Calendar of Events

Join NYC Parks Stewardship and the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy as we celebrate World Wetlands Day!

Urban wetlands provide a variety of benefits including improved water quality and storm water retention. They also serve as a critical habitat for native wildlife. Volunteers will be removing debris from the Seagirt Avenue Wetlands in Far Rockaway. Volunteers should dress in clothes that can get dirty, close-toe shoes, and warm layers. They are encouraged to bring their own water bottles. Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by chaperone.

Space is limited. Registration required. For more information contact mary.hanchar@parks.nyc.gov.

The Town of East Hampton Energy Sustainability Committee has been scheduled to meet on Wednesday , February 7th at 5PM.

Long Island’s most promising business people are the movers and shakers under the age of 40, working toward success and improving our business community every step of the way. Join in the annual salute to Long Island’s rising stars.

Event questions contact Danielle Rella at drella@libn.com. Sponsorship questions contact Joe Giametta at jgiametta@libn.com.

$38.00 per person includes 3 course dinner, complimentary glass of wine, auction items and more.

With special guest bartenders Brian Tymann and Jim Hulme

Please call Buoy One at (631)998-3808 for reservations. Reservation deadline Monday, February 5, 2018. For more information visit morichesbayproject.org.

There are 15 member municipalities: 13 Villages, the Town, and the County. A representative from each member-municipality is appointed to serve on the Committee. The job of each representative is to represent the needs of its municipality, present ideas for committee activities, serve as an advisor to the Director of the committee, and most importantly, bring tools and information back to its municipality so that it can become an effective part of the effort to restore and protect Manhasset Bay and its watershed.

If you would like to volunteer to represent your Village, please email the Director (mbpcExec@gmail.com) for help in getting in touch with your village administration.

No additional detail for this event.

Members of the public are welcome! Come join us in working to make Brookhaven Better Through Community Participation and Civic Engagement.

For more information please call (631)281-7145 or write to abco1@gmail.com.

The Long Island Association welcomes Tom Wright, President of the Regional Plan Association to present the RPA’s Fourth Regional Plan. The Fourth Regional Plan includes 61 specific recommendations to achieve greater equity, shared prosperity, better health and sustainability. hear what it includes for Long Island and our economy.

There will be a question and answer session.

One of the many benefits of LIA membership is complimentary admission to our member strategic committees, policy forums and many of our social events.

Free event for LIA members – limited seating-registration required.

To register visit www.longislandassociation.org/events

In January, the U.S. Dept of Interior announced plans to expand offshore oil and gas drilling, including in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island. NYS Assembly leaders from the Environmental Conservation Committee, Committee on Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes, and Long Island Sound Task Force will be holding a public hearing to discuss the potential impacts of offshore drilling on NY’s environment, economy, and way of life.

Come out to the hearing to oppose offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic and urge NYS leaders to continue fighting for renewable energy, not increasing our reliance on fossil fuels.

Legislative Auditorium

Join Vision Long Island in celebrating 20 years of helping communities across Long Island. For more information including sponsorship and ad opportunities, contact info@visionlongisland.org or (631)261-0242.

No additional detail for this event.

Join us to view this 17 minute documentary film which examines the issue of affordable farmland on the East End and the Trust’s Farms for the future initiative.

The film tells the stories of several farmers who are leasing land either owned or managed by the Trust in the face of ever-increasing pressure from development.

Produced and directed by Michael Halsband and Hillary Leff, the film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival.

Panelists include the film’s director, Michael Halsband, local farmers Fred Lee of Sang Lee Farms, and Greg Kessler of The Hoppy Acre, as well as the Trust’s Senior Manager of Agricultural Programs Dan Heston. Refreshments provided.

To register contact (631)283-3195, events@peconiclandtrust.org

Make a new professional contact every 5 minutes. Increase your visibility. Make new business contacts. Generate new customers and prospects.

To ensure a successful event where the most new contacts can be made we ask that only one representative per company register for the event.

Sponsorship opportunities available. Contact Dave Fattizzo at dfattizzo@longislandassociation.org.

Free event for LIA members; non-members $20. Members and non-members must register in advance to attend the event. Contact Tiffany Hansen.

Suffolk County Community College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center

Contact Sarah Schaefer (631)852-5806

Registration begins at 5PM. Greenhouse tours are from 5:30-6pm. Pam Young from Searles Graphics and Carol Isles from Cultivated & Connected will be speaking from 6pm-6:30pm. Buffet dinner starts at 6:30pm. For more information please contact Diane at (631)727-3595 or (631)886-2213 or by email info@lifga.com.

The LIA Energy & Environment Committee welcomes a distinguished panel of experts to discuss the current state and future of recycling and waste management here on Long Island. There will be a Q&A session.

Panel of Experts: Charles Vigliotti, President & CEO, American Organic Energy and Long Island Compost Corporation; Keven Gershowitz, President, Gershowitz Recycling; Dr. Larry Swanson, Intertim Dean, Stony Brook University’s School of Maritime and Atmospheric Sciences

Free Event for LIA Members – Limited Seating – Registration Required. To register visit www.longislandassociation.org/events