Bringing Together Foresight.
And Insight.

Though water is abundant on our blue planet, less than one percent is fresh water necessary to support land-based life. Water security is a crisis, pending in some regions and realized in others, that is wreaking havoc on the survival of civilizations and overall life as we know it on the Earth.

Benderson Development, one of the nation’s largest privately-owned development companies, is highly influential on the Sarasota-area commercial-real estate landscape. At the FL Suncoast Chapter April meeting, Benderson executive Mark Chait gave an excellent presentation showcasing the influence.

The New York Chapter hosted a conversation between the New York City Planning Commissioner, Daniel Garodnick, and Annemarie Gray, Executive Director of Open New York. They discussed the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan that will help alleviate the housing shortage in New York.

LAI At-Large member Durga Poudel, Ph.D was granted the title of Professor Emeritus from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, in recognition of his lifelong academic contributions and service.

Renowned aquatic ecologist Michael Barbour, Ph.D, a LAI FL Suncoast Chapter member, presented on An Approach to Developing a Habitat Assessment Procedure for Stormwater Ponds at a recent Sarasota Bay Rotary Club meeting.