Press Releases

September 17, 2002
Land-Use Conference Unites East End Officials, Environmental Groups

Southampton College Think-Tank Event Aims for Sustainable Planning

Contact:
Darren Johnson
(631) 287 8313
Fax: (631) 283 4081

"East End Land Use: Creating New Initiatives," a forum for local government officials, environmentalists, business leaders and planners, will take place at Duke Lecture Hall at Southampton College from 9:30 a.m. through 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1. Tickets are $30 and include lunch and a complimentary book or video by Thomas Hylton, the event's keynote speaker. Call 631-287-8477 for reservations. The event is sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Development at Long Island University and McMillan, Rather, Bennett and Rigano, P.C.

A part of Southampton College's Environmental Conference Series, "East End Land Use: Creating New Initiatives" will be an in-depth discussion of local planning issues. Participants include Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney, New York State Assembly members Fred Thiele and Patricia Acampora and officials from Eastern Long Island towns, along with representatives from Group for the South Fork, the Nature Conservancy, the Long Island Farm Bureau, the Pine Barrens Society and the Peconic Land Trust.

Keynote Speaker Thomas Hylton won the Pulitzer Prize for his community journalism that detailed struggles of suburban development vs. land preservation similar to those we face on Long Island. Hylton is president of the non-profit environmental group Save Our Land, Save Our Towns in eastern Pennsylvania and is a pro-bono advocate of smart-growth planning and traditional towns that house people of all ages, races and incomes.