Ring 8 Veteran Boxers Association will dedicate a Monument to Old Sunnyside Garden Arena October 6 , 2012 at 12:00 noon at Wendy's 45th and Queens Blvd, Sunnyside.

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Its dancing in the street on Ditmars Blvd in Astoria as the community celebrates the annual Feast of San Antonio Abate.

The location of the event starts at 34th Street and Ditmars, just around the corner from the last stop on the N or Q subway in Astoria.

Home of many Greeks and Italians, this annual event celebrates St. Anthony and lasts for four days to honor culture and religious traditions.

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IMPORTANT Business Items and Resolutions including By-Laws and Procedure for Officer Elections will take place at this meeting.

The Long Island City / Astoria Chamber of Commerce will meet on Thursday, May 17th at 12:00 pm at the Waterfront Crabhouse, Long Island City. There is valet parking at the restaurant. Please arrive early.

IMPORTANT Business Items and Resolutions including By-Laws and Procedure for Officer Elections will take place at this meeting.

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Come Be a Part of the First Ever Statewide Park Appreciation Day! I Love My Park Day Saturday May 5
Saturday, May 5th, 2012, 10 AM to Noon
Join Friends of Gantry Plaza State Park, Parks & Trails New York and the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for the first annual statewide state parks appreciation day, I Love My Park Day. Your help is really needed to keep the plants and gardens of Gantry Plaza State Park in good shape. Volunteers will be focusing on the beautiful gardens at the southern end of the park. We will be doing some light weeding and then spreading mulch throughout the garden to curtail the growth of weeds. We will also be placing plant markers to identify many of the plants that grace the gardens. Meet in Gantry Plaza State Park at 49th Avenue and Center Boulevard by the East River.

Register ahead of time for this morning of service
Click here to register for this day. By registering using the Parks & Trails New York registration page you are also completing the necessary NYS Volunteer Service Agreement for the year and don't need to print out the Volunteer Service Agreement and bring it with you.

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Regional Plan Association President, Robert Yaro, tells local business leaders at the Long Island City / Astoria Chamber of Commerce meeting March 15th. that this is the LIC MOMENT; and, that it is time, now, to plan.

The topic was "Preparing for the Next Decade of Growth in Long Island City / Astoria".

With simple maps, diagrams, and photos that stimulate the imagination, Robert Yaro showed that Long Island City is at the center of NYC's strategic growth plan.

Regional Plan Association President, Robert Yaro, tells local business leaders at the Long Island City / Astoria Chamber of Commerce meeting March 15th, that now is the time to start preparing for the next decade of development.

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Community District Education Council 30 and NYC Department of Education held an Open Meeting 3/8/2012 to discuss the combined Intermediate School / High School 404 to be located at 1-50 51st Ave., Long Island City. Expected to open for school year 2013-2014

The Community District Education Council 30 and NYC Department of Education held an Open Meeting to discuss the construction of the new school being built at 1-50 51st Ave, Long Island City.  The school will be mixed 6-8th grade and High School  9-12th grade. It is expected to open for the 2013-2014 school year.

Presentations and Q&A were handled by representatives of the NYC Department of Education.

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MTA UPDATE - 7 LINE SHUTTLE BUS OPERATION 2/25 - 2/27

Due to the forecast of high winds on Saturday, cranes will not be in use on 23^rd Street or Queens Plaza South. We will operate the 7 line shuttle bus along its regular route this coming weekend. Buses will stop at the following locations.

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Due to the placement of a crane at 23^rd Street and 44^th Drive to carry out track replacement work, we cannot use that street to go to or from Queensboro Plaza on this weekend. As a result, the 7 line shuttle bus will make the following stops:

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NYC City Council Committee hears testimony from NYC & Co, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Queens Economic Development Corp, and others

The Economic Development Committee of the New York City City Council heard testimony on tourism as part of its process of approving a contract with NYC & Co. to renew its contract with the city.

George Fertitta, CEO of NYC & Co. presented a review of the current status of tourism in NYC, and built a case for continuing the contract.

Concerns were expressed by several City Council Members, Queens Chamber of Commerce, and Queens Economic Development Corp that resources were not being allocated to promote highly attractive communities in Queens and Brooklyn for tourism.

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Income Bands and qualification are presented to describe the objective for affordable housing.

Community Board #2 along with the developers of the Hunters Point South met with approximately 200 people at a Town Hall meeting January 12, 2012.

OurLIC was at the meeting, and is loading the the full video and slides for community review.  Please check back here for this article in progress.

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Hunters Point South Development Project cited as an example of investment in the future.

Community Meeting Announced for January 12, 2012 at 6:30 pm.

