Rachel Thieme hired as exec. director in 2012 (Photo: SunnysidePost)
March 20, 2013 By Christian Murray
Sunnyside Shines, a business improvement group that’s role is to promote Sunnyside’s commercial district, is holding its annual meeting on Thursday to outline its up-coming plans and elect its board.
Sunnyside Shines has an annual budget of about $300,000 and the funds are used to market, beautify and clean the business district on (or near) Queens Blvd and Greenpoint Ave. from 40th to 48th Streets.
The meeting, which will be held at the Sunnyside Community Services Center at 7:00pm, will also provide attendees with details of last year’s achievements.
The BID said it would review some of its main highlights, which include:
1) The expansion of its sanitation services from 6 days per week to 7 days per week
2) The Taste of Sunnyside, which attracted more than 400 attendees and more than 20 participating restaurants
3) Eleven city benches
While the BID has an annual budget of nearly $300,000, more than $200,000 is typically spent on fixed costs—such as its cleaning crew, holiday lights, the executive director’s salary, office rent and insurance. The rest is typically allocated toward marketing, streetscaping and beautification.
The annual meeting will be its first public meeting since October 2011, when the board outlined its 2011/2012 goals. At the time, one resident complained that the public meetings were not frequent enough, giving non-board members little input on how the funds are spent.
As part of Thursday’s meeting, the election of board members will take place. Property owners, business owners and residents with property within the BID may vote for members of the
board.
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