Events

Bill Schoolman is the owner of Classic Coach and Hampton Luxury Coach. He has been successful as a businessman and in that pursuit he has shown himself to be an innovator.  He came to LIMBA this morning with a message that is difficult to refute or ignore. He accused the MTA of having a 45-year…

LIMBA Recap March 26, 2010 Helena Williams, President of the Long Island Rail Road, East Side Access Update  Ms. Williams last came to LIMBA during her stint as the Interim Executive Director of the MTA.  Today, she opened her talk with the tale of helping to recruit Jay Walder from Transport of London to the…

LIMBA Meeting Recap – April 9, 2010 – Frank MacKay, National Chairman of the Independence Party of America On this rainy spring morning, we were treated to a master class in Political Science by Frank MacKay, the leader of the Independence party.  The goal of the party is to become the third Major party in…

LIMBA Meeting Recap – Yves Michel, Commissioner, Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Workforce Housing – April 23, 2010 Commissioner Michel began with an offering of thanks for the opportunity to get community input.  For the uninitiated, Yves listed all the various functions that come under his department in addition to the titled ones:…

On this date we had a last minute cancellation from our speaker, but managed to have a fruitful and interesting meeting in spite of that.  In the rare instances where we encounter speaker issues, we hold a roundtable discussion on a topic of interest, usually related to one of LIMBA's development goals.  In this case…

  This meeting featured some "players" in the Commercial real estate field. They included Jack O'Connor of Newmark Knight and Frank, Marie Zere-Zere Real Estate Services and David Hunt-Hunt Corporate Services. Each person gave his openning remarks on the state of the economy as it relates to commercial real estate. Later we engaged in a…

Today our speaker was John Cameron, President of the Long Island Planning Council. Mr Cameron seems well suited for the position because of his understanding of how things work. He is the founder of Cameron Engineering a formidable engineering firm that was begun 25 years ago. John began by giving us a little history of…

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