Come meet the DBE members from Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia at this event. You can join us for the day on Saturday or arrive on Friday evening for our dinner and Halloween celebration.
We hope that many of our NY State Members will attend. Join up with the State Board and Chapter Regents as we discuss the future of DBE and ways to improve our member experience. Your input will be invaluable!
Registration information for the Saturday conference, Friday night dinner and/or hotel rooms is provided below. Train travel using Amtrak is so easy from NYC since the train stop is in Alexandria. The sooner you book, the cheaper the fare will be. It should be a fun event!
Registration: You can book on-line (this is our preferred method of payment for this event).
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/eastern-district-organizers-meeting
Or, you can mail in a registration form and check. Please contact us at dbenyorganizer@gmail.com and we will send you the information to complete.
Note: When booking through Zeffy, feel free to remove any optional donations that are listed by Zeffy. As a non-profit organization we do not pay fees for the event management from Zeffy (although they will always suggest a donation amount and you can remove the dollar amount in that field).
Getting to the event via Amtrak: The hotel is just across the road from the Alexandria station. The conference location is a short bus ride or walk from the hotel.
Friday: Dinner and welcome reception will be at Gadsby's Tavern at 6:30 pm on Friday, October 31. Halloween costumes are encouraged and there will be prizes for the best costumes.
Saturday: The EDO meeting will be held on Saturday, complete with a luncheon and talk by a local historian and will end by 2:30 - 3pm so people can travel back home.
DBE has negotiated special rates to stay overnight at the Embassy Suites for $209 for a single or shared room or $229 for a triple occupancy. This information is also available on the Zeffy link and paper registration form. The rates apply for the evenings of October 31 and November 1.
Hotel booking link: https://book.passkey.com/go/NSDBEOct2025
Guests who prefer to make their reservation by phone may call 1-800-362-2779 and should reference your group code: “DBE”.
We look forward to seeing you at this DBE event for the Eastern District States!