-tax Transit Programs - On-Site Transportation Days - Employee Surveying - Commuter Services for Employees including Carpool, Vanpool & Transit Routes - Grants, including NYCCE & Dollar for Dollar Pre-tax Transit Matching - Business Relocation Assistance Please contact CommuterLink at 718.886.1343 or info@commuterlink.com to take advantage of this limited time offer. For more information visit http://employers.commuterlink.com/ CommuterLink is sponsored by New York State Department of Transportation, in partnership with New York City Department of Transportation. RCN is full-featured Phone, fast Internet and Cable TV that looks and sounds spectacular. Their services are delivered over their own Fiber-Optic network. They invest their time to deliver the right products and services at the right price, and they offer them to you over a network you can rely on. Plus, RCN's local, in-house service professionals treat you like more than just an account number. You may not know RCN, but they deliver services to many businesses and homes all around you. For the past twelve years, they've delivered service to a variety of small and large businesses, including hotels, trading floors, restaurants, locksmiths, bookstores, plumbers, lawyers, architects, car dealers, contractors, doctors, property managers, real-estate brokers and more. They rely on RCN's expertise and spend their valuable time focused on their businesses. RCN offers a full suite of services. · Local, unlimited and per minute calling plans with all the features you need · 5, 10 and 20Mbps Internet with Static IP and security options available · Digital Cable TV and HD service to keep you and your clients entertained Their phone and internet packages start as low as $45.95 per month and their Triple Play phone, internet and cable TV packages start as low as $98 per month. Think about what you currently pay for service. RCN is sure you will be impressed with their quality, level of personal attention and savings, often as much as 25% off what you currently pay for less service. Advanced services and volume discounts are available. RCN offers services designed with your larger facility in mind. They'll work with your real-estate management company, healthcare, hospitality or residence facility, and with institutions of higher education on a suite of solutions to match the needs of your residents, patients and guests. From T1 Voice to high-bandwidth connectivity to multi-room Phone, Internet and Cable TV service, RCN will work with you to define the right set of products and delivery. Plus, volume service discounts are available. Take advantage of a special offer for LICBDC Conduit readers only. Call Mike Paruolo at 212.842.7993 before December 31, 2007 and get an additional month FREE (up to $300) when you opt for one of their service bundles. IDB Bank, with total assets of nearly $9 billion, is a New York State-chartered commercial bank and a member of the FDIC. In addition to its Manhattan headquarters and a local branch, the Bank maintains other full-service branches in South Florida and Southern California. The Bank provides a complete range of personal and commercial banking, trade services and innovative FDIC-insured bank deposit products to U.S. and international clients. Areas of expertise include Middle Market, Asset Based and Commercial Real Estate Lending; Entertainment, Sports and Media; Factoring, through its division, IDBFactors®; Trade Finance, and U.S. and International Private Banking. Equipment leasing is available through the Bank's subsidiary, IDB Leasing, Inc. Additionally, a wide array of non-FDIC insured investment products is available through the Bank's broker-dealer subsidiary. IDB Bank is a registered service mark of Israel Discount Bank of New York. Member FDIC. Contact Ronald Bongiovanni, SVP & Group Head, at 212.551.8756 or rbongiovanni@idbny.com. New York Blood Center (NYBC) one of the nation's largest non-profit, community-based, blood centers for more than 40 years, moved some of its operations to Long Island City in April 2007. Approximately 300 employees moved from their former location in Manhattan to a new state of the art facility at 45-01 Vernon Blvd. NYBC provides life-saving blood products and clinical and transfusion services to about 200 hospitals in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut while maintaining a strong reputation in understanding the importance of blood donations for the larger community. In addition to these services, NYBC also provides Hemophilia Services, to 1,500 local hemophilia patients. They work with the Hemophilia Services Consortium, Inc. to insure that the patients get the 24-hour a day access to life saving clotting factors, support and counseling they require. Their National Cord Blood Program at the Milstein National Cord Blood Center is the oldest and largest public cord blood bank. This program was the first public cord blood bank in the world to receive NetCord-FACT accreditation in June 2003. NYBC's Lindsley Kimball Research Institute (LFKRI), is a world-renowned institution that has pioneered basic and applied research efforts that have paved the way for blood disease prevention, treatments, cures and therapies. New York Blood Center's operating regions include: Brooklyn/Staten Island Blood Services, Hudson Valley Blood Services, Long Island Blood Services, New Jersey Blood Services, New York Blood Services. For more information, please visit www.nybloodcenter.org or call 1-800-933-BLOOD. ****** NYC Data for Business at Baruch College Search online for a wide range of statistical information about population, geography, business activity, labor force, income, taxes, consumer prices, international banking and trade, with links to original data sources. www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata |
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