By Courtney Dentch
The interim board appointed Melva Miller, a longtime southeast Queens activist, as director of the BID at its meeting last Thursday, said Joy Tomchin, the interim chairwoman.
“This is terrific,” Tomchin said. “I'm really excited about it. She knows what BIDs are and what they're about.”
Miller, a Springfield Gardens resident, has a resumé packed with work for community and business groups, Tomchin said. She most recently completed an internship with the Laurelton Local Development Corp. and has worked with a dance troupe and other civic groups, she said.
Miller will start working with the BID immediately on a part-time basis and move to full time this summer, Tomchin said. Initial projects include setting up the office for the BID, which stretches from Hillside to 94th avenues, and launching the sanitation and beautification programs, she said.
Miller was scheduled to be officially introduced at Wednesday's Greater Jamaica Development Corp. meeting.
The BID was also officially incorporated as a non-profit in New York state, said Jessica Baker, of the Greater Jamaica Development Corp.
