Jeff Mirel,
Executive Vice President at The Rosenblum Companies and Board President of the
Albany Barn, will address the Albany Roundtable on Wednesday, October14. Albany Roundtable luncheon meetings are held
at the National Register-listed University
Club, 141 Washington Avenue at Dove Street in Albany, and are open to the
public.
Mirel joined
The Rosenblum Companies, a developer and manager of premier properties in the
Capital Region, in 2014. Rosenblum’s
Great Oaks Office Park in Guilderland is one of the most desirable office
locations in the Albany area and the company’s inaugural residential project, 17 Chapel, is downtown Albany’s first
and only luxury condominium building. The Albany Business Review recognized 17 Chapel as one of “50 Projects That
Are Reshaping Life and Business in the Capital Region.”
Mirel also
founded Albany Barn, Inc. and led the non-profit’s successful efforts to
establish a creative arts incubator and community art center called The Barn,
partnering with the Albany Housing Authority and the City of Albany to
repurpose a 40,000+ square foot former school building in the city’s Arbor Hill
neighborhood. The Barn, which opened fully in late April 2014, consists of 22
affordable live/work apartments and over 13,000 square feet of highly subsidized
work and rehearsal suites, a recording studio, and ample exhibition,
performance and programming space.
Previously,
Jeff spent seven years as a senior manager at FirstLight Fiber (formerly Tech
Valley Communications), implementing the company’s municipal wireless broadband
program, which included Albany FreeNet, a free WiFi Internet access service
available in distressed City of Albany neighborhoods.
“This is an
incredibly exciting time for our region, and demographic trends favor the continuing
revitalization of our urban centers,” said Mirel. “But with that momentum comes
hard questions about how we can remake the urban ‘renewal’ of the twentieth
century, and align public, social, cultural, educational, industry and
technology resources for more equitable, sustainable development.”
Mirel is a BSBA
graduate of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business (cum
laude). He served on the Community Engagement
and Empowerment Committee for Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s Transition Team, the
City of Albany 2030 Comprehensive Plan Board, the Arbor Hill Implementation
Team, and the Albany County District Attorney’s Community Accountability Board.
The Roundtable’s New Patroon Award will be presented at the October luncheon to the
Albany Chefs’ Food & Wine Festival:Wine & Dine for the Arts, its founder Yono Purnomo and its organizers
for providing sustainable funding for the support and preservation of the
not-for-profit arts community in Albany. The festival has provided more
than $500,000 to arts and culture organizations since its inception in January,
2010.
The cost for the luncheon is $20, which may be paid at the
door. The Roundtable also offers its guests the option of paying in advancewith a credit card. The
University Club will serve a hot and cold buffet from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.,
with the program commencing at 12:30. Reservations for the October 14 luncheon
are required by Tuesday, October 13 and may be made by prepaying online, by
calling 518-431-1400 (the Albany Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce) or by
sending an e-mail to albanyroundtable@yahoo.com.
