Sentences with phrase «economic development council for»

Under Mr. Morrissey's leadership as Executive Director of the New Bedford Economic Development Council for many years, New Bedford led all similar size cities from around New England in new growth and private capital investment.

Homes here are affordable, especially smaller homes on smaller lots in Peoria proper, which appeal to young professionals and first - time home buyers, says Sally Hanley, of the Peoria - based Economic Development Council for Central Illinois.

«We are so thankful to Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Regional Economic Development Council for listening to us and recognizing how important it is for Mount Vernon to restore Memorial Field, repair our sewers and keep our reputation as the birthplace of arts, music, and culture.»

The state was divided into 10 regions with an economic development council for each.

«I am grateful to the Regional Economic Development Council for awarding this important funding to help bring this dream to reality,» said Czub.

Howard Zemsky is co-chairman of the Regional Economic Development Council for Western New York and will play a significant role in the shaping of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to invest $ 1 billion of state incentives in the Buffalo - area economy.

And two snowmobile clubs have received funding from the North Country Regional Economic Development Council for new trail - grooming equipment.

Miner said it would be inaccurate to draw specific conclusions about the commission's plan from the recent proposal submitted by the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council for $ 500 million in state funding.

No local officials hesitated when the governor offered Buffalo $ 1 billion, said Howard Zemsky, a developer who chairs the governor's regional economic development council for Western New York.

The Senate denies any actions by the Executive to administratively establish an Office of Workforce Development within the Executive Chamber, and any action by the Executive to create a new Consolidated Funding Application through the Regional Economic Development Councils for various existing programs related to workforce development.

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Steve studied politics at the University of London, with a focus on world economic development, IMF, World Bank and WTO; and journalism at the National Council for Training Journalists.

The park posted a net loss of HK$ 148 million ($ 19 million) for the year, dropping into the red after three straight years of profits, Hong Kong's Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development said in a report released on Monday.

The Memphis City Council voted on Oct. 3 to offer the tax breaks for the company's headquarters, possibly in addition to incentives from the development agency Economic Development Growth Engine, Shelby County anddevelopment agency Economic Development Growth Engine, Shelby County andDevelopment Growth Engine, Shelby County and the state.

As he points out, when a review of the city finances under Mayor David Miller called for improved economic development, Toronto created Build Toronto and Invest Toronto, arms - lengths organizations with a «mandate from the mayor and council... that the city is indeed open for business.»

During the past two decades, he has served in a series of senior policy positions in Washington, D.C., including the 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton, Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama and Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank.

In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.50

Earlier, Ms. Mann served as a Senior International Economist at the US President's Council of Economic Advisors and worked as a Special Assistant to the Vice-President for Development Economics / Chief Economist at the World Bank.

«It could bring some control to the Wild West of the third parties operating on these platforms,» said Karen Kornbluh, a senior fellow for digital policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and former ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development under the Obama administration.

«People tend to confuse what the government can do with what these individual companies can do,» said Karen Kornbluh, a senior fellow for digital policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and former ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development under the Obama administration.

From 2006 to 2007 he served as a director on the Lacombe Economic Development Board and ran unsuccessfully for Lacombe municipal council in 2007.

As the world's demand for energy continues to increase, the Business Council is strongly committed to making Canada a global leader in sustainable development through showing that healthy economic growth, high living standards and environmental protection can be mutually supportive.

To further contextualize Canada's serious issue with its productivity growth, a report put out by the Council of Canadian Academies states that since 1984, the relative labour productivity in the Canadian business sector dropped from more than 90 % of the US level to 76 % in 2007, putting the country 15th out of 18 comparative Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

The Saudi Council for Economic and Development Affairs, headed by crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the powerful 31 - year - old son of King Salman, announced that it will implement 10 new programs in the third quarter of 2017 to strengthen the objectives of Vision 2030.

The sort of program for which the world crisis calls should be greater by a factor of ten; the National Council of Churches has recommended $ 3 billion per year for economic development abroad.

The Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI) is a non-profit legal entity established in 1965 with financial support from the Canners» Association of Taiwan, CIECD (Council for International Economic Cooperation and Development) and JCRR (Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction).

IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

Legislation that would require members of the Regional Economic Development Councils to disclose their finances is «no different» than the transparency requirements state lawmakers have approved for themselves in recent years, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said on Wednesday.

