Views - Winter 2011 - Page 1 President’s Message…..………….1 New from the Heights…………..2-3 Street Plazas………………….…….4 82nd Street BID…………………….5 Graffiti Busters……………………..6 Composting………………………….7 Clean Streets Flyer………………...8 Clean and Green…………………...9 Letters to/from Editor…………….10 Membership………………………..11 Message from JHBG President, Edwin O’Keefe Westley The State of Jackson Heights Part 1 “Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.” Eric Hoffer We have all sat through the endless speeches about the State of the Un- ion, State, County and District; this is the beginning of the conversation on Jackson Heights. ‘Green Zone’ Created on 69 th Street by Nuala O’Doherty, the zone covers from 37 th Ave. and Northern Blvd. Over the last several years, this area has been a target of our volunteers from our Clean Streets committee. We have received over $3,000 in grants over the last several years from the Citizens’ Committee for NYC to as- sist us in this effort. Recently a signif- icant area bordering the BQE was revitalized with a new garden. Daffo- dils will rise in the spring in honor of our first responders on 9/11. ‘Composting Area’ As you move north on 69 th Street at the SW corner of 35 th Avenue our first ever composting site is sched- uled for a Spring/Summer opening. Len Maniace and his merry band of master composters and volunteers made this a reality as one of the action items of the Green Agenda for Jack- son Heights. We are about to sign the permit issued by the NYS Dept. of Transportation. The Jackson Heights Canine Recrea- tion Exercise Wonderland (JHCrew) Volunteers, under the leadership of Lori Longbotham, have been maintaining the Dog Run/Park on the NW corner of 69 th street at 35 th avenue for the better part of two years. This is also a NYS Dept. of Transportation permitted effort. The challenge is to select a proper sur- face for our canine friends. Jackson Heights Transportation Study Late summer 2011 implementa- tion began covering from 73 rd street to 82 nd street primarily along 37 th avenue. The pros and cons of the changes are planned to be discussed during March 2012. Discussions center on the re- routing of bus traffic from 73 rd street to 75 th street. Some feel it has simply moved the traffic congestion. The hot button issue has become the creation of the 37 th Rd. Pedestrian Plaza. Many of the merchants want the road re-opened to vehicular traffic because it has limited access to 74 th street and caused a sig- nificant decrease in business. STAY TUNED! 82 ND Street Business Improvement District Seth Taylor is the new manag- er who comes to the position deep in BID experience in Manhattan and Brooklyn. We met with him on Mon- day, January 16 th and discussed many of the neighborhood con- cerns. He was very receptive to our concerns and we pledged to work in partnership to implement some rem- edies. Expansion of Open Areas This has been a high priority be- cause we are ranked 50 th out of 51 Council districts with the lowest amount of open space for its resi- dents. ‘Schoolyard to Playground’ Under the leadership of PS 69 prin- cipal, Martha Vazquez, PS 69 play- ground is now open to all our neigh- bors after school hours. IS 145 prin- cipal, Dolores Beckham is leading a similar endeavor at IS 145 and is planned to start in the near future. 78 th Street Play Street Over the last several years, we have partnered with the Jackson Heights Green Alliance (JHGA) to provide more recreation space for children during the summer months. The NYC DOT recently announced that the application submitted by the JHGA has been accepted and the street will be turned into a year round street plaza. We expect to continue the partnership. A Town Hall meeting is scheduled for Mon- day, March 5 th to discuss.
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President’s Message…..………….1 New from the Heights…………..2-3 Street Plazas………………….…….4
82nd Street BID…………………….5 Graffiti Busters……………………..6 Composting………………………….7 Clean Streets Flyer………………...8
Clean and Green…………………...9 Letters to/from Editor…………….10 Membership………………………..11
Message from JHBG President, Edwin O’Keefe Westley
The State of Jackson
Heights
Part 1
“Our greatest weariness
comes from work not done.”
Eric Hoffer
We have all sat through the endless speeches about the State of the Un-ion, State, County and District; this is the beginning of the conversation on Jackson Heights.
‘Green Zone’ Created on 69
th Street by Nuala
O’Doherty, the zone covers from 37
th Ave. and Northern Blvd. Over
the last several years, this area has been a target of our volunteers from our Clean Streets committee. We have received over $3,000 in grants over the last several years from the Citizens’ Committee for NYC to as-sist us in this effort. Recently a signif-icant area bordering the BQE was revitalized with a new garden. Daffo-dils will rise in the spring in honor of our first responders on 9/11.
