APEC Front Office Coordinator/ Social Media Coordinator Alley Pond Environmental Center, located at 228-06 Northern Blvd, Douglaston, NY 11362, seeks a full-time employee to fulfill the Front Office Coordinator position. Candidates should have experience in reception work and dealing with the public. The right candidate will have registration/membership computer skills (Microsoft OS). Knowledge of HTML coding and social media platforms […]
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to New York! They plan to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region this summer. AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique ‘picking’ on History. The hit show follows Mike and Frank, two of the most skilled pickers in […]
The City of New York is hiring new Fellows to help outreach for the “Pre-K for All” campaign: Pre-K for All Fellowship Program The Pre-K for All Outreach Team is looking for energetic individuals interested in community engagement, organizing or education policy to join our summer, 2016 Fellowship program. Individuals selected for the Fellowship role, will provide administrative and programmatic […]
Since 1999, Sophia Choi and her mother, Eunhae Bae, have been whipping up hearty and healthy traditional Korean home-style dishes at Jeonju Restaurant, just steps from the Murray Hill Long Island Railroad stop. Sophia stresses that Jeonju Restaurant’s philosophy and top priority has and will be to provide food that would pass under the auspices of the most scrutinizingly health-conscious […]
For students and executives, activists and entrepreneurs who want to learn how New York City works so that they can make it better, Coro New York is the premier leadership training program that delivers the skills, knowledge, and network to lead change. Participants become leaders and influencers, developing innovative solutions to public issues, incorporating different points of view in their […]
The newest member of the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce is Thomas V. Lugo, owner of New York’s Finest Private Investigative Services, LLC. Mr. Lugo is an accomplished private investigator with a distinguished record of service in the United States military and the New York Police Department (NYPD). Mr. Lugo earned an Associates degree in Criminal Justice from Suffolk Community […]
The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce announced a partnership with East West Bank to organize the “Financial Empowerment Academy,” an innovative community education program for local residents and entrepreneurs to learn effective strategies to save money, build credit, and access economic opportunities. This free program is scheduled for the second Monday of each month at the Chamber office located at […]
Flushing Earth Citizens celebrated the completion of their “Adopt-A-Block” pilot project to clean up the sidewalks on Roosevelt Avenue between Main and Union streets in downtown Flushing. For seven days, from May 31 to June 6, local volunteers worked two-hour shifts in the mornings (7-9 am) and evenings (5:30-7:30 pm) on weekdays and in the afternoon (12-2p) on weekends. The […]
The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce announced today a partnership with East West Bank to organize the “Financial Empowerment Academy,” an innovative community education program for local residents and entrepreneurs to learn effective strategies to save money, build credit, and access economic opportunities. This free program is scheduled for the second Monday of each month at the Chamber office located […]
The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce criticized City Hall’s recent decision to abandon plans to rezone the Flushing West neighborhood of Queens. “We are disappointed that the plug was pulled from the ambitious Flushing West rezoning, particularly because of how engaged our community was with shaping our future. We held several community visioning exercises and town hall meetings where residents […]