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Posted: November 11, 2025
NYSCAR Nov. 2025 president’s message: upcoming education course and Southern Tier Developers Summit - by Robert Strell
The New York State Commercial Association of Realtors has one great course remaining this fall (free of charge for NYSCAR members). We hope you are able to join us: (nyscar.org/tools/professional development)
Workforce Housing & Infrastructure - Southern Tier Developers Summit
Hosted by Southern Tier 8
Date: November 18, 2025
Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton, 225 Water St., Binghamton
Registration: $75 and includes all sessions, meals and refreshments.
Speakers scheduled at the event will include:
• Stacey Duncan, CEO, Broome County Leadership Alliance
• Ed Flynn, vice president and director of planning, LaBella Associates
• Beth Lucas, regional planning director, Southern Tier 8 Regional Board
• Tom Seguljic, PE, principal, HRP Associates
• Jacqlene Rose, president, NYS Association of Realtors
• Brad Walters, Builders Exchange of the Southern Tier
• Frank Stento, president, Binghamton-Oneonta Building Trades Council
• Kimberly Baptiste, principal associate, Colliers Engineering & Design
• Gabe Regan, vice president, Regan Development
• Marty Meaney, mayor, Village of Johnson City
• Rob Lewis, SHIFT Capital
• Sarah Barden, SHIFT Capital
• Melissa Suchodolski, USC Builds
• Kurt Anderson, Ithaca Area Economic Development
• Julie Pacette, Schoharie Economic Enterprise Corp.
• Kate de la Garza, executive director, Ithaca Neighborhood Housing
• Beth Lucas, regional planning director, Southern Tier 8 Regional Board
• Evan Maslin, regional director for congressman Josh Riley, 19th U.S. Congressional District.
The Southern Tier Developers Summit will bring together public and private sector leaders to explore how aligning community needs with development opportunities can benefit residents, attract a skilled workforce, and support successful projects for developers. It will showcase impact development (workforce housing, brownfields, and infrastructure investments) as a tool to transform local challenges into catalysts for regional community growth. Participants will gain insights, tools, and perspectives on community, investment, partnerships, emerging opportunities and the future of development in the Southern Tier.
Course: “Discrimination Issues in Commercial Real Estate”
Date: November 20, 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon via Zoom
Instructor: Edward Smith, Jr.
CE: fulfills three-hours of “fair housing/discrimination” needed for license renewal).
Robert Strell is president of NYSCAR, Albany, N.Y.
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