‘Composting Area’ As you move north on 69
th Street at
the SW corner of 35th Avenue our
first ever composting site is sched-uled for a Spring/Summer opening. Len Maniace and his merry band of master composters and volunteers
made this a reality as one of the action items of the Green Agenda for Jack-son Heights. We are about to sign the permit issued by the NYS Dept. of Transportation.
The Jackson Heights Canine Recrea-tion Exercise Wonderland (JHCrew) Volunteers, under the leadership of Lori Longbotham, have been maintaining the Dog Run/Park on the NW corner of 69
th street at 35
th avenue for the better
part of two years. This is also a NYS Dept. of Transportation permitted effort. The challenge is to select a proper sur-face for our canine friends.
Jackson Heights Transportation Study Late summer 2011 implementa-tion began covering from 73
rd street to
82nd
street primarily along 37th avenue.
The pros and cons of the changes are planned to be discussed during March 2012. Discussions center on the re-routing of bus traffic from 73
rd street to
75th street. Some feel it has simply
moved the traffic congestion. The hot button issue has become the creation of the 37
th Rd. Pedestrian Plaza. Many of
the merchants want the road re-opened to vehicular traffic because it has limited access to 74
th street and caused a sig-
nificant decrease in business. STAY TUNED!
82ND
Street Business Improvement District Seth Taylor is the new manag-er who comes to the position deep in BID experience in Manhattan and
Brooklyn. We met with him on Mon-day, January 16
th and discussed
many of the neighborhood con-cerns. He was very receptive to our concerns and we pledged to work in partnership to implement some rem-edies.
Expansion of Open Areas This has been a high priority be-cause we are ranked 50
th out of 51
Council districts with the lowest amount of open space for its resi-dents.
‘Schoolyard to Playground’ Under the leadership of PS 69 prin-cipal, Martha Vazquez, PS 69 play-ground is now open to all our neigh-bors after school hours. IS 145 prin-cipal, Dolores Beckham is leading a similar endeavor at IS 145 and is planned to start in the near future. 78
th Street Play Street
Over the last several years, we have partnered with the Jackson Heights Green Alliance (JHGA) to provide more recreation space for children during the summer months. The NYC DOT recently announced that the application submitted by the JHGA has been accepted and the street will be turned into a year round street plaza. We expect to continue the partnership. A Town Hall meeting is scheduled for Mon-day, March 5
th to discuss.
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News from the Heights By Daniel Karatzas
New Building Proposed for Historic District
At the end of January, the owner of the commercial property on the northwest corner of 37th Avenue between 85th Street applied to the Department of Buildings to demol-ish the current one-story commer-cial structure and construct a sev-en-story mixed-use building. This building, which currently houses storefronts with addresses from 84-11 to 84-23 37th Avenue, is adja-cent to the one that burned to the ground two years ago, and thanks to the our fire department, survived the fire unscathed. You know it be-cause of the wonderful curved cor-ner that has been there since 1945.
Here is how this building was de-scribed in the Landmarks Preser-vation Commission (LPC) designa-tion report for the Jackson Heights Historic District: This one-story commercial build-ing, designed by Boris Dorfman in the Moderne style, is characteristic of the commercial development of 37th Avenue in the 1940s and com-plements much of the architecture of the neighborhood. Located at the northwest corner of the avenue and 85th Street, the brick building has a curved corner bay, a stepped parapet with both smooth and fluted coping, and vertical stretcher courses of brick. Store-fronts are located along 37th Ave-nue and the corner storefront wraps around to the 85th Street el-evation; in addition, the brick side street elevation has four openings with grilles and a bricked-in door opening.
Because this landmarked building is located in the Jackson Heights Historic District, it cannot simply be demolished to make way for a huge, new structure. The owner will have to obtain approval from the LPC to pursue demolition. If the LPC does not approve the demolition, the owner could then apply for a hardship, claiming that he cannot make a reasonable re-turn from his building. There is no reason this building, which is integral to the Queensbo-ro Corporation’s original architec-tural vision for Jackson Heights, should be demolished. 37th Avenue was meant to be a pleasant com-mercial street, with a variety of commercial and some residential buildings, complementing the gar-den apartment and garden homes that surround them. Allowing for a seven-story building will create a cavern-like 37
th Avenue and de-
stroy the character of our historic district. We will need your support to make sure that this building is not allowed to be demolished. We will keep you informed as to how and when you should contact our elected officials and the LPC.
