Greater than 900 native enterprise, group and authorities leaders are anticipated to attend this 12 months’s Lengthy Island Sensible Development Summit on Friday.
The occasion, organized by Imaginative and prescient Lengthy Island, will be held on the Crest Hole Nation Membership in Woodbury and options 20 workshops and over 140 audio system discussing matters associated to serving to small companies by way of COVID restoration, downtown revitalization and infrastructure funding.
Extra matters at this 12 months’s summit embrace transportation, clear power and water infrastructure. The small enterprise panels will sort out financing survival, promotion of downtowns and supporting MWBEs. There may also be classes on jobs coaching, reasonably priced housing, and transit-oriented growth.
The State of the Cities and Villages Panel consists of Smithtown Supervisor Ed Wehrheim, Babylon Supervisor Wealthy Schaffer, Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter, Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin, Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino, North Hempstead Supervisor Jenn Desena, Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, Village of Hempstead Mayor Waylyn Hobbs, Village of Westbury Mayor Peter Cavallaro, Village of Farmingdale Mayor Ralph Ekstrand, Village of Amityville Mayor Dennis Siry and Metropolis of Glen Cove Mayor Pamela Panzenback.
A luncheon session options New York State Secretary of State Robert Rodriguez, who will present an replace from Albany on the state’s dealing with of grants and sources to native communities. State Senators Kevin Thomas, Mario Mattera and State Senator-elects Monica Martinez, Jack Martins and Steve Rhoads will present a preview of the 2023 Albany legislative session. Audio system additionally embrace Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello and Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer Kevin McCaffrey, who will discuss their efforts to assist Principal Road companies.
The Lengthy Island Principal Road Alliance shall be represented on the summit by members from 45 totally different downtown communities which have plans for managing their enterprise districts, future development and preservation.
As well as, a Lengthy Island Youth Summit, incorporating college students from St. Joseph’s College, SUNY Previous Westbury, Hofstra College, Farmingdale State and native excessive faculties will intention to carry younger individuals into the planning technique of their communities together with workforce coaching to navigate potential jobs.
The Lengthy Island Sensible Development Summit runs from 8 a.m. by way of 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2.
