Events

This morning our speaker at LIMBA was Ken Morelly, President of Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT). LIFT has been the agency on Long Island that has helped the small, and not so small technology companies in their pursuit of bringing their products and services to market. The services provided  has has a remarkable record…

Our speaker this morning was LIPA VP, Bruce Germano.  Bruce opened his talk this morning by recounting his experiences with Smart Grid technology dating back to 2002.  Back then, we were thinking Smart Grids, but there wasn’t a name for them.  With time, new definitions emerged, of a power network that has intelligence built into…

 We had the pleasure of hearing from the NYS Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, Carol Ash.  Pro Image Studios recorded the video of her talk and the Q&A, which can be found here:   Ms. Ash is a long time champion of downstate parks and the environment.  Her most recent past position was Executive…

There will be a meeting of the Long Island Business Development Council at Montauk. LIMBA will be participating. Therefore there will be no meeting on Oct 2nd

Members and Friends, This morning our speaker was Tom Cilmi. Tom is running for the Suffolk County Legislature in the 10th district. That post is now held Cameron Alden. Mr. Alden is a Republican who is leaving because of term limits. Mr. Cilmi is also a Republican. Cilmi is a political newcomer, however he did work in the…

This morning our speaker was Marcia Bystryn, President of The New York League of Conservation Voters. Ms Bystryn explained the role of the organization to the LIMBA audience. NYLCV Education Fund examines conservation issues in a non-partisan forum creating a body of information to be used by voters when electing public officials. Among the issues…

This morning our speaker was Robert Eschbacher of VHB Engineering. He and his firm specialize in infrastructure engineering. After a brief description of what infrastructure consisted of, Mr. Eschbacher read a report card on the state of repair of existing infrastructure. Roads, bridges, aviation facilities, rail, and several other categories were cited. The grade for…

Presentation by Andrew Kaufman and Gerald Drumm  - Sills Road Realty and US Rail This morning we had two speakers that gave us information on the new intermodal yard that has been proposed and permitted at Sills Rd and the Long Island Expressway. Andrew Kaufman and Gerald Drumm brought a large design plan for us to see…

This morning our speaker was Gary Bixhorn. Mr. Bixhorn is the Chief Operating Officer of Eastern Suffolk BOCES. We generally think of BOCES as the special education arm of our education system. That was its original function, but over time it added the vocational training, then the buying cooperative services was added. Today BOCES has…