Your Resource For All Things LIC
MixMeetMake
LIC Update: October 26, 2020
Featured Updates
Calling All LIC Restaurants! Webinar On Maximizing Your Restaurant's Potential This Thursday, October 29th at 9am

As NYC restaurants can continue to offer outdoor dining and resume limited indoor dining, restaurant and bar owners are looking for ways to attract more patrons and maximize sales going forward. Please join us for this webinar with Professor Stephani K. A. Robson from Cornell University as she shares suggestions and tips on complying with NYS requirements and maximizing profitability, including:

  • Positioning tables and signage
  • Creating a more welcoming atmosphere
  • Increasing spending-per-minute
  • Turning tables quickly

Attendees will have the opportunity to submit their questions during registration or live during the session.

For questions about the event, please reach out to Carla Nicdao, Director of Events, at [email protected].
Halloween in LIC!
halloween-header.gif
*NEW* NYS Halloween Guidance - With Halloween just around the corner, the NYS Department of Health has published guidance to for New Yorkers to make informed decision on which activities are safe for them. The guidance include a list of simple “Do’s” and “Don’ts” and is available at this link.  

Enjoy these socially-distant Halloween events in LIC this week and weekend!

Tacos, Beer & Live Music at Culture Lab LIC - Culture Lab LIC is hosting free music starting at 3pm on Saturday 10 with tacos and beer to celebrate Halloween! Click here for more information.

A Spooktacular Event with Greater Astoria Historical Society - Halloween Fun Wednesday, October 28th at 7 PM Queens Screams: A Night of Local Horror Shorts Join the Greater Astoria Historical Society for a film screaming, featuring scary, spooky, and creepy shorts all made by local Queens filmmakers. Click here for more information.

HPPC Costume Contest - Submit your costume for consideration by 10/31! Winners announced on Monday 11/2. Click here for more information.

Halloween Through the Window - Trivia, games, and history, compiled by Turlough McConnell, accompany the haunted windows all in a COVID-safe, socially distanced manner. Open daily 3-10 PM through October 31! Click here for more information.

Playday Creative Halloween Party - 10/31 from 10am-4pm, Reserve your spot! Click here for more information.
Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair
Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee is holding a virtual Queens jobs recruitment fair this Wednesday 10/28 from 2pm-3:30pm.
Spectrum Reach Support Local Campaign
LICP Member Spectrum Reach is helping businesses with a nationwide campaign to encourage consumers to Support Local this holiday season. Join their free campaign. #RebuildMyTown

LIC in the News
COVID-19 Updates
Upcoming SBA Webinars on PPP Forgiveness Application – The NY Office of SBA will host the following webinars to help businesses and organizations understand the PPP Forgiveness process.

  • *Today* SBA Webinar - PPP Application - For Borrowers Mon. Oct 26, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) RSVP Here.
  • SBA Webinar - PPP Updates & Application Thur. Oct 29, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) RSVP Here.

COVID-19 Business Recovery Survey Results - We recently published the results of our COVID-19 Business Recovery Survey which was released to help us get a further understanding of your business or organization's recovery efforts and the challenges you anticipate as we continue to reopen LIC. Take a look at the results here.

LISC NYC Small Business Relief & Recovery Fund – This Fund will provide direct grants of $10,000 to New York City minority-owned small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to support their recovery. Awardees can use funds for payroll, rent, marketing, overhead, cost of technology, employee training, or related costs. Businesses applying for funds must meet these requirements:
  • Located in New York City
  • Minority-owned
  • Have 20 or fewer employees
  • Have an annual revenue of less than $500,000.
For more information, click here. Businesses interested in applying for a grant, please contact Charles Yu ([email protected]) or Osagie Afe ([email protected]). 

Reopening Checklist - Our COVID-19: Reopening Checklist is a tool for businesses to use as NYC continues reopening. There are important forms to fill out prior to reopening and this checklist will help cover your bases. Click here to download the checklist.
Businesses: Have updates to your listing? Let us know here.
LIC BID Annual Meeting - Virtual Event
Wednesday, November 18th at 9am

Join the Long Island City Business Improvement District for our 15th Annual Meeting as we report on services over the past year, including during COVID-19, discuss plans for the future, review financials, elect directors of the board, and present awards.
 
This event is open to the public and free to attend with advanced registration. However, in order to vote at the meeting you must:
  1. Be eligible- either a property owner, commercial tenant or resident in district outlines in the map below AND
  2. Be registered- register online at licqns.com/licbidmemberregister as a voting member by November 8th. If you have registered as a voting member in previous and your eligibility has not changed, you do not have to register again.

Save the Date! 7th Annual LIC Summit December 1st
Spotlight on #LICLocal
Photo by @basilmenu

Photo of the Week



Use #SupportLICLocal or #LICLocal on Instagram or Twitter to submit your photo of the week. 
Thank you to our 2020 Annual Sponsors