Deputy Mayor Robert Steel presented the NYC Economic Development Strategy at an Executive Breakfast in Jamaica at York College on December 7, 2011.

OurLIC was at the event and presents a full video of the presentation with this article.

HIGHLIGHTS

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Seth Pinsky, President of NYCEDC, and Diana Reyna, NY City Council Member District 34, and others speak to small businesses at Make IT NY event.

The 1st Annual Make IT New York event was hosted by LaGuardia Community College Business Services and Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation at the ConEdison Learning Center in LICC on November 14th.

The meeting and networking event brought together local business owners and major NYC decision makers such as government officials andorganization leaders to discuss ways that small businesses could grow with NYC and how the City could help.

This is part of an effort to stimulate small business and to support job growth.

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NYCEDC and Empire State Development Corporation reach a deal with Smith Electric Vehicles, a Kansas City, Missouri based company.

To illustrate New York City's commitment to entrepreneurs and small business, Seth Pinsky, President of New York City Economic Development Corporation, announced that a package of benefits has been approved for a company called Smith Electric Vehicles.

Pinsky said "This is a great story. Smith Electric Vehicles is looking to build electric automobiles and trucks here in New York City".  They have reached an agreement and Smith Electric Vehicles will be leasing almost 100,000 sq ft of space in the Bronx, investing millions of dollars and creating jobs.

It is a "deal that no one a year ago, let alone the last few months, would have guess that New York would possibly be competitive" said Pinsky.

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TORNADO Watch until 11:AM

...Center of Irene Nearing New York City...
Published: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:47:25 EDT
At 800 AM EDT the center of Hurricane Irene was located by an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft and NOAA Doppler radar near latitude 40.3 North, longitude 74.1 West or about 40 miles south-southwest of New York City. Irene is moving toward the north-northeast near 25 MPH and this motion with a continued gradual increase in forward speed is expected during the next day or so. On the forecast track the center of Irene will move near New York City this morning and move inland over southern New England by this afternoon. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 MPH with higher gusts. Irene is a Category One hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Near the coast the storm surge will be accompanied by large destructive and life-threatening waves. For information specific to your area, please monitor products issued by your local NWS forecast office

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The MTA has sent through an advisory that there will be diversion affecting 7 line service on the July 30-August 1, 2011 weekend.

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On Monday, July 18^th the Hunter’s Point South Redevelopment Project will implement a temporary detour on Center Boulevard/50^th Avenue between 49^th Avenue and 2^nd Street. The detour is necessary in order to allow for installation of a new 15” storm sewer down the middle of 50^th Avenue because the street is not sufficiently wide to allow for construction and maintaining traffic flow simultaneously.  The detour will involve a full closure weekdays during construction hours. Nights and weekends, a single traffic lane (south then eastbound) will be maintained. (Refer to the attached diagrams.) We expect the detour to remain in place approximately one month.

In preparation for the detour, parking will be eliminated on both sides of 50^th Avenue (Center Boulevard to 2^nd Street) effective 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, July 14^th. Please relocate your vehicle by 7:00 a.m. Vehicles are subject to towing.

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Scheduled Ferry service is regular, and runs early in the morning through 9:00 PM

The long promised regular Ferry service connecting Long Island City with Manhattan and Brooklyn had its maiden voyage this morning.  OurLIC was there to capture the first arrival and departure on video.

Prior Press Release with Details

Groundbreaking New Service Will Provide Essential Transportation Alternative and Ease Travel between Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan

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Council Speaker Quinn And NYCEDC President Pinsky Announce New Details Launch Scheduled for June 13, First Twelve Days of Service Free of Charge for All Riders

Groundbreaking New Service Will Provide Essential Transportation Alternative and Ease Travel between Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan

On June 1st, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Deputy Mayor Robert Steel, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President Seth Pinsky, New York City Council Members Stephen Levin and Jimmy Van Bramer, and NY Waterway announced new details of the East River Ferry Service, which will transport commuters and tourists between Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. The ferry will provide year-round service between East 34th Street and Pier 11 in Manhattan, Long Island City in Queens, Greenpoint, North Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, and DUMBO in Brooklyn, and seasonally to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn and Governor’s Island.

The ferry service is launching June 13, 2011 and will be free of charge for all customers through June 24, 2011. The service will cost $4 for a one-way ticket, $12 for an unlimited hop-on, hop-off day pass, and $140 for an unlimited monthly pass. Ferries will operate every half hour, or every 20 minutes during rush hour, year round, from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM on weekdays, and 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM on weekends

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City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer held a Town Hall Meeting on the topic of Hunters Point South Development on May 24th at 7:00 PM in the Community Room at Avalon Riverview in Long Island City.

