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Welcome
Dear Business Leader:
2020 brought immense challenges to our city, our nation, and the world. But it was also a year that reminded us of the true spirit of “The World’s Borough.” Queens is a place of great innovation, filled with resilient people.
Queens found itself as the epicenter of the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis, and this experience tested our collective mettle. Both the borough and the Queens Chamber of Commerce responded by helping our businesses
— both large and small — survive through this trying time. We served as
a communications conduit, connecting business owners to important information and resources, and fought side-by-side with our members amid the myriad challenges they faced.
In these pages, you’ll see how we’re rebuilding, recovering and redeveloping in the wake of the virus, and capitalizing on the borough’s rich opportunities. You’ll find information, insights, profiles and testimonials from a range of Queens’ businesses. I hope it will serve as a valuable resource for you and your business, as you consider all the opportunities our beautiful borough has to offer.
We are proud of the wealth of talented business professionals and blue-chip companies that choose to make Queens their home. If you’re not yet one of them, we hope you become one. To learn more about how the Queens Chamber can assist your business, visit www.queenschamber.org, or call 718-898-8500.
2021 continues to offer both challenges and glimpses of hope: but one thing is for sure, we will continue to move forward as a Borough — and a business community — that is smarter, stronger and more unified than ever. Join us!
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Grech
President and CEO
The Queens Chamber of Commerce
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