Please join the Queens Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, October 20th, 2016 at 8:30 A.M. for a briefing/presentation on the proposed Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) streetcar. Earlier this year, the City of New York announced the Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX), a state-of-the-art streetcar system running along the Queens and Brooklyn waterfronts from Astoria to Sunset Park. This transformative project is one of our Borough's most exciting economic development, job creation and transportation initiatives in decades, and I would like to invite you to learn more about the project at a Briefing/Presentation by the Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector here at the Bulova Corporate Center: Brooklyn Queens Connector Presentation/Briefing October 20th, 2016, 8:30 a.m. Queens Chamber of Commerce, Conference Center Bulova Corporate Center 75-20 Astoria Blvd. Suite 140, Jackson Heights, NY 11370 Please RSVP to Brett Swanson at bswanson@queenschamber.org<mailto:bswanson@queenschamber.org> The Friends of the BQX is a not-for-profit organization formed to facilitate public dialogue with neighborhoods, organizations, businesses and residents along the route during the City's planning process and I am honored to serve on its' Board of Directors. I am especially proud that the Queens Chamber will now have an opportunity to further this important discussion with stakeholders from the Queens County business and economic development communities and I hope you can join us to learn more about the BQX.