Islip Notebook: Foreign Trade Zone To Host Business Networking Event

Islip Town’s Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) will host its quarterly executive business breakfast and trade show this Wednesday in Holtsville.

The event will feature a discussion about the FTZ’s 30th anniversary and how the area, which is home to a number of businesses and located near Long Island MacArthur Airport, has become the island’s destination for imports.

Among the speakers will be Astrid Fidelia, executive director of the FTZ; Patti Stoff, managing director of the Long Island Import Export Association; and Michael Limb, executive chairman of the Asian American Advisory Council. Limb is responsible for negotiating a multi-million dollar deal that will bring a Chinese company to Suffolk County.

The event will be held at 8 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on North Ocean Ave. just south of the Long Island Expressway. For more information call 631-897-4926.

New Home Owners Welcomed

Islip Town Supervisor Phil Nolan and councilmen Steve Flotteron and Gene Parrington were on hand in Bay Shore recently to welcome new owners of affordable housing. They were joined by Adolfo Carrion, regional director with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

As part of this project, done in conjunction with the Town’s Housing Authority, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Long Island Housing Partnership, nine two family public housing buildings on Tudor Ln. in Bay Shore were converted to affordable houses.

The families were able to purchase these homes through a program that allows former public housing units to be made available for purchase by low-income families for their primary residence.

“This project is just proof that when government comes together it can work for our residents,” said Nolan. “I’m inspired by the fact that these good people now have good, affordable homes.”

STOP Day A Success

Islip Town recently held STOP Day, or “Stop Throwing Out Pollutants” Day, at the Multi-Purpose Recycling Center in Holbrook. More than 900 people came by to drop off their waste.

STOP Day is managed by the Department of Environmental Control (DEC). It allows Islip residents to safely dispose of household pollutants such as batteries, aerosol cans and paints. The event happens twice a year: once in the spring and again in the fall.  

This most recent STOP Day included a second distribution center at Central Islip Train Station. DEC officials said this made it easier for residents to drop off their waste.