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Guggenheim Museum in Jackson Heights
Late last year the JHBG was con-tacted by the Guggenheim Muse-um to participate in stillspotting nyc, a two-year multidisciplinary project that takes the museum’s Architecture and Urban Studies programming out into the streets of the city’s five boroughs. Every three to five months, “stillspots” are identified, created, or transformed by architects, artists, designers, composers, and philosophers into public tours, events, or installa-tions. This will be its first program in Queens, after having sponsored sites in both Manhattan and Brook-lyn. The Jackson Heights stillspot-ting event, called Transhistoria, is planned for four consecutive week-ends: April 14-15, April 21-22, April 28-29, and May 5-6. The JHBG suggested a number of potential sites and individuals to the stillspotting team, including the
architects who are responsible for the Jackson Heights program: Sol-id Ojectives – Idenburg Liu (or SO – IL). Founded in 2008 by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, SO – IL is an idea-based practice with that combines philosophies and design aesthetics from Asia, especially Japan and China, with those from Europe. In 2010, SO – IL was se-lected as the winner of MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program for its Pole Dance design, which provided a playful yet pleasing aesthetic experience in PS1’s courtyard in Queens. Here is how the Guggenheim’s website describes the program: Jackson Heights, in the northwest of Queens, is a quintessential melting pot of cultures. With 138 languages spoken among several global communities, the borough is considered one of the most diverse neighborhoods of New York. For Transhistoria, SO-IL wonders how one finds calm and inner peace in a disparate environment such as
Jackson Heights. How do its resi-dents, who often have roots else-where, achieve a sense of home and localness in a post-national living situation? And what urged them to leave their old households and countries in the first place?
In Transhistoria, SO – IL dives deeper into these transformative personal narratives through a se-ries of stories, commissioned from Queens-based narrators, including renowned poets, priests, and au-thors. Each will create an oral his-tory about personal transition and finding home in Jackson Heights. During the four weekends in April and May, Jackson Heights resi-dents will recount these stories around several neighborhood still-spots as varied as a former enter-tainment space and an intimate home. In two-hour self-guided tours starting from the Broadway-Roosevelt transit hub, Transhisto-ria visitors will encounter three of these personal transhistories.
News from the Heights (Continued) By Daniel Karatzas
Did you know....?????
The principals of top-ranking city schools got their annual bonuses last month, adding as much as $25,000 to some
school leaders’ pay.
The bonuses, guaranteed under a city agreement with the principals union, went to administrators at schools with the
highest scores on the city’s progress reports. A total of 275 principals and their assistant principals received bonuses
totaling more than $5 million!!!
Our local schools on the list are: P. S. 149 , the Christa McCauliffe School, P.S. 152, P.S. 212, P.S. 228, I.S. 227 The
Louis Armstrong School, P.S. 89 (District 24). The Principal at each of these schools received a $7000 bonus and the
Assistant Principal a $3500 bonus.
Source: GOTHAM SCHOOLS (an independent news source about the New York City public schools)
A Tale of Two Pedestrian Plazas
By Len Maniace
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A permanent 78th Street Play-street/Pedestrian Plaza is mov-ing ahead with the blessing of Community Board 3 and massive support from the Jackson Heights community. But more on that later.
Meanwhile the 37th Road Pe-destrian Plaza, which is part of a larger traffic improvement plan by the city, has had a bumpy ride. Despite support from promi-nent players in the South Asian commercial district, and unani-mous approval of Community Boards 3 and 4, opposition has grown.
Many South Asian merchants complained about a loss of busi-ness which they blame on the closing of 37th Road to cars. The reasons they cited: The loss of parking; the elimination of a bus stop on the street; and a change in traffic patterns that makes it impossible for motorists to circle the block looking for parking. The changes were put in place by the NYC Department of Transporta-tion, which has been successful-ly creating popular pedestrian plazas around the city, including Herald and Times Squares. The city DOT will continue to consider comments from the community on the plaza and re-lated changes, a spokes person told Views from the Heights, add-ing the agency “will begin a com-prehensive monitoring program in the spring to evaluate all of the treatments related to the Jack-son Heights study.”