In attendance responding to community questions were:

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City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer invites you to a Town Hall Meeting

City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer has announce a Town Hall Meeting on the topic of Hunters Point South Development to be held May 24th 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM in the Community Room at Avalon Riverview; 2-01 50th Avenue, Long Island City.

In attendance to respond to community questions will be:

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Should Long Island City have a Chamber of Commerce?

EDITORIAL PAGE

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Tom Fox has a plan...and Bea Murphy has a petition

It is hard to keep a good beach down!

No doubt Fox was surprised when the New York City Economic Development Corporation decided not to renew his permit for a new location in a section of Hunters Point South which is not under construction for a school or apartment complex.

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Developers of Gotham Center request amendment to reduce pre-agreed parking space requirement from 1,050 to 550.

The regular monthly meeting of Community Board #2 met at Sunnyside Community Center on Thursday April 7, 2011.

After considerable discussion, Community Board #2 rejected a request by the developers of Gotham Center to amend a requirement that was imposed at the time their application was approved requiring them to include 1,050 indoor parking spaces.

The developer, with the support of NYC Planning and NYCEDC proposed to reduce the amount of spaces to 550.

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Queens Borough President Swears in City Council Members as "Friends of Queens Library" at the Long Island City Branch

Helen B. Marshall, Queens Borough President, at a ceremony today, swore in Members of the New York City Council as "Friends of the Queens Library"...a first for all boroughs.   This is the first time ever that a group of City Council Members have formed their own chapter of the Queens Library Friends.

During the ceremony, Council Member Van Bramer made a personal donation from he and his partner for $1,000 to the Buy a Book fund.   Queens Borough President Helen Marshall matched his donation with a $1,000 personal contribution to the Queens Library emergency book fund.

Speaker Christine Quinn told the group that she vividly remembers a bookcase, in the library she went to as a child, that was filled with books about people who changed the world.  She said she read about all of these world leaders and what they each did.  That was what caused her to pursue her own career in politics.

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Top Agenda Item is Public Hearing Notice relating to the Sunnyside/Woodside Rezoning

1. Pledge of Allegiance

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The Queens Economic Development Leadership Council (QEDLC) was formed by Queens Borough President Helen B. Marshall. It meets Quarterly under the leadership of Melva Miller, Director of Economic Development, Queens Borough Presidents Office.

The Queens Economic Development Leadership Council operates as the Borough's authority on economic development initiatives and programs available to strengthen small businesses in Queens. The QEDLC is educated on the most up to date resources including, free services and programs, funding opportunities and capacity building resources available to small business. The QEDLC also receives information about government sponsored program and grants made available for nonprofit business groups to help strengthen the local economy. This body accomplishes this by partnering with the Queens Borough President to disseminate information, and provide assistance to small businesses throughout the Borough. The QEDLC meets regularly throughout the year and receives presentations by the City's foremost experts in the field.

Seventy-one organizations are represented.  Each organization's Director attends meetings and interacts with Helen Marshall and Melva Miller:

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March 8th 2011 is the 40th Anniversary of the famous Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier Fight, fought in Madison Square Garden.

Bill Gallo wrote in his Sunday, February 20, 2011, THE GALLO PAGE for the Daily News "The one man who always comes through in this city, Mr. Donald Trump, called me in response to the suggestion I made in last weeks column for an Ali-Frazier Statue. I am pleased to tell you that he is interested in the project and is studying it."

Gallo's prior article, "Ex-boxers pledge help with monumental task", shows a drawing of a statue and states that Ring 8 is ready to get behind the project.

When it comes to Boxing, Tony Mazzella is the qualified expert. Tony is Deputy Commissioner of Athletics, an active Board member of Ring 8, and the owner of The Waterfront Crabhouse. He points out that the Statue project actually began in 2006 when he and the  Ring 8 Board began seeking help from a marketing organization to pursue the Ali / Frazier Statue.

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History and The Waterfront Crabhouse

One of the best ways to learn about the area where the new Hunters Point South Complex will be developed, is to get to know The Waterfront Crabhouse, where the announcement was made by Mayor Bloomberg, February 9, 2011.

