At the LAI 2024 Annual Gathering in Phoenix, LAI Global President Kathy King announced the LAI FL Suncoast Chapter charter at the Awards Dinner on October 16, 2024. FL Suncoast Chapter Board Member Jay Brady accepted the chapter charter; in his remarks, Jay emphasized the local and global teamwork that culminated in developing a chapter.
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On June 13, the LAI Global Water-Land Series Group hosted the Introduction to Water and Land Economics Global Webinar; introductory in nature, the webinar was designed as a foundation for a plethora of future webinars on more specific topics. The three esteemed panelists were LAI members from chapters across North America.
The Board of Governors extends its congratulations to Susannah Bergmann who has been nominated by the Baltimore Chapter and selected by the International Awards Committee as the 2024 International Member of the Year.
The Board of Governors of Lambda Alpha International Land Economics Society (LAI) has chosen Hazel Ruth Edwards, Ph.D., FAICP, the 2024 recipient of its Richard T. Ely Distinguished Educator Award.
In recognition for his contribution to the principles, practices and greater awareness of land economics through the publication of his books Building the Skyline and Cities in the Sky.
This award recognizes a project or policy identified by the host Land Economics Gathering Chapter and vetted by the International Awards Committee. The Central Arizona Project (CAP) delivers water to over 80% of Arizonans, or nearly six million people in Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties.
On June 13 LAI FL Suncoast inducted four new LAI At-Large Members at an event focused on Affordable Housing hosted by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
LAI San Diego member, Alan Nevin, shares a chapter of his book, The Next Half Century.
LAI FL Suncoast members joined the Elemental Impact (Ei) 4Roots Farm Campus Tour on May 17. The tour featured the multiple-award-winning Education Center, the first building in Florida to attain the energy-petal certification of the Living Building Challenge, a monumental achievement!
The LAI Global Initiative has tackled the publicized challenges of the real estate appraisal industry in the U.S. in a five part webinar series – you won’t want to miss joining this discussion by industry and academic leaders.
Photo courtesy of National Fair Housing Alliance
LAI New York Chapter held a special gathering on May 15, 2024 at Rizzoli Bookstore on Broadway and 26th Street, where our chapter's very own Vice President Jason Barr released his new book Cities In The Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers.
On Thursday, April 25, 2024, the LAI Suncoast Chapter underdevelopment hosted its second official event at one of Lakewood Ranch’s (LWR) three town centers. LAI VP Craig Binning traveled from Toronto to attend the meeting, educate on the value of LAI membership, and induct four new members. It was a stellar event.
Gina Caruso, Chicago Region Chapter, shares from her travels to Copenhagen in March and encourages you to attend the LAI Copenhagen Regional Study Tour and visit one of the happiest places on earth.
Rooted in the principles of walkability, accessibility, and proximity, 15-minute cities create self-sufficient and inclusive communities where residents can access most of their daily needs within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from their home. 15-minute cities are not, as some conspiracy theorists suggest, an attempt to limit movement. Rather as, a Vancouver study found, retail plays a vital role in the creation of sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods.
Told from the perspective of an experienced city planner and architect, this overview of a four-month solo trip around the world highlights the character of the places visited and their people, the adventure and challenges of solo travel, and the wonder that is our world.
LAI’s chapter in Pune, India co-hosted a one-day nationwide conference on “Securing Water for Food, Energy and Environment” at MIT-WPU, World Peace University in Pune. Pune is a college town (“the Oxford of the East”) and also an automobile manufacturing Hub. At 4 million people, Pune is the second largest city in the state of Maharashtra (Mumbai is the first and India’s, Economic financial capital).
LAI Global Initiatives sponsored a webinar on Home Ownership in Transition - A Canada-California Comparison on 2023-10-16.
The webinar featured a moderated panel with experts from the legal, insurance and regulatory perspectives and explored the differences in construction defect legislation and project financial risk between acceptance of condo housing (5 or more units, apartment or townhome) in Canada compared to California. 38 percent of the new housing added in Canada between 2011 and 2021 was in the form of multi-family condos (5 or more units), compared to an estimated 3 percent in California.
The webinar recommended California consider the systems in place in Canada to encourage multi-family home ownership.
Photos of LAI Home Ownership in Transition header, courtesy of Rick Cook
Special thanks to Photographer Emilie K. Adin, LAI Vancouver Chapter Member and Scribe Marina Aviles Olmos, LAI Madrid Chapter Member.