The issue is not a simple one. The plan is more than a pedes-trian plaza. Council Daniel Dromm’s office said the changes have sped bus service and re-duced the number of traffic acci-dents near the troublesome in-tersection of Roosevelt and Broadway. Pedestrian plazas can be great assets to a com-mercial street, but one has to wonder about this plaza’s chanc-es for success if the merchants are determined not to support it. Many supporters of the plan, in-cluding me, wonder if the mer-chants aren’t being short sight-ed, and missing a chance to add a major amenity to their shop-ping district. It isn’t hard to imag-ine a landscaped plaza filled with trees, tables and chairs, and diners from nearby restau-rants. The stretch could become a major attraction not only peo-ple in the surrounding area but other city neighborhoods for whom 37th Road is an easy trip by transit.
Instead the merchants seem more worried about business from the suburbs, a market that could disappear if someone buys a failing suburban shop-ping strip along a highway and turns it into a South Asian mar-ket center. It would be closer to home with ample parking.
The 78th Street Playstreet/Pedestrian Plaza has had over-whelming support from the neighborhood. Changes on the street will take place in stages. First the street will be closed on Sundays for the Greenmarket. Then its expected then its ex-pected that the city will close the southern half of the street (that part closest to the Garden School), with city landscaping of the plaza coming later.
The pedestrian plaza would af-fect only half the street in order to serve the Garden School. The private school uses 78th Street to drop off its lower grade children and also has a small garage near the middle of the block.
The Garden School figures prominently in a separate but related open space initiative. The city plans to the purchase the school’s athletic field, which stretches from 78th to 79th Streets. Together with the pe-destrian plaza, this field could then become a contiguous ex-tension to Travers Park.
The Jackson Heights Beautifi-cati8on Group and its Green Agenda for Jackson Heights Committee has been working with the Jackson Heights GREEN Alliance the two 78
th
Street area initiatives, which have been strongly supported by Councilman Dromm.
Big changes expected on 82nd Street
By Len Maniace
Despite a special fee on building owners to pay for extra services, the 82nd Street commercial district never lived up to expectations. Graffiti lingered on buildings and litter blew through the streets until city officials had had enough. After complaints by residents and local City Council members, the head of the 82nd Street Business Improvement District was fired late last year and a new execu-tive director appointed. The new boss on the street is Seth Taylor, 32, a veteran of four major Business Improvement Dis-tricts in New York City. He served as project manager for the 34th Street Partnership and the Bryant Park Corp.; business services manager for the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership; and direc-tor of economic development at the Union Square Partnership. Basic housekeeping is the first task, Taylor said, getting rid of graffiti, cleaning the streets and removing empty planters that contain only trash. His first step down that road is to bring in a new maintenance company by mid-March. “You will start to see improve-ments to the street. They will be cleaner and there will be less graffiti and that, hopefully, will show off the great architecture of these buildings.”
The 82nd Street BID is a good deal smaller – only two blocks in length – from Taylor’s previous assignments. It stretches from the north side of 37th Avenue along 82nd Street south to Baxter Ave-nue on the other side of Roose-velt Avenue. The two blocks have very differ-ent personalities. The northern block is part of the Jackson Heights historic district and con-tains generally staid signage and some large storefronts such as banks and chain pharmacies. The southern street has no landmark sta-tus and is filled with small stores whose building fronts are plastered with signs. It looks louder, more energetic and con-tains more food stores and eateries. Both have their appeal, Taylor said. After dealing with basic housekeeping, Taylor wants to im-prove the Dunning-ham Triangle Park at the district’s southern end with additional plantings and perhaps small tables and chairs. The exterior of the 82nd Street sub-way station could be an opportunity for art, he said.
One thing the street does not lack is foot traffic, an essential ingredi-ent for all city commercial districts, Taylor noted. The 82nd Street sta-tion brings nearly 15,600 custom-ers to the street everyday, accord-ing to the MTA. Elmhurst Hospital Center just south of the district is a source of many potential custom-ers, with more than 4,000 employ-ees and 560,000 outpatient visits every year.
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New BID boss, Seth Taylor, vows crackdown on graffiti that scars 82nd Street.
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Volunteer, Matthew Riccio ,helping the JHBG "graffiti-busters" clean the neighborhood.
