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Partnerships among the City, Queens

Borough President, Greater Jamaica
Development Corporation, Regional Plan
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and State entities to evaluate
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November 22, 2014

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Launch a program to train and jump start the next generation of Jamaica entrepreneurs and food businesses [EDC]
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Expand JobNet and existing youth programs to support additional afterschool job preparation
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Connect residents to quality job opportunities through New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare (NYACH) [SBS]
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Establish a working group with local workforce providers, employers, and local academic institutions to identify
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Fund redesigns of storefronts for local businesses on Sutphin Blvd and release a Business Guide for Hillside Ave
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Establish the Jamaica Arts Alliance to better strengthen connections between artists and existing arts and
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Strengthen Career and Technical Education (CTE) programming at Thomas Edison High School by increasing access
to work-based learning for students and improving partnerships with businesses [DOE, SBS]
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Fund a $250,000 study to determine the cost and scope of Jamaica Avenue streetscape improvements [DOT]
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Provide technical assistance to support York Colleges effort to develop underutilized properties through the
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Encourage absentee property owners to activate vacant and derelict sites in Jamaicas downtown core with new
housing and economic activity [EDC, HPD, DCP]
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Develop a mixed-income and mixed-use project at the former NYPD garage on 168th St [EDC, HPD]
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Install WalkNYC directional maps and obtain funding to study and develop a strategic transportation plan with
multi-modal transit options in the downtown core [DOT, MTA, TLC]
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Implement a new Select Bus Service Route from Jamaica to Flushing and study service needs on additional
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Expand opportunities for affordable homeownership and create small multifamily affordable rental buildings in Jamaica [HPD]
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Connect homeowners, tenants, and property owners to educational programs, such as foreclosure counseling
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Provide increased resources and assistance to community partners to reduce health risks related to
cardiovascular disease [DOHMH]
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Enhance Rufus King Park to accommodate improved usage and programming and identify funding to create and
implement community-sourced designs to upgrade Brinkerhoff Mall and other parks [DPR]
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Construct new water mains and relieve constraints in the existing sewer network to accommodate demand for new
development [DEP, DDC]
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