Queens Chamber of Commerce, Flushing Willets Point Corona
Local Development Corporation announce new partnership
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terfront land in Flushing.
Today, they are
focused on a variety of
issues facing the community,
including the
expansion of affordable
housing, infrastructure
improvement, mass
transit, open space and
streetscape issues.
The chamber will
form a committee that
will focus on the work of
the FWPC LDC and continue
to advance projects
in the neighborhoods of
Flushing, Willets Point
and Corona.
The chamber will
seek to establish an appropriate
naming opportunity
in recognition
of Shulman’s efforts to
revitalize the area.
In honor of Shulman
and to support its ongoing
efforts, the FWPC
LDC and Chamber of
Commerce will host a
fundraiser, “A Night at
the Ballpark” on Tuesday,
Sept. 14, at 6 p.m. at
Citi Field. The evening
will be held in the Empire
Suites and will include
a reception and the
ballgame where the New
York Mets will take on
the St. Louis Cardinals.
For more information
on the event, visit
queensalive.org.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail
at cmohamed@schneps
media.com or by phone at
(718) 260–4526.
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
The Queens Chamber
of Commerce and
the Flushing Willets
Point-Corona Local Development
Corporation
(FWPC LDC) announced
a landmark agreement
on Thursday, July 15,
partnering on several
projects, events and
initiatives in northern
Queens.
Tom Grech, president
and CEO of the Queens
Chamber of Commerce,
said they’re delighted
to reach an agreement
with the FWPC LDC, an
organization founded by
the late Queens Borough
President Claire Shulman
to revitalize the
greater Flushing, Willets
Point and Corona
neighborhoods.
The two organizations
will engage in a
meaningful partnership
to carry forward the vision
of Shulman, Grech
said.
“Because of Borough
President Shulman’s
vision and the FWPC
LDC’s hard work, there
is a plan in place to develop
a thriving community
in Flushing and
Willets Point creating
jobs and economic opportunity
for residents
throughout northern
Queens,” Grech said.
“We look forward to
completing this work
in a way that both benefits
the businesses and
residents of Flushing,
Willets Point and Corona,
and pays tribute to
Borough President Shulman,
who did so much
for Queens.”
Founded in 2007 by
Shulman, the FWPC
LDC is an organization
composed of private and
public sector stakeholders
that seek to develop a
comprehensive set of economic
development goals
for the Greater Flushing,
Willets Point and Corona
neighborhoods in
northern Queens. FWPC
LDC is dedicated to the
facilitation of projects
that help revitalize and
stabilize these neighborhoods.
John Racanelli, chair
of the FWPC LDC, said
founding and leading
LDC was the capstone of
Shulman’s amazing life
and career.
“Every project initiated
and accomplished by
the LDC has been the result
of her vision, energy
and tenacity,” Racanelli
said. “Claire cannot be
replaced, but the LDC’s
alliance with the chamber
will ensure that its
work will go forward and
endure as a monument to
her leadership.”
Borough President
Donovan Richards congratulated
the chamber
and the FWPC LDC
for coming together to
create a “historic partnership”
— one that
Shulman would have
certainly been proud of,
Richards said.
“With our Queens
comeback well underway,
we must leave no
stone unturned in our
efforts to uplift and support
our local businesses
in any way we can,”
Richards said. “My office
looks forward to continuing
our partnership with
these two vital organizations
to accomplish that
mission.”
In 2017, FWPC LDC
completed the Revitalization
Plan for the wa-
(From l. to r.) President and CEO of the Queens Chamber
of Commerce Thomas Grech and Chair of the FWPC LDC
Rob Racanelli.
Photo courtesy of Queens Chamber of Commerce
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