Events

Members and friendsMarc Alessi is the NY Assemblyman that represents the North Fork of Long Island. He began his talk on education and how the formula for state aid is skewed by the high value of our homes. According to Alessi the village of Mattituck has the same income and employment of Syracuse NY, but…

This morning's meeting was different, to say the least. Our Holiday Gathering has been a success in the past and this year was no exception. We were treated to the innovative creativity of Steve DePass. Much of what Steve does is inventing the songs that he sings on the spot. They are always witty and…

Our speaker at LIMBA, this morning was Loretta Hohmann, from Southwest Airlines. Loretta was not scheduled to speak, but the person who was supposed to speak was flying in from the west and was weather delayed. As it turns out, it didn't matter. Ms Hohmann is very knowledgeable. Ms Hohmann began by speaking about the…

This morning our issue was East End Transportation. Hank DeCillia is the Executive Director of Five Towns Rural Transit Inc. Mr DeCillia explained that the east end Long Island was so poorly served by mass transit that there were 5 hours between trains in certain locations. The LIRR has no intentions of improving the situation…

This morning we were expecting to have as our speaker Dowling College's President Bob Gaffney. Unfortunately Mr. Gaffney had an emergency that prevented his attendance. Instead Michael DeLuise, Dowling's Development officer was there to fill in. Later we went on to other issues that are of concern to LIMBA and its membership.   In the portion…

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…

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…