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December 26, 2006: New York Daily News
JAMAICA’S COURT-LY BUILDING
An almost $200 million housing project set to begin in the first half of next year will sculpt the façade of the old Queens Family Court in Jamaica into the front of a …

December 21, 2006: Times Ledger
HOLIDAY MURAL BRIGHTENS BURNED SUTPHIN BLOCK
On March 13 a five alarm fire ripped through Sutphin Boulevard, destroying five businesses in downtown Jamaica and closing the courthouses across the street for the better part of a day. The site has since been excavated and Melva Miller…

December 21, 2006: Times Ledger
BANK OF AMERICA TO OPEN NEW JAMAICA BRANCH
Bank of America is coming to downtown Jamaica following a recent sale of three buildings on Sutphin Boulevard to…

December 15, 2006: Press of Southeast Queens
JAMAICA CORNER SPOT CHANGES HANDS
Three retail properties that stretch from the corner of Jamaica Avenue…

December 14, 2006: New York Daily News
VISIT JAMAICA CENTER’S EXCITING SHOPS AND SAVE
Jamaica Center is a dynamic, highly energized commercial area – a destination for shoppers, not just locally, but from out-of-state and those who wish to experience the cultural diversity of this community…

December 13, 2006: New York Daily News
MURAL BIDs JAMAICA YULE CHEER
Reconstruction may be on hold at the site of a March fire that destroyed numerous Jamaica businesses, but that doesn’t mean the holiday spirit has to wait. A striking new blue and white mural…

December 7, 2006: Times Ledger
JetBlue CEO TELLS YORK COLLEGE ABOUT TRANSIT AND THE AIRPORT
The founder, chairman, and CEO of JetBlue Airways spoke at York College in Jamaica Friday morning not about airfares, but about car and train traffic…

December 7, 2006: Press of Southeast Queens
YORK COLLEGE TO GET AN OBSERVATORY
The York College Observatory, thanks to a sizable grant from the City, will break ground on construction for a building of its own in the spring of 2007…

December 7, 2006: Press of Southeast Queens
LIRR UNDERPASS HEADS TOWARD TRANSFORMATION
The core of the transportation hub in downtown Jamaica will be transformed as long as the Long Island Railroad Station undergoes a massive $12 million renovation in late Spring 2007. The renovation includes…

November 30, 2006: Queens Times
A TREE GROWS IN QUEENS
The local scenery has changed for the better for some residents in Jamaica and St. Albans. Thanks to a grant obtained by the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation…

November 30, 2006: Queens Courier
PLAN TO TURN COURTHOUSE INTO LUXURY APARTMENTS
Community Board 12 unanimously approved a plan to turn the former Queens Family Courthouse, located on the southwest corner of Parsons Boulevard and 89th Avenue…

November 30, 2006: Queens Courier
$18 MILLION ARTS CENTER WILL OPEN IN SPRING OF 2007
The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) will receive the keys to its new $18 million, state of the art Jamaica Performing Arts Center facility in December…

November 29, 2006: New York Daily News
JFK AIRPORT AND AIRTRAIN USAGE UP
The Port Authority’s three major airports and its AirTrain rail link to Kennedy Airport in Jamaica Queens are having record years. The AirTrain has been averaging between 11,000 and 12,000 daily riders over the last few months…

November 29, 2006: New York Daily News
JAMAICA LIGHTS UP: 12M hub planned for dark stretch under LIRR
A shabby stretch of downtown Jamaica, sitting in the shadows of the LIRR station, will be transformed into a bright commercial hub, officials said yesterday…

November 23, 2006: Queens Chronicle
DEEP ROOTS: Tree Planting
With a grant from the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation and the State of New York, Japanese zelkova trees were planted in St. Albans to beautify the neighborhood…

November 15, 2006: Courier Sun
YORK COLLEGE CELEBRATES 40 YEARS

November 9, 2006: Glendale Register
LONG ISLANDERS MAY SOON STOP IN BOTH BOROS
If an additional rail link between Downtown Brooklyn and Downtown Manhattan is ever completed, it will at least make one neighborhood – Jamaica, Queens – very happy…

November 2, 2006: Press of Southeast Queens
NEW PERFORMACE HOME TAKING SHAPE
The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Cultural Collaborative of Jamaica and Black Spectrum Theatre Co. have embarked on an $18 million renovation project on the multi-purpose performance venue…

October 26, 2006: Times Ledger
CB12 HEARS COURTHOUSE APARTMENT PROPOSAL
A joint proposal from the city and a real estate developer to transform the former Family Courthouse building on Parsons Boulevard into 350 apartments and an adjacent retail complex was…

October 25, 2006: New York Daily News
ELMHURST DAIRY EXPANDS INTO NEW MARKET
A Queens dairy is hoping to attract consumers to a new type of milk - one that's been spun at 400 mph. Elmhurst Dairy hopes its "Ultra Pure" milk will fill a gap between conventional milk and pricey organic milk…

October 12, 2006: Jamaica Times
GREATER JAMAICA GALA TO PROMOTE JFK RAIL LINK
Each year the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation throws a big party to raise money and draw attention to a significant development project in the Jamaica area. This year it was billed as a celebration of the rail that will one day connect John F. Kennedy Airport to Lower Manhattan through Jamaica station…

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