The Central Gulf Coast Chapter has set the dates for our 2021 Lunch & Learn series (see below). Please enter these dates into your calendars now. Details (topic, speaker bio, Zoom link, etc.) will be sent to the Chapter email list one week in advance of the meeting. These meetings will be held virtually using…
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), invites you to attend a two-part public webinar series. These webinars will present information about Florida’s preparations to assume administration of the dredge and fill permitting program under Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act for certain…
The Chapter held its third Lunch and Learn of 2020 on November 19. This meeting was originally scheduled for September 2020 but was postponed due to Hurricane Sally. Our speaker, Tracy Wyman, gave a wonderful presentation on low impact development (LID) along the Gulf Coast. If you missed the meeting but would like to view…
We had a wonderful turnout for our June 2020 Lunch & Learn with Jack Koban and former Senator Mary Landrieu. Here is a link to the Zoom recordings (audio/video/transcript): click here for Zoom recordings We will be sending out the 1-hr PDH certificates by email using the attendee list from Zoom. If others were sharing…
It is that time of the year again! Our second Lunch & Learn of 2020 will be held (as scheduled) next Thursday June 18, 2020 from 12-1 PM. As with most meetings nowadays, next week’s meeting will be conducted using Zoom. You will need to pre-register for the Zoom meeting in order to attend. Please…
Chapter Members & Friends, Thanks for (virtually) joining us yesterday for the March 2020 Lunch & Learn. The turnout was excellent and the discussion was wonderful. We appreciate your willingness to attend and participate, particularly since we know that everyone seems to be “extra” busy these days. I wanted to follow-up with a few pieces…
Chapter Members and Friends: Happy New Year! Thank you all for your support of ASBPA in 2019 and I look forward to an even better 2020. I will keep this email relatively brief, but look forward to additional messages in the near future. As always, don’t forget to check our Chapter website for the…
There are three important items that require your attention. Please read on below. 1) Membership: if you have not already done so, please renew your ASBPA memberships for 2019. Memberships run on a calendar year basis. I will be working with Kate & Ken (ASBPA Managing Directors) to pinpoint lapsed memberships before they completely…
At one point in time, not too long ago, the year 2020 seemed like “the future” and I am sure we all assumed that we would be driving around in flying cars by then. Well we may not have flying cars in 2020, but it is being proclaimed as the “Year of the Gulf” in…
The Central Gulf Coast Chapter of ASBPA received its official Charter on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at the Coastal Summit in Washington, DC. Our regional chapter was well represented with 11 members present throughout the Summit. Our region also took home a lot of hardware! Between Congressman Garret Graves receiving the Friend of the Coast…