History Timeline
1926 – Long Island Chamber of Commerce is incorporated
1928 – Chamber Sponsors first Long Island Convention
1936 – Organization officially changes name to Long Island Association
1947 – Edward (E.F.) Hutton is guest speaker at LIA Annual Meeting
1949 – Association moves offices from Penn Station to Nassau County
1953 – LIA initiates Long Island Hall of Fame
1959 – Organization forms its first government affairs committee
1970 – LIA holds its first World Showcase at the World Trade Center
1973 – Organization supports legislation to standardize education goals in public schools
1988 – LIA Housing Committee spawns the Long Island Housing Partnership
1991 – First Long Island Economic Summit held to discuss Long Island’s economic future
1994 – HOV lanes from exit 49-57 open on the LIE after support from LIA
1994 – LIA launches LIA Health Alliance
1995 – LIA launches Project Long Island, aimed at revitalizing the Island’s high tech manufacturing sector
1997 – LIA creates Long Island Software and Technology Network ("LISTNet"), a nonprofit representing information technology companies and promoting the Island as a high-tech region
1998 – LIA holds the first Long Island Corporate Golf Championship
1999 – LIA launches the Long Island Works Coalition, a nonprofit focused on workforce development that seeks to bring business and education communities together
2003 – LIA holds the Long Island Goals Conference
2008 – State legislation supported by the LIA for affordable housing is signed into law
