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An Honorary Land
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Hawaii Beckons Beautiful Waikiki Beach will provide the venue, and the LAI Aloha Chapter will provide the warm hospitality for Lambda Alpha International's 35th Biennial Congress to be held November 6-9, 2003. [Read More] San
Diego Weekend Experience Listing of New Members... CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - July 1, 2003 Deadline LAI International awards will be presented at the 35th Biennial Congress in Hawaii, November 6-8, 2003. To recognize leadership in land economics and its related fields, we are seeking nominations for the following awards:
Detailed information is available at lai@lai.org, or click onto the link provided. http://www.lai.org/lai/awards.htm. Alexander Garvin, Vice President for Planning, Design and Development of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) will share his experiences and insights into rebuilding the area devastated by the destruction of the World Trade Center. Making No Small Plans: Learning from New York City will be held at the Art Institute of Chicago, Saturday June 28 from 1-3 pm. Co-sponsored by LAI's Ely Chapter and the Chicago Chapter of AIA, admission is free to LAI and AIA members; non-member fee is $10.00. Phone 312/670-7770 for additional information. Local Chapter Technology Grants At the November New York Weekend Experience, the Board of Governors' approved $2,000 in grant money to assist Local Chapters in web site development. The $200.00 grants will help defray the costs of developing local web sites linked to International's. Grants have been awarded to: East/West Gateway There is still time to apply for the remaining five grants. Contact LAI headquarters for additional information and grant criteria: Lambda Alpha International Aloha Chapter Mark Hastert, President of the Aloha Chapter and a founding principal of Helber Hastert & Fee, Planners, Inc. has been named President of the Queen Emma Foundation. The Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to manage over 12,000 acres of land in Hawaii left by Queen Emma in 1885 to support the Queen's Medical Center, the oldest, largest, and most technologically advanced hospital in the state. Memphis Chapter David Peck, President and CEO of Weston Cos. won top honors at the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® (MAAR) Pinnacle Awards ceremony, held on March 20 to recognize the highest producing commercial real estate brokers in Memphis in 2002. Peck was presented with the 2002 MAAR Commercial Hall of Fame Award. Since joining Weston Cos. in 1976, Peck has developed a portfolio of commercial properties totaling more than 24 million square feet of space within the Memphis area with a market value of more than $ 1 billion. "The Pinnacle Awards are fast becoming the benchmark for determining the top commercial brokers in Memphis, and MAAR is proud to recognize those who contribute to the success of Memphis' commercial real estate industry," says 2003 MAAR President Isaac Northern of Northern, Inc.Upcoming Events: The World Valuation Congress 2003 Conference will be held in conjunction with the Cambridge International Land Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK July 21-25. Several LAI members will participate in the program, including Philip White and David Greenwood of Canada. For more program information and online registration, go to www.worldvalulationcongress.org. Puget Sound (Seattle) Chapter Seattle architect Bill Bain will receive this year's annual Robert B. Filley, Jr. Award for Excellence at the Puget Sound Chapter's annual meeting. The award is given each year to honor an individual's contribution to the real estate industry, higher education and community service. Bain is a partner at NBBJ Seattle, the world's third largest design practice with offices around the world. For nearly fifty years Bain has made enormous contributions to both physical and civic Seattle. The award honors Robert Filley, a real estate financier, educator and community servant who was credited with shaping the culture and economics of Seattle and Bellevue. Bain will be honored at a dinner Wednesday, May 14 at 6:00 pm at the Washington Athletic Club. Proceeds from the event benefit the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the University of Washington. Contact Kathy Greenleaf, 425/427-0973 for additional details. Anecdotes:It's Not What You Know……………………. One of the most important benefits of LAI membership is the relationships and resources it provides. Recently, Larry Lund (Ely Chapter) of Real Estate Planning discovered just how valuable LAI's 'network of relationships' can be. When Larry needed a real estate consultant fluent in Korean for a proposal for a Wholesale Farmers' Market in New York, he called Fran Brooks whom he met at the New York Weekend Experience. Fran identified four Korean graduate students at NYU's real estate program., and Larry selected Mr. Yo-Jung Jay Kim. Mr. Kim's research in ethnic retail marketing was an important addition to the project team that also included Jon DeVries of URS Corp. |
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