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Green for Queens Earth Day Fair - April 25th

Event on April 25, 2010

 
Earth friendly fun for kids and adults.  More info here!

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Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Central Queens YM & YWHA

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Serving Up Innovation - Incubator Kitchens and Training Restaurants

Report last updated March 9, 2012

Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation Presentation

There is an upsurge of innovative and socially-minded food businesses all over the United States. Two types that hold great potential for both their social and economic impact include incubator kitchens and training restaurants. Incubator kitchens provide food entrepreneurs access to low-cost commercially-licensed kitchen space and in some cases a variety of other small business support services. These kitchens foster local economic development and promote local independent businesses. A training restaurant is a venue that provides job readiness and skills training with the added benefit of hands-on experience. It also provides a retail amenity for the community in which it is located – it functions as a “real” restaurant! 

serving_up_innovation.pdf

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Jamaica Rezoning

Testimony last updated May 23, 2007

Testimony to the City Planning Commission on the Jamaica Plan

Pratt Center for Community Development
Brad Lander
May 23, 2007

Chair Burden, members of the City Planning Commission, thank you for this opportunity to provide testimony today. My name is Brad Lander and I am the director of the Pratt Center for Community Development, a university-based center that works for a more just, equitable, and sustainable city for all New Yorkers by helping communities to plan for and realize their future.

The Pratt Center was honored to work with Community Board 12's Ad Hoc Committee on the Jamaica Plan. We have deep respect for their work, and all of the time, research, and passion they have put into this effort. We encourage you to give serious consideration to their position, which we believe reflects strong sentiments within the community. Our testimony today, however, is our own.

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