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  • Rob Dipple, Long Island Museum

    This morning the Long Island Museum of Art History and Carriages' Development officer Ron Dippel made a presentation at LIMBA.   A large section of the museum has been dedicated to the carriage collection. Graves Brothers Carriage Builders of Massachusetts went out of business many years ago. Remarkably that facility has been preserved by the…

  • Ron -Terenzi Proposed Amusement Park, Calverton

    We had a presentation on a proposed amusement park for the Calverton Airport property that is near Riverhead. Ron Terenzi is the CEO of the developer, Island Amusement Ventures. His vision of the plan was discussed today in some detail.    Mr. Terenzi began by stating that Long Island does not lend itself to the mega amusement…

  • Steve Schrier Ex Dir Suff Center on the Holocaust ……

    This program will address matters of  race and mutual understanding between people. Steve Schrier is the Executive Director of the Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity & Human Understanding, Inc

  • Dr Sam Aronsen – Director of Brookhaven national Labs

    This morning we heard a presentation on the economic and scientific benefits of having Brookhaven National Laboratory in our backyard. The director, Dr Sam Aronson came to LIMBA and within the fairly limited time we allot our speakers, gave us a good overview. BNL has an annual budget of about $500 million and much of that…

  • Geri Reichbach, Brookhaven Medical Center.

    This morning we tapped into one of our many hospitals for information on what they saw as their role in their particular community. Brookhaven Hospital's Colleen Valdini spoke at LIMBA and told us of specialties that have been developed at the hospital, and also the depth of services in facilities that are not attached to the hospital. The hospital is…

  • Kings Park Discussion at LaQuinta

    This morning's meeting was held at LaQuinta instead of our usual location.The meeting was sponsored by Joe Oliveri  and LaQuinta, as well as Cliff Sondock from The Land Use institute and Mike O'Reilly of Trade winds Environmental Restoration. The topic was; "What Should Be Developed at Kings Park Psychiatric Center." Most of the hospitals and…

  • Jim Banks Cutural Diversity Officer at Suffolk Community Col

    This morning's meeting was a little unusual, but I've said that in the past about other meetings. So maybe unusual is the norm for us. James Banks is the Coordinator of Multicultural Affairs of Suffolk County Community College. We had the pleasure of hearing Jim at this morning's LIMBA meeting. Mr. Banks began by giving…

  • Round Table discussion

    This morning we conducted an "round Table" discussion. These meetings tend to have a tentative agenda, that is, we wind up talking about things other than what we thought we would discuss. No matter. There are so many issues that are important to Long Island, we could start anywhere. Taxes and multiple layers of government,…

  • Sharon Cates-Williams and Doug Miller

    On Friday, March 30th, we had the distinct pleasure of hosting the CIO/Comissioner and Director of MIS, respectively, of Suffolk County.  The indefatigueable Sharon Cates-Williams, and the engaging Doug Miller.…