By Larry Lund
Member of the Ely Chapter
LAI International Fellow
LAI International President 2003-2005
Ely Chapter President 1991
Come celebrate the Land Economics Weekend (LEW) in April 26-28, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore is where we held the first LEW in 2000, where our “founder” Richard T. Ely launched his career, and where we will continue to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Baltimore Chapter!
Initially, the LEWs were called the “Weekend Experience”, which were an outgrowth of the biannual LAI International Board meetings. After the board meeting, the local Chapter scheduled tours of their community for the board members who attended. In 2000, the LAI International Board decided to open the weekend experiences to all LAI members. The Baltimore Chapter hosted the first “behind the scene tours of their city” open to all LAI members and their guests.
Baltimore is where Professor Richard T. Ely (1854-1943) launched his career. Ely was born in Chautauqua County, New York and attended Dartmouth before transferring to Columbia University in New York…