Graffiti Busters Report
By Jim Riccio
JHBG's volunteer graffiti-cleaning squad (Basil Safos, Josh Weiss, Jim Riccio, and new recruit, Tom Rus-sell) made their way methodi-cally through the neighbor-hood this year to clean nearly 50 graffiti spots on apartment buildings and storefronts, plus countless lamposts and mailboxes. They cleaned from 70th Street to 87th Street, between Northern Boulevard and Roosevelt Av-enue. But don't leave all the fun to the JHBG! Did you know that NYC will also clean graffiti--for FREE? Check out the
Web site for the "Graffiti-Free NYC" program sponsored by the NYC Economic Develop-ment Corporation: www.nycedc.com/graffiti Here's what they say: Anyone can report graffiti on any property in New York City. Simply call 3-1-1 and The City will mail a Notice of Intent to Remove graffiti to the proper-ty's address as well as the owner's address if different from the property in question. Once the notice is delivered, the property owner/representative will have 35
days to contact The City to decline graffiti removal ser-vices or request an exten-sion. If the property owner/representative takes no ac-tion within 35 days, we will remove the graffiti free of charge. If you are witnessing a graffiti crime in progress or existing graffiti you believe is a gang or hate sign, call 9-1-1 and you will be routed to NYPD's Citywide Vandals Task Force. Please help us keep Jackson Heights graffiti-free!
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The state Department of Trans-portation has issued a permit that will allow the operation of a com-munity composting center under an elevated portion of the BQE in Jackson Heights.
Run by JHBG volunteers the cen-ter is expected to open by the spring, taking mainly fruit and vegetable waste, as well as leaves and garden waste that otherwise goes to distant landfills at significant economic and envi-ronmental costs. Instead the ma-terials will be biologically broken down into compost, a natural fer-tilizer and soil conditioner for use in Jackson Heights.
The opening of the center should allow for a major increase in
JHBG Wins Permit for Compost Center
By Len Maniace
waste collected from residents at the Jackson Heights Greenmar-ket on Sunday mornings. This material is now driven to com-posting centers in Astoria and Long Island City where it is used. The center also might be used for short-term storage of trees and plants as part of the city’s Million Trees Program.
The center is to be located south of 35th Avenue on the west side of 69th Street, not far from a JHBG-operated dog park that was the group’s first effort to use land under the BQE in coopera-tion with the state Department of Transportation. A composting center was one of the recommendations contained in the 2010 Green Agenda for
Jackson Heights, a grassroots community planning effort in which more than 400 residents participated.
This effort to bring a composting center to Jackson Heights was led by Lenny Olsson, Melissa Zavala and Julian McNamara and is the result of about 18 months of work.
JHBG plans to host composting programs this year that will teach residents about the benefits of composting and how to compost in one’s yard. If you are interest-ed in volunteering to help with the compost effort please contact JHBG.
Additional information about composting is available at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless/html/compost/edu_outdoor_materials.shtm
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You Can Make a Difference Saturday
April 21, 2012
10 AM – 1 PM
Jackson Heights Beautification Group
Clean Streets Clean Up
Special Planting Event
Fall project to clean and green the area next to the BQE on
70th Street between 37th Avenue and Northern Blvd.
When: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Meet at White Castle Parking Lot on 34th Avenue and 69th Street
What: Wear you old clothes and help with cleaning
and greening the area.
Why: Help make a statement in favor of a cleaner neighborhood! Shovels, brooms, gloves, and
other equipment are supplied. Free refreshments.
Who: All are welcome! Please bring your kids, parents, neighbors or friends.
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JHBG SPRING CLEAN AND GREEN
By Fionnuala O'Doherty
On April 21, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., we will hold our Spring Clean and Green event. We will meet at the White Castle parking lot on 34th Ave-nue and 69th Street and clean from Northern Boulevard to 37th Avenue. (See flyer on previous page.) The Jackson Heights Beautifica-tion Group has been working for the past few years on using our public spaces better. Since we are a neighborhood starved of public green space, we have been working on turning the small strip of land that runs along the BQE from a dumping ground to a usable green space. Over the years, we have put in a dog run under the BQE. Last year we planted a small garden in a strip of unused land next to the BQE. This year we with the approval of the NYS Department of Transportation we will begin work on a community compost
area under another section of the BQE. This small strip of unoccupied land has not been cared for in the past. There are no houses or businesses, so over the winter the trash piles up. Each spring, JHBG has a big clean up and JHBG volunteers do follow up cleaning during the warm months to keep the area litter free. Last year we began transforming the area by planting about 1000 square feet of the space into a garden. Over the summer, the garden area was not covered in litter and was generally kept clean, while the un-kept area was still used as a dumping ground. Our goal is to change the strip into a desirable area where peo-ple would not think of littering. On April 21, 2012, we plan to: Pick up trash from Northern
Blvd to 37th Avenue
Cut down weeds along the BQE
Apply mulch to the area
planted last year Plant spring flower, remove
graffiti, and Care for the street trees by
loosening the dirt and apply-ing mulch.
