Celebrate Summer Solstice Friday, June 21 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Corner of 35th Avenue & 69th Street (down the street from Alchemy BBQ) Compost Demo, Crafts, Refreshments, Visit Bees!

JACKSON HEIGHTS ARTS FESTIVAL: MAKING NEIGHBORHOOD ART SPACES Saturday, June 22nd 2013 (rain date: Sunday, June 23rd) 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Diversity Plaza / 37th Road Pedestrian Plaza (between 73rd St & 74th St) Jackson Heights, Queens The Jackson Heights Arts Festival is an all-day pubic event with free...

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! We have four more events where you can get your hands dirty. If you have them, bring your gardening tools. It’s Your Park Day Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m. We’ll be planting, pruning and watering. Bring the kids.
@ Travers Park, meet at the park’s mid-block entrance on...

Over the years many of you have either worked with the JHBG or said you would like to volunteer on your membership applications. We are reorganizing some of our activities and need people with varied skills to help the JHBG Board of Directors continue to improve the quality of life in our neighborhood, as we have done now for 25 years. Please review this list, and, if you see something you can help with, please contact us via our contact form. The Director in charge of that activity will contact you with more information. Views from the Heights (our hard copy newsletter) - Person with basic knowledge on Microsoft Publisher - Reporters - Photographers - Graphic Designer Publicity/Promotions We are expanding our efforts to “get the word out” on all media about what we do in Jackson Heights. Materials Maintenance Organize, distribute and maintain tools and supplies. Hospitality Coordinator Organize...

Say NO to Giving More Parkland to the National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Stop the Creeping Annexation of Our Park The National Tennis Center is a gated community on 42 acres of prime parkland in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, surrounded by an 8-foot high fence. Since it opened, it...

for you to save Flushing Meadows Corona Park! Our park is threatened with plans for three major construction projects that would turn this historic open space into a campus for professional sports facilities and mall shopping. Think the Jersey Meadowlands. More details later. Please write a quick letter to an...

Big-time sports and mall plan to carve up Flushing Meadows-Corona Park By Len Maniace Propose projects (Source: The Wall Street Journal) Can you imagine Central Park or Prospect Park being carved up to build a 35,000-seat soccer stadium, the city’s biggest shopping mall, and an expanded tennis complex that includes...

OpenPlans developed Shareabouts, an online mapping tool to gather crowd sourced public input in a social and engaging process. Using Shareabouts, people can drop a pin on a map to provide ideas, suggestions, and comments for planning and design issues. It complements and extends the reach of an existing or future...