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New York City's Largest New Affordable Housing Complex Since the 1970's. Development Team Comprised of Phipps Houses, Related Companies and Monadnock Construction Selected to Build $360 Million Mixed-use Development on the Queens Waterfront At Least 75 Percent of the More than 900 Residential Units of Phase One to be Permanently Income-Targeted, Up from 60 Percent Originally Envisioned

[ Press Announcement at THE WATERFRONT CRABHOUSE, Long Island City, across the steeet from the site of the new Hunters Point South construction for the new Complex and new High School. See: Putting The New Hunters Point South Complex in Perspective for its Historical Location ]

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today unveiled the development plan for Hunter’s Point South, the largest new affordable housing complex to be built in New York City since the 1970s. A development team, consisting of Phipps Houses, Related Companies and Monadnock Construction, has been selected through a competitive process to build the residential portion of the first phase of the Queens waterfront complex, which includes two mixed-use buildings comprising more than 900 housing units and roughly 20,000 square feet of new retail space. At least 75 percent of the housing will be permanently targeted to low-, moderate- and middle-income families, up from the 60 percent required by the Request for Proposals. The first phase, to be completed in 2014, also includes five acres of new waterfront parkland, a new 1,100-seat intermediate and high school, new retail space and parking. Mayor Bloomberg was joined at the announcement, which took place adjacent to the development site at the Waterfront Crab House on Borden Avenue in Long Island City, by Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel, Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero, New York City Housing Development Corporation President Marc Jahr, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, New York City Economic Development Corporation Chief Operating Officer Josh Wallack, Phipps Houses Group President & CEO Adam Weinstein, Related Companies Executive Vice President Bruce A. Beal, Jr., Monadnock Construction President Nick Lembo and Community Board 2 Chair Joseph Conley.

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Under long time member, Marcel Veronneau, a Lions Club has started to meet in Long Island City.

Operating in 205 countries, in hospitals and senior centers, in regions battered by natural disaster, in schools and in eyeglass recycling centers, Lions are at work, helping, leading, planning and supporting.

Lions Club is a long established global organization with 45,000 chapters,  and 1.35 million members.  It consists of  local leaders who want "to serve" the unique needs of the communities they live in.  

Its website says that:

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State of the Borough Address by Helen Marshall, President of the Borough of Queens

Helen Marshall, President of the Borough of Queens, presented the State of the Borough to several hundred invited guests at the Queens College, CUNY Colden Auditorium on January 25th.

The presentation captured the essence of growth in areas of economic and cultural development for which she has become well recognized.

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New York City, Times Square New Year's Eve Alert

It is a good idea to Celebrate New Year's Eve in Long Island City

The New York City Police Department today announced street closures related to the New Year's Eve Celebration in Times Square. Street closures and parking restrictions are expected to cause traffic delays. The use of public transportation is highly recommended.

Beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, December 31st, Times Square will be closed to vehicle traffic. Attendees will be directed by Police Officers to gather in separate viewing sections. When one section fills up, people will be directed to the next viewing section. As the evening progresses, revelers will continue to fill Times Square along Broadway and Seventh Avenue moving uptown from 43rd Street to Central Park.

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OurLIC Conversations with Artists: Donna Levinstone Defines Sky and Earth in her Exhibit at the New Jeffrey Leder Gallery

Following a well-received Inaugural Opening, Jeffrey Leder featured Donna Levinstone’s dramatic and highly-evocative pastel drawings for the Gallery’s first solo exhibit starting on December 5th.

Over 30 pieces are shown in the main room of the impressive Long Island City space, including both her black and white and color work.

Donna Levinstone’s works of art concern themselves more with a spirit of place than an actual place ~ they are not descriptive of a specific location or place as much as they strive to create an essence of light and atmosphere. Her current work is centered around the relationships between tranquility and volatility, the ethereal and the earthly, light and dark, and night and day. Through the reflected light in her atmospheric drawings, Levinstone invites the viewer to explore the duality of what is permanent in our world and what is ever changing in it.

Levinstone says “As I layer my pastel drawings with darkness and light, I explore beauty, transition and the powerful forces of nature.”

OurLIC Interviewed Levinstone at her Exhibit.   The conversation interview is presented with this article.

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New York City Comptroller, John Liu; Assembly Member, Cathy Nolan; Queens Borough President, Helen Marshall; and Gayle Baron, President LICBDC Address Business Community at the LICBDC Annual Luncheon 11/17/2010

New York City Comptroller, John Liu, Luncheon Keynote speaker. NY State Assembly Member Cathy Nolan is Honoree. William D. Modell Community Service Award.

The Annual Luncheon and Expostion of the Long Island City Business Development Corporation was held on November 17th at the Terrace on the Park. 

Cathy Nolan, NYS Assembly Member was Honoree, and presented with  the  William D. Modell Community Service Award.

New York City Comptroller, John Liu, was the luncheon Keynote Speaker.

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Long Island City / Astoria Treated to an International Indie Film Festival

Over 50 International Indie Films Presented

Over 50 International Indie Films were presented at The First Annual LIC / Astoria Film Festival.  They included feature films, documentaries, shorts, music videos and more.   Attendance was estimated to be approximatedly 600 people during the weekend.