We meet at the White Castle Parking lot at 10:00 a.m. to pick up gloves, trash bags and sup-plies. We work until 1:00 p.m. and then go back to White Cas-tle to have so hamburgers for lunch. Children are welcome and by the end of the day you can really see the impact made. We hold the clean and green rain or shine.
TULIP GARDEN RETURNS TO JACKSON HEIGHTS By Finnuala O’Doherty
During the winter months, the area where 37th Avenue crosses the BQE is a windy wasteland, but come spring something amazing happens. Each spring, hundreds of tulips poke up from the ground just be-hind the black iron fence at the corner of 37th Avenue and 70th
Street. This tulip garden was planted as part of the BQE re-construction. Volunteers from the JHBG come out in March and clear the leaves, trash and de-bris that litter the garden in the cold winter months. With just a little help, the tulips make their grand debut each
spring, so keep a eye out for the show. If you would like to help, we will be cleaning the garden on Sat-urday, March 10th starting at 10:00 AM. All are welcome to join us. If it rains, we will be out the next day at the same time.
You can also contact us through our new Facebook page: www.facebook.com/jhbgny Please like us if you haven’t already, so you can get in-stant, timely information to upcoming events in the neighborhood. The next issue is slated to come out in May and hope-fully one more in July before our summer break! Then we’ll be back on schedule with our Fall issue in Sep-tember and Winter again, come December. Until the next issue….
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Stay Connected: Now on FACEBOOK! In addition to the JHB official website, www.jhbg.org, you can now follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jhbgny. Send e-mails to [email protected] or Leave a message at 718-565-5344.
I would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank each of the writers for their contributions. Without them, there would be no Views From the Heights. I’d also like to thank our read-ers, for without you, we’d have no one to read them! I would also like to thank the previous editor, Doris Wurgler for her kindness and patience in helping to prepare me to take over as editor. Transitioning roles within the organization, especially for a small, local, all-volunteer non-profit, can be a particularly ar-duous task. As such, we ask for your patience and under-standing as we finalize this process. News/Feedback is always welcome. If you would like to us an article or letter to the editor, you can be submit them via email or snail mail to the addresses on the left.
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Membership: Jackson Heights Beautification Group
Your annual membership in the JHBG helps us fund neighborhood activities, demonstrates your commitment to a better community, and permits us to be your voice in the revitalization of Jackson Heights. Your support is important to the future of our neighborhood. The JHBG is 100% volunteer-run, and there is no paid staff. The JHBG is a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization, and your contribution is tax-deductible. Please make checks payable to Jackson Heights Beautification Group. You will be mailed a receipt for tax purposes.
Please fill out this page and return it with your payment to:
JHBG—Membership Box 720253
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
1. Please circle membership level: Individual—$25 Business—$50 Sustaining—$100 Patron—$250 Benefactor—$500 Sponsor—$1,000 Other: ______ 2. Please print the following: Name: ________________________________________________________________ Address (including Apt. #): ________________________________________________ City/State/Zip: __________________________________________________________ E-mail Address: _________________________________________________________ Daytime Phone (optional): _________________________________________________ Evening Phone (optional): _________________________________________________ 3. Are you interested in being contacted about any of the following JHBG activities? If so, please circle the appropriate one(s): Clean Streets Friends of Travers Park Garden Club (including flower planting) Graffiti Busters Halloween Parade Historic Weekend Membership Building Newsletter and/or Website Town Halls Other: __________________ 4. Suggestions? Comments?
THANK YOU! If you have any immediate questions or concerns, contact the JHBG by phone (718-565-5344) or email ([email protected]).
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