Sentences with phrase «city year programs»

In this role, George works with public and private sector stakeholders and champions in communities seeking to launch new City Year programs, and has successfully launched new sites in Denver (2011), Sacramento (2012), Orlando (2012), Jacksonville (2013), Tulsa (2014), Dallas (2015), Kansas City (2016), and Memphis (2017).

Launched in Boston a decade ago, the City Year program continues to be one of the best efforts in the nation aimed at providing young people with hands - on opportunities to engage in community - service work — and to grow and learn in the process.

Not exact matches

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison at the California City Correctional Facility with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6 - month training program.

This program, now in its third year, is unique to the New York City council of Girl Scouts.

Students have two options when it comes to an EMBA at Rotman — a one - year program in the heart of downtown Toronto, or an 18 - month global stream that takes place in cities around the world.

«This is a year of really being an influence and a change maker in an amazing city that's really at the forefront of the revitalization efforts in our entire country,» says Greene Groves concluding her pitch for the program, ending with a paraphrase of the Michigan governor's pitch for Motor City: «Yeah, you can go to another city, but if you want to make a difference, come to Detroit.&racity that's really at the forefront of the revitalization efforts in our entire country,» says Greene Groves concluding her pitch for the program, ending with a paraphrase of the Michigan governor's pitch for Motor City: «Yeah, you can go to another city, but if you want to make a difference, come to Detroit.&raCity: «Yeah, you can go to another city, but if you want to make a difference, come to Detroit.&racity, but if you want to make a difference, come to Detroit.»

There's no guarantee of a job after the program finishes for participants, nor any obligation for them to stay on in the city, but Greene Groves hopes that spending a year in Detroit will help convince participants to build longer - term ties to the city.

Also driving the trend is a collective cultural disgust with «obscene comp programs — the Monopoly money, the pay schemes that screw the little investor» — that have been proffered in recent years, says Charles A. (Chuck) Coonradt, author of The Game of Work and CEO of a consulting company by the same name in Park City, Utah.

Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate investments in their cities and regions.

Its one - year Safe City pilot program is testing out a range of advanced technologies in the hope of improving public safety.

«You almost want to see the founder cry,» says David Tisch, a 30 - year - old angel investor and the managing director of the New York program of TechStars, a business incubator that is now in five cities.

Additionally, Glossier continued to run its brick - and - mortar showroom in New York City's SoHo and expanded its nearly year - old representative program, where sellers hawk products for a commission.

While Mark Zuckerberg focuses on damage control following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, his 14 - year - old social network this week kicked off a 30 - city tour for a digital skills training program starting in St. Louis.

It was Broderbund that Maxis, now a $ 14 - million developer of simulation - software toys, in Orinda, Calif., turned to four years ago with its first title, a program that lets users create their own city.

About a year after Alta launched a program in Washington, D.C., the city celebrated its one - millionth shared - bike ride, far exceeding expectations and prompting calls for more bikes and more stations.

A year ago, The Foundling began offering New York City's first digital divide programming targeted at the foster youth population, with an aim towards launching a new group of talented and diverse millennials into the workforce.

In the last year, VisiCalc has been joined on the market by numerous financial analysis programs, including SuperCalc from Sorcim Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., T — Maker II from Lifeboat Associates of New York City, TARGET from Advanced Management Strategies of Atlanta, and Micro DSS / Finance from Ferox Microsystems of Arlington, Va..

He criticized states for kicking the can down the road, living beyond their means year after year in a «never - ending sense of crisis» that results in «stop - and - go funding of vital programs,» such as those for infrastructure, education, pensions and city and county services.

Other highlights for the year included the introduction of GVBOT's Pillar Partners, the expansion of the Company of Young Professionals program to Richmond, North Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities, a new advocacy initiative with the Canadian Global Cities Council, and the WE FOR SHE Conference on gender diversity.

Women in Need (Win) has provided safe housing, critical services, and groundbreaking programs to help homeless women and their children rebuild their lives in New York City for more than 33 years.

Students who graduated from my program last year have founded ventures focused on healthy, affordable frozen meals, college preparedness in inner cities, and carbon footprint management software for energy consumers.

(Win) has provided safe housing, critical services, and groundbreaking programs to help homeless women and their children rebuild their lives in New York City for more than 33 years.