OurLIC attendend the Film Festival and viewed a selection of films on both days.  The films we saw were excellent on all levels.  We invited Long Island City's favorite son Tony Vaccaro, the world famous photograph and gifted photo journalist, to join us. At 88, Tony still enjoys a good film and loves to experience the work of other talented people. We consider his judgement on things like art and film to be insightful because of his lifelong experience and pursuit of photo-journaling and profiling the most important and most talented people of his epoch. He has photo profiled virtualy every major film director during his career. His view of this Film Festival seemed to be important.

Tony agreed that the scripts, acting, direction, technical execution and other elements were engaging and compelling. Tony added: "Wonderful!"  Several of the films brought to light serious topics that left us both feeling that others...everyone...should view them. 

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Citigroup Sued by 6 Women Alleging Gender Bias

The women are seeking class action status for women currently and formerly employed at Citigroup at levels including managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, associate and analyst, between February 2006 and the present.

Grant McCool
Reuters US Online Report Business News

Oct 13, 2010 17:18 EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc was accused in a gender bias lawsuit by six women, who said the bank ran an outdated "boys club" that denied women professionals equality with men in pay, assignments and promotions.

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Builders vie for NYC waterfront housing project: The Hunter's Point South Site

REUTERS
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News

Sep 16, 2010 18:24 EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several real estate powerhouses said they will bid for the first phase of what New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says is the city's biggest affordable housing project in 35 years.

Friday is the deadline for bids on two sites in Long Island City, located in the borough of Queens, where 1,000 new homes will be built. At least 60 percent of those new homes will be set aside for middle- and lower-income people.

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Apsara-Arts of Asia on Display in Long Island City

This Exhibition of authentic, very beautiful artifacts is available to be privately viewed in Long Island City by appointment.

This is another one of the hidden treasures to be found in LIC.... if you know where to look.

Apsara-Arts of Asia was founded when two art collectors traveling in Indonesia became enthralled with the quality and originality of indigenous textiles and artifacts.

Marvin Berk and his partner Dennis Kord, long time residents of Long Island City, soon returned to build the Apasra collection: each item is hand selected for its beauty and expressive strength. Most date from the 18th to the mid 20th century.

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Rocking at Gantry Park, Outdoor Concert 6/29/2010

Live Performance Attracts Residents of All Ages.

Live at the Gantries has started its weekly performances along the East River. Pass Kontrol performed on June 29th. People of all ages enjoyed the music and the experience.

The Live at the Gantries website profiles Pass Kontrol:

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ANNOUNCING OurLIC Value Merchanding packages: OurLIC is BETA TESTING OurLIC COUPONS, CARDS, FLYERS, and IN-STORE promotional packages. These services offer Print and Redeem features; and, appear on OurLIC NEWS as well as the sponsor's OWN websites with proprietary OurLIC Syndication technology. Value Merchandising Programs are fully integrated into the OurLIC PROFILE system. They are very easy to manage and support from an Admin Control Panel. In addition, we will offer low cost commercial printing and facilitate distribution of Value Merchandising SPECIAL Offers in order to help merchants and businesses reach their target customers effectively. Examples are viewable at OurLIC Discount Coupons, OurLIC FLYERS, and OurLIC CARDS. For more information on OurLIC programs, please use our Optin page or contact us directly at Arthur@CityEntree.com or 646-920-4652. We are also accepting special advertising sponsorships for the new OurLIC CALENDAR.

'OurLIC Business' integrates with BizWiz Services for Business-to-business.

OurLIC for Business provides companies, business people, and professionals in Long Island City with a platform offering the newest tools, technology, and space to communicate, share, publish, distribute video, exchange ideas, collaborate, seek solutions, and to reach out to accelerate their success.

BizWiz, The Internet's Largest Business Network and Resource Marketplace, has been providing business-to-business services to help companies get connected to their markets and customers since 1995. It is a self contained system of services that can help any size company improve its business.

BizWiz is owned and operated by Rainbow Pages Inc., the owner of OurLIC.com. Join BizWiz

Know Your Neighbor!

An important part of the OurLIC platform, the OurLIC Networking service provides a way for residents, merchants, artists, business people and others to meet, social network, and get to know each other. It also provides a place to blog and publish for yourself and your organization. Please sign-up. It is a FREE service.

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If you are interested in special promotions on OurLIC.com or advertising in OurLIC Newsletters. If you would like to have your company or organization profiled in our GUIDE, or want display advertising, please contact Arthur Rosenfield at 646-920-4652 for rates.

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