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Long Island Section members are private and municipal planners, public officials, and concerned citizens that work or reside in Nassau or Suffolk Counties. The Section offers educational and social events including workshops, panels, guest speakers, and joint meetings with other professional groups. Section activities and events are organized by the Steering Committee. Steering Committee meetings are held the second Friday of each month and are open to all APA members. No additional dues or requirements are necessary to join and participation is encouraged.
Director: David L. Berg, AICP, LEED AP; dberg@cameronengineering.com
Treasurer: Lowell Wolf; lwolf@nassaucountyny.gov
Secretary: Julie Hargrave; jhargrave@pb.state.ny.us
To get the LI Section News, please send your contact info to: jhargrave@pb.state.ny.us.
For general information about the LI Section, please contact LongIslandSection@nyplanning.org.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- SUSTAINABLE LONG ISLAND BREAKFASTS - September 12 and October 3 - 8-10 AM
Sustainable Long Island is hosting Breakfast Workshops : All You Need to Know about Brownfields & How to Make the Programs Work for You - Friday, September 12 at Farmingdale College and Strategies, Successes & Lessons Learned in Community Based Planning - Friday, October 3 at Hofstra University. For info: 516-873-0230 or crubinstein@sustainableli.org
- EAST END AICP CM PROGRAMS – September 16 and October 15 - 5:00-7:30 PM
Please join the the LI Section on each of these dates for two informative recorded APA presentations. September 16: Paying for Growth (1.0 CM) and Inclusionary Housing (1.50 CM). October 15: Economics of Density (1.25 CM) and Teardowns, Monster Homes and Appropriate infill (1.0 CM) and earn 4.75 AICP credits if you attend all. There is a $20 fee for each of the dates. The fee for each date includes two presentations and a break for pizza in between ($10 if you only attend one). This is a simple and effective way to stay abreast of new developments and best practices and earn AICP credits. The presentations will be held at the Town of Riverhead's Senior Center at 60 Shade Tree Lane. Please RSVP to LongIslandSection@nyplanning.org
- THE MOSES LEGACY - LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT SYMPOSIUM - September 18 - 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
The Center for Study of Executive Leadership, the Center for Regional Policy Studies at Stony Brook University, and Senator Kenneth P. LaValle present the 8th Symposium in the "Leaders in Government" series. Program begins with registration/continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., followed by panel discussions analyzing the impact of Robert Moses on Long Island’s development. The program is followed by a luncheon, with a keynote address by Robert Caro, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Power Broker and other books. At SUNY Stony Brook Student Activities Center. Registration is required. Please call 631-632-9021 to reserve.
- PLANNERS MOVIE & SOCIAL NIGHT - September 18 - 5:00-6:30 PM - Movie; 6:30-8:00 - Social
Its Movie Night with the LI Section! Get together with other planners for the movie, Walmart, the High Cost of Low Prices . Watch the movie from 5-630 in the comfortable board room seats at Cameron Engineering's Woodbury office:100 Sunnyside Blvd. After the the movie we reconvene down the street from 6:30-8:00 at 215 Sunnyside Blvd. at the Plainview Holiday Inn for no other reason than to chat, eat snacks, and drink (Planners Punch?). The Movie is free. We ask $5 to cover food at the Social. Drinks are on you. Please RSVP to LongIslandSection@nyplanning.org
- NASSAU COUNTY PLANNING FEDERATION - FALL PLANNING CONFERENCE – October 22
Please save October 22 for this year's Nassau County Planning Federation Fall Conference. For additional information call 516-571-1388 or email: ncplanningfederation@nassaucountyny.gov
- SUFFOLK COUNTY PLANNING FEDERATION - FALL PLANNING CONFERENCE – October 23 - 3:00-9:30 PM
Please save the late afternoon and evening of October 23 for this year's Suffolk County Planning Federation Fall Conference, co-sponsored by the LI Section of NY Metro APA and the Suffolk County Planning Commission. Nine sessions are planned in the following preliminary topics: Planning Case Law, Ethics, Transportation, Workforce Housing, LI's Mega Projects, Energy, SEQRA, Zoning Board Fundamentals, and Planning Board Fundamentals. The Conference can satisfy the four hours of annual continuing education for Planning and Zoning Board members required under New York State law. Requests for AICP continuing education credits will be submitted for most of the program. For additional information about the Fall Conference, contact Andrew Freleng , AICP, at Andrew.Freleng@suffolkcountyny.gov or 631.853.5006 or David Berg, AICP at LongIslandSection@nyplanning.org
- NEXT LI-SECTION STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING - DATE CHANGE - FRIDAY SEPT. 19
Friday September 19 at 12:00 at Cameron Engineering's Woodbury office: 100 Sunnyside Blvd.
All future LI-APA Steering Committee meetings held the second Friday of each month.
Please RSVP (we order pizza) to: LongIslandSection@nyplanning.org To teleconference in call 516-224-5299 and use 258013# as access code).
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RESOURCES
Steering Committee | Meeting Minutes | Newsletters | Kunz Library
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