Events

I had the feeling that this morning's presentation had the potential for leading to an interesting debate. Our speaker was Cliff Sondock, President of the Land Use Institute. The premise advocated by Sondock is that the market should dictate the use of land, and not restrictive zoning. That theory is antithetical to what we have espoused…

  Each week people at LIMBA learn surprising facts. This morning was as good an example as any. Our guest was Joe Gergela, Executive Director of the Long Island Farm…

Bob McMillan came to LIMBA this morning and soke about the state of health care. He pointed out that medical technology is the best in the world. He also pointed…

This morning we started a little early to get out a message delivered by our new member Irving Like and his partner Vincent Tenety. The issue Irving brought up was the way that…

This morning, Bruce Lambert, lately of the New York Times, came to talk about some of the different ways that peoples’ stories wind up as newspaper stories. It turns out…

At LIMBA we like to promote infrastructure that will have a large and lasting impact on the quality of life on Long Island. We also give voice to those people…

This morning we heard from an old friend of LIMBA Bob Yaro. Mr. Yaro is the president of the New York Regional Plan Association.   Bob started with a challenging proposition. We can be an example of how a region will function or, a good example of how not to operate.   Yaro made the following…

  This morning we had a presentation of "The Film Industry on Long Island.." Michelle Isabelle Stark, from the Suffolk County Office of Film gave us an overview of the film industry and the impact it has had on Long Island. Members and friends   According to Stark, filming on Long Island is a big…