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WEDLI honors Kelly of Chill Amach Caf

é with semi annual scholarshipLong Island, NY Women Economic Developers of LI (WEDLI) presented its semi annual Sally Slacke/Dorothy Tripp Scholarship Award to Alice Kelly of Chill Amach Café & Gallery. Kelly, a graduate of Suffolk Community College's (SCC) Entrepreneurship Program, is also setting up a retail café and gallery in the Huntington area. The scholarship recognizes female entrepreneurs seeking to start or expand a business or improve their entrepreneurial skills. Chill Amach Café & Gallery is an on-line gallery showcasing LI artists and craftspeople's work for sale. Funded by WEDLI co-founder and past president, Roz Goldmacher, president/CEO LI Development Corp., the scholarship honors two prominent women involved in economic development on LI. Slacke, a founding member of WEDLI ran a test boring company and was a former chair of SCC. Dorothy Tripp, co- founder of WEDLI and its first president, was commissioner of tourism for the town of Hempstead and chair of the LI Convention & Visitors Bureau. Also in attendance was Lucille Wesnofske, WEDLI president and director of the Small Business Development Center at SUNY Farmingdale.é & Gallery and Roz Goldmacher of LI Dec. Corp.
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The evolving relationship of environmental  consultants and the lending community - by Chuck Merritt

The evolving relationship of environmental consultants and the lending community - by Chuck Merritt

When Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) were first part of commercial real estate risk management, it was the lenders driving this requirement. When a borrower wanted a loan on a property, banks would utilize a list of “Approved Consultants” to order the report on both refinances and purchases.