Business leaders spent their morning networking and gaining insights from the region’s most impactful developers on Long Island.
On April 22, executives from a wide range of industries met at the Tap Room at Station Yards, TRITEC’s transformative development at the Ronkonkoma Hub which built a community.
TRITEC Executive Vice President Kevin Law, also a former head of the Long Island Power Authority and Long Island Association, and Beechwood Organization CEO Michael Dubb, whose residential developments span much of the region, spoke on Long Island housing and development.
“The way Long Island business works is through networking,” Law said at Station Yards, which Tritec developed, of the importance of networking. “Everything’s about relationships. Events like this force you to get out from behind your desk and behind a screen and meet people.”
Joseph Trotti, partner at law firm Vishnick McGovern Milizio, said breakfast networking can begin the day well.
“There is no substitute for the in-person aspect. You can do Zoom, virtual, digital. But there is no substitute for meeting someone and speaking to them in person,” Trotti, a Schneps Connects member, said. “When it’s a smaller group, you can get to meet the people easier and have lasting conversations.”
Phil Fierro, managing director of Risk Strategies and another member of the group, said networking is at the core of growing business.
“I get to meet people. I have prospects,” he said. “This is probably the year that I’ve done the most networking in my career, going to breakfasts, events.”
A number of bankers, as well as attorneys, accountants and entrepreneurs attended.
“It’s important to meet the lenders in the community, the brokers,” said Michael Adler, a vice president at Beechwood. “It’s all about networking, meeting people.”
Bankers from FourLeaf Federal Credit Union and TD Bank as well as others all circulated.
“Everybody’s here for the same reason and that’s to grow their business and learn about what’s going on,” said FourLeaf Branch Manager William Bendernagel. “Any time anybody with different ideas gets into a room and you see people you would not normally see, things happen.”
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