The budget dedicates $ 11.2 billion to cities and provinces for affordable housing over 10 years as part of the second wave of the government's infrastructure program, $ 5 billion of which is to encourage housing providers to pool their resources with private partners to pay for new projects.

Almost this exact time last year, the City ended it's decade - long red light camera program which funded things like the crossing guards, flashing lights for school zones and some police equipment.

The project was reevaluated at the end of last year, and the city council decided to extend its program of accepting bitcoin.

Prior to joining the Sherpa family, Liz spent several years in New York City as Senior Director of Communications + Special Projects at Conde Nast where she managed public relations, executive positioning and global programming across the company's media properties.

The program is the idea of the city's 27 - year - old mayor and will be primarily funded by the basic income advocacy group Economic Security Project...

Howard Bancorp Inc. in Ellicott City last year repaid its $ 5.98 million in TARP money with about half of the $ 12.5 million it received by switching to another government program, the Small Business Lending Fund.

During my (almost) two years with Canada Learning Code, as an Experience Coordinator for the Toronto chapter, I've helped coordinate Ladies Learning Code workshops, Meetups (formerly Coffee & Code) and Digital Skills programs hosted at some of the most innovative, creative and richly diverse tech companies in the city.

The Minnesota Housing Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Program offers a tax credit of up to $ 2,000 per year for first - time homebuyers in the Twin Cities area.

Several years ago, I suggested to a leading U.S. Catholic bishop that the Campaign for Human Development be transformed into a campaign for inner - city schools, because, as Brinig and Garnett demonstrate, these schools are the Church's best anti-poverty and empowerment program — indeed, they may be America's best anti-poverty program.

This year, in my hometown of Grove City, Pennsylvania, local schools are implementing the Olweus Bullying Prevention program.

I wrote The Secular City after having lived for a year in Berlin, where I taught in a church sponsored adult education program with branches on both sides of the barbed wire.

GET THIS PRINT The CruciFiction: The COR Program (Cities of Refuge) was established a few years after the Overthrow to meet the unfortunate reality of the LGBTQ people, nicknamed «Strains» because they are a...

He asks us to believe that the U.S. bishops issued a statement called «Political Responsibility» during a U.S. election year that merely rediscovers nineteenth - century German social thought, which by chance offers a political platform that, by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholic faith.

The New York City Festival, held Oct. 11 - 14 this year, not only celebrates the best of food and drink, it also benefits the hunger - relief programs of Food Bank For New York City and Share Our Strength.

Le Pain Quotidien ran a pilot program in New York City last year certifying 43 of its restaurants as CO2 Neutral, a CO2logic initiative.

Neumark is the founder of The Sylvia Center, which holds year - round programs in schools and New York City Housing Authority community centers to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands - on learning experiences on the farm and in the kitchen.

Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, has a barrel program that has evolved from a once - a-year release of several styles — including bourbon barrel — aged quadrupel ale and its whiskey - barrel imperial stout — to year - round releases in more accessible 12 - ounce four packs rather than individual 750 - milliliter bottles.

Farmer Scholarship Program Each year Green City Market offers 10 scholarships, up to $ 500 each, to Green City Market farmers who wish to pursue continuing education in sustainable agriculture during the winter months.

CNU is a non-profit, community based organization which provides educational scholarships to inner city youth residing in the 27th Ward of Chicago and assists with various neighborhood programs throughout the year.

«Musically Mastered Menu» and additional projects from the Foundation are committed to creating 52 new music programs in 34 cities for the 2015 - 2016 school year.

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«This was the 12th year I was involved in hosting (the basketball tournament),» said Wes Allnutt, program coordinator for the City of Walnut Creek.

This year's event was held on the same Sunday in May that SportStars was hosting its All - City honors program at Raley Field in West Sacramento.

Nine years ago she and her husband, Shannon Kelley, developed the program, which airs in 65 cities and teaches kids to make smart life choices.

Rodelo coached for 14 years at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City, running up a 145 -6-2 record, but he quit in disgust two years ago over the program.

Singh, a 1991 graduate of River City, took over the Raiders» girls soccer program ten years ago and began crafting a champion.

Former Leicester City player and BBC MOTD frontman, Gary Lineker, has promised to host the first program of next year in nothing but his underwear.

There is a similar program in the United States according to Dr. Deborah Campbell of Children's Hotel in New York City which also has been very successful for years now — the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program which is funded by the government.