John C. Murphy
President
Law Offices of John C. Murphy

Herbert A. Davis
Secretary
Prudential Carruthers Realtors

Amy Seitz
Scribe

Joseph Cronyn
Treasurer
Lipman Frizzell & Mitchell, LLC

Ackneil M. Muldrow II
Past President
ParkerMuldrow & Associates, LLC

Rachel F. Edds, AICP
President Elect
Edds Consulting, LLC

Robert M. Lefenfeld
Vice President for Membership
Real Property Research Group, Inc.

James S. Leanos, SIOR
Vice President for Development
Corporate Property Solutions, LLC

Michael A. Anikeeff, Ph. D.
Real Estate Department
Johns Hopkins University

Frank B. Coakley
Maryland Department of Housing
and Community Development

John E. Kortecamp, Ph. D.
Home Builders Association of MD

Ronald M. Kreitner
West Side Renaissance Corporation

Joseph T. "Jody" Landers, III
Greater Baltimore Board of REALTORS, Inc.

Josef Nathanson
Urban Information Associates, Inc.

Kim Schaefer
TerraLogos, P.C.

The Baltimore Chapter, formed in 1992, meets typically at noon on the
third Wednesday of the month
Chapter members free; guests are welcome
(regular meeting guest fee is $20)
Email or call Judy Bushong for reservations

NEXT MEETING

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Note New Location
One Charles Center, 7th Floor
Edward St. John Conference Room
Noon - 1:30

Speaker: Bart Harvey
Enterprise Community Partners

Baltimore's Social Capital

Baltimore's Bart Harvey is a leader in housing and community development finance. He served as Chairman of the Board and President and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners, as well as Chairman of the Board of Enterprise Community Investment. He has testified before Congress on many community development issues and served on national housing task forces and boards. He is advising the Obama administration on housing and real estate policy.

For reservations, contact Judy Bushong
judybushong@yahoo.com
410-828-4700

FUTURE MEETINGS

(Please contact John Murphy or Rachel Edds with suggestions for future speakers)

Wednesday July 29, 2009
4:00 pm - 7:30 pm

2nd Annual Boat Tour of Baltimore Harbor Waterfront

Reservations now open to Lambda Alpha members and guests. Please make your reservation with Joe Cronyn (jcronyn@lfmvalue.com). The tour price of $40 covers expenses of the Living Classrooms Boat and a donation to the Living Classrooms Foundation. Drinks and light refreshments will be served. Tour fee will be collected at the boat.

Reservations are non-refundable unless cancelled by July 21.

Capacity is limited to 30. Sign up today!

September 16, 2009* TBA

October 21, 2009 TBA

November 18, 2009 Annual Meeting (evening, dinner)

December 2, 2009* Board Meeting Only

*Board will meet at 11 am, prior to general meeting

A report of the chapter's 2008 cruise of Baltimore's renowned
Inner Harbor was in the August 2008 issue of LAI's Keynotes newsletter.

Resources: Baltimore Chapter Symposia

The Baltimore Chapter, in cooperation with other organizations, sponsors symposia on topics of regional significance.

April 2007: one-day symposium titled "By Choice, Not By Chance: Transportation for the Baltimore Region," cosponsored with ULI Baltimore and the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors. The symposium brochure may be viewed by clicking here (256 kb PDF file)
A summary of presentations and visual materials used by the presenters is available; click here.
LAI-Baltimore supports the development of a balanced transportation system for the Baltimore region; refer to the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board's latest draft Transportation Outlook 2035 (To visit the Board's web site, click here)

November 2005: half-day conference on "Baltimore's Challenge: Housing for All," sponsored jointly with the Citizens Planning and Housing Association. The conference brochure may be viewed by clicking here (223 kb PDF file).

April 2004: one-day symposium on "Technology, Smart Growth, and Future Form of the Baltimore Region" sponsored in part by grants from the Loeb Fellowship Association of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and LAI's Land Economics Foundation. The symposium brochure may be viewed by clicking here (1 Mb PDF file). A summary of the symposium is available by clicking here (2.4 Mb Microsoft Word file).

LAI International Meetings and Events

LAI Land Economics Weekend
May 7 - 9, 2009
Vancouver, BC