Queens Chronicle: Queens Community House granted 1.4M

Queens Community House granted 1.4M | December 26, 2019: Queens Community House has been awarded $1.4 million in economic and community development funding through the New York State Regional Economic Development Council initiative.

Funding will support the renovation of QCH’s 19,000-square-foot Forest Hills Community Center, the largest of the 32 program sites it operates in the borough.

“We’re thrilled to receive this news,” said QCH executive director Ben Thomases. “Modernizing our headquarters and original program site will allow us to reclaim usable space for our workforce development programs, [English for Speakers of Other Languages] classes, immigration legal services and child-care programming.”

The award was announced by Gov. Cuomo on Dec. 18.

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