Listen to this articleThe Long Island Builders Institute will host its annual Long Island Builders Expo this week.
The event is scheduled for 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 11 at the Long Island Hilton in Melville.
The expo, which is free and open to the public, will feature more than 100 exhibitors from the homebuilding and remodeling industries and related businesses. Representatives of building departments from Babylon, Brookhaven, Hempstead, Huntington, Islip, North Hempstead, Riverhead, Oyster Bay, and Smithtown, as well as Suffolk County Consumer Affairs, will be on hand to answer building-related questions from attendees, according to a LIBI statement.
A luncheon panel discussion moderated by LIBI CEO Mike Florio will be held at 1:30 p.m. before the start of the expo. Panelists at the discussion titled “Exploring Long Island’s Housing Crisis,” will include Brookhaven Supervisor Dan Panico; Babylon Supervisor Rich Schaffer; RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal; Gwen O’Shea, president and CEO of Community Development Long Island; Dan Lloyd, founder and president of Minority Millennials; Steven Krieger, president of B2K Development; and Steven Dubb, principal of Beechwood Homes.
Admission to the luncheon panel is $40 for LIBI members and $50 for non-members.
Long Island Home Builders Care, LIBI’s charitable partner, is teaming up with LIBI’s Remodeling Council to donate three custom backyard dog dens to Long Island veterans and America’s VetDogs/Guide Dog Foundation. LIHBC is also landscaping and donating exercise equipment for America’s VetDogs to use for a dog park, with compliments of Jay Ratto of Jay Ratto Landscaping and Joy Schonholz of Young Equipment.
Founded in 1941, the Long Island Builders Institute, which has more than 650 members, is the state’s largest trade group representing commercial and residential builders, remodelers, multifamily developers, rental buildings, general contractors and related businesses.
