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Long Island City residents & businesses interested in getting the best from the local area will find a new promotion opportunity at the pioneering LIC-CON community convention scheduled for Saturday, March 30, 2019.
Held at the Plaxall Gallery, it is hoped that this inaugural “LIC-CON Community + Business + Connection” event will attract significant attention and attendance from both residents and local businesses. The event is the brainchild of the P.S./I.S. 78Q PTA – a diverse group of parents who themselves represent both residents and local businesses. P.S./I.S. 78Q is Long Island City’s only public school serving grades Pre-K through 8th grade and is itself an integral part of the community.
“The primary goal of LIC-CON is to connect Long Island City residents and businesses together,” said event co-organizer and Co-Vice President of the PTA, Charmaine Mendoza. LIC-CON co-organizer, Kelly Craig added, “There are so many local businesses, we wanted to create a new platform that promotes their excellent products and services to the people of the local community, right here in Long Island City.”
Mendoza continued, “With so much promotion and interaction occurring online via social media these days, we wanted to take an important step and create an opportunity to bring the community together, connecting as real people, face-to-face.”
In sponsoring LIC-CON the P.S./I.S. 78Q PTA hope to benefit the businesses and the residents. They have created a platform to enable the promotion of local businesses. Each business will participate by booking their own space to showcase their products and services, offering live demonstrations or giving away samples in front of the entire community. It’s a unique chance to engage local residents and introduce products, services, ideas and venues they can benefit from but may not previously have known about.
Mendoza was clear from the outset that she wanted this event to be free to the community to maximise involvement. To enable this, local businesses are each requested to pay $100.00 to $150.00 to participate. All proceeds will help fund arts, music and education programs at P.S./I.S. 78Q. Bree Chambers and Genevieve Bernier, Co-Presidents of the PTA suggest local businesses and vendors contribute through demonstrations, sampling, promotional discounts or the distribution of informational pamphlets or fliers.
Many businesses have already secured their spaces for the event including Pro-Health Dental, Tiger J Taekwondo, Hinds Combat Sports, Gantry Kids, Playday, City Owlets, Snapology, Cosmic Fit Club, Chelsea Pediatric Dentistry, LIC Youth Soccer Academy, YMCA LIC, Dynasty Breaking NYC Inc. and Bridgeview School of Fine Arts.
Emphasising that they want the event to be a free, interactive and engaging experience for the residents of Long Island City, they are not allowing the sale of food or drinks. Local food producers, restaurants and eateries are encouraged to participate through free sampling and/or food demonstrations.
Full details on the event can be found along with the sign up form for local business or vendor participation at the event webpage at: http://www.psis78pta.org/events.html.
Sign up for the event and register interest at Eventbrite.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2019
Event Hours: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Location: The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101.
Arrival Time to set up booth: 8.00am – 9.00am
Number/size of tables per booth: 1 (6ft. table per booth)
Number of chairs: 2
Tablecloths: Provided by business/vendor
Booth signs/ promotional materials: Provided by business/vendor
Participation Fee: $100.00 for 1 table; $150.00 for 2 tables
The P.S./I.S. 78Q PTA website has full details about the sessions at this year’s event. Interested parties can visit the website at: http://www.psis78pta.org/events.html.
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