New York's 10 regional economic development councils will compete for more than $ 800 million in state economic development aid in the latest round of an initiative launched by Cuomo six years ago.

Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, the go - to man for happy quotes about the governor and the chairman of the administration's economic development council, is the former Rochester mayor.

The councils consist of business and higher education officials as well as state lawmakers and have been tasked with developing economic development strategies for a region.

While the councils have seemingly given the executive branch of government more authority and discretion over economic development spending, Flanagan insisted the appetite for oversight isn't a switch in his approach.

Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO at the Partnership for New York City, and Winston Fisher, a Partner at Fisher Brothers, appeared on WCNY's Capitol Pressroom this morning to discuss their proposals for economic development in the city through the Regional Economic Development Councileconomic development in the city through the Regional Economic Development Coundevelopment in the city through the Regional Economic Development CouncilEconomic Development CounDevelopment Council (REDC).

According to Hochul, central New York has won $ 529 million for 505 projects since the Regional Economic Development Council program started in 2011.

The Executive Budget establishes 10 Regional Economic Development Councils, which will be chaired by Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy, to create a more regionally - based approach to allocating economic development funding and to act as one - stop shops for all State - supported economic development and business assistance programs in eachEconomic Development Councils, which will be chaired by Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy, to create a more regionally - based approach to allocating economic development funding and to act as one - stop shops for all State - supported economic development and business assistance programs in eDevelopment Councils, which will be chaired by Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy, to create a more regionally - based approach to allocating economic development funding and to act as one - stop shops for all State - supported economic development and business assistance programs in eacheconomic development funding and to act as one - stop shops for all State - supported economic development and business assistance programs in edevelopment funding and to act as one - stop shops for all State - supported economic development and business assistance programs in eacheconomic development and business assistance programs in edevelopment and business assistance programs in each region.

The Business Council supports continued funding for the state's Regional Economic Development Councils, funding for the state to host more tourism related summits and initiatives that create private sector investment and job creation.

The proposal for an inland port was part of an Upstate Revitalization Initiative grant, that the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council won in 2015.

Western New York is getting $ 62 million for approved projects in the latest round of state spending from the regional economic development councils.

Judges are appointed by the governor and determine the winners of the $ 750 million in funds distributed within the state's Regional Economic Development Councils, and for the separate $ 1.5 B competition between different Upstate regions.

Striving for something more formal than the current system — in which individual companies negotiate with state Empire State Development Corporation officials — Cuomo said each of the 10 regional economic councils will develop a comprehensive plan and submit it to the state by November.

The Business Council also supports the continued funding of the Wine and Grape Foundation appropriated at $ 713,000, for FY2014 - 15 and the state's continued investment in the Regional Economic Development Councils, Open for Business and NY Works, which was estimated at $ 60 million in 2013.

Prior to The Business Council, she was a consultant and lobbyist for Powers and Company, where she advised clients on a range of issues including high - profile economic development projects such as the Javits Center expansion and the new Yankee Stadium in New York City.

It requires a fiscal impact statement be provided to the Council Speaker 30 days before benefits commence for an economic development project.

CBC's report includes sensible recommendations for the Cuomo administration's economic development policy and ten newly created Regional Councils.

But the governor called out the region's legislators for wanting to shift control of state economic development funding away from the regional economic development councils that Cuomo created and put the money back in the hands of the Senate and Assembly for them to dole out individually.

Besides assisting communities affected by state facility closures, these funds will be used to provide more than $ 130 million for competitively determined economic development projects put forward by the Regional Councils, $ 100 million for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital program and $ 10 million towards the State's existing commitment for the New York City Empowerment Zone.

Inc. • Ambient Environmnental, Inc. • API New York • BlueRock Energy • Buffalo Niagara Partnership • Capital Region Chamber of Commerce • Central Hudson • Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce • Chemung County Chamber of Commerce • Constitution Pipeline • Cortland County Chamber of Commerce • D.A. Collins • Delaware Engineering • Dominion Energy • Eastern NY District Council of Laborers • Energy Coalition of New York • Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance • EnergyMark, LLC • Engineers Labor - Employer Cooperative (ELEC 825) • General Contractors Association of NY • Hudson Valley Building & Construction Trades Council • Independent Oil & Gas Association of NY (IOGA - NY) • Independent Power Producers of NY (IPPNY) • International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 (IOUE 825) • Iroquois • IUOE Local 825 • Joint Landowners Coalition • Laborