Thursday, November 25, 2010

AM Cathy Nolan & CM Van Bramer, and Community Join Sunnyside Shines for Holiday Street Lighting Ceremony

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer joins the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District for their annual holiday street lighting ceremony on Greenpoint Avenue. (From Left to Right: Daisy’s Restaurant Owner Lily Gavin, Interim President of LaGuardia Community College Dr. Peter Katopes, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, White Castle Regional Director John Vogt, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and CB2 District Manager, Debra Markell.)
On Tuesday, November 16th Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and community members joined the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District for their annual holiday street lighting ceremony on Greenpoint Avenue. Each year Sunnyside Shines brings festive holiday lights to sections of Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue. The Holiday Lighting Ceremony was kicked off with a special performance by the Sunnyside Drum Corps and concluded with an official flicking of a light switch which illuminated Greenpoint Avenue with the words, “Welcome to Sunnyside.”