18 THE COURIER SUN • DECEMBER 15, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com sun WWW.COURIERSUN.COM VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS JOSHUA A. SCHNEPS BOB BRENNAN ROBERT POZARYCKI AMY AMATO-SANCHEZ NIRMAL SINGH CHERYL GALLAGHER RON TORINA, JONATHAN RODRIGUEZ EMILY DAVENPORT KATRINA MEDOFF, ANTHONY GIUDICE, ANGELA MATUA, SUZANNE MONTEVERDI CLIFF KASDEN, SAMANTHA SOHMER, ELIZABETH ALONI JACLYN HERTLING DEBORAH CUSICK WARREN SUSSMAN CELESTE ALAMIN MARIA VALENCIA VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS JOSHUA A. SCHNEPS editorial PUBLISHER & EDITOR CO-PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF VP, EVENTS, WEB & SOCIAL MEDIA ART DIRECTOR ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR ARTISTS SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER STAFF REPORTERS CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS EVENTS COORDINATOR ASSISTANT TO PUBLISHER SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE CLASSIFIED MANAGER CONTROLLER PRESIDENT & CEO VICE PRESIDENT Schneps Communications, 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 718-224-5863 • Fax 718-224-5441 www.qns.com editorial e-mail: editorial@qns.com for advertising e-mail: ads@qns.com Entire Contents Copyright 2016 by The Courier Sun All letters sent to THE COURIER SUN should be brief and are subject to condensing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where available, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name withheld on request. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of THE COURIER SUN. 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THE HOT TOPIC STORY: Hit show ‘Homeland’ will film in Bayside on Thursday SUMMARY: The Showtime series ‘Homeland’ is set to film in the Oakland Gardens section of Bayside on Dec. 8 REACH: 17,039 (as of 12/12/16) Small biz can mean big boost for Queens Travel throughout Queens today, and you’ll find reminders that this borough was once a major part of the city’s industrial sector that slowly evaporated over the last few decades. Areas of Ridgewood south of Myrtle Avenue have blocks of empty warehouses and factories that some property owners hope to redevelop for other purposes. A former door factory in Maspeth was transformed into an arts and entertainment venue. The auto body shops and junkyards that occupied Willets Point are slowly disappearing as plans for the area’s redevelopment take shape. Warehouses also line much of the area adjacent to the Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line in Jamaica and Hollis. The textile mills and part manufacturers have long gone, but that doesn’t mean Queens industry has gone by the wayside. What is past isn’t prologue; there’s plenty of room for industrial growth in Queens, but it won’t be with the grimy, sweaty jobs usually associated with the word “industry.” Take, for instan ce, the announcement last week of a new, modern, industrial center to be developed in Ozone Park. This center will not house one company or employ hundreds of lunch pail-toting workers. Instead, it will offer workspaces to 24 small businesses employing as many as 80 people with annual wages averaging at more than $50,000. That may not sound like a lot, but like a stone cast into a pond, the creation of such a center can cause a ripple effect of growth for the surrounding area. Giving good-paying jobs to Queens residents pumps money into the local economy. They will not only pay local taxes, but they’ll also shop locally, supporting area supermarkets, restaurants, clothing stores and other retail facilities. The vitality of an industrial work center may spur other industries to the area, leading to further job creation and economic growth. The city is, of course, investing quite a bit into this venture. The Economic Development Corporation is providing the Ozone Park industrial center’s developer with a $10 million grant on top of a loan to move the project forward. Let’s hope this money does what is promised and gives Queens industry a much-needed boost, and reinforces our borough’s strong economy. We may not get back the industrial giants we have lost over the decades, but we can prosper nonetheless by piecing together a bunch of small businesses to build a large and powerful economic engine that’ll keep us running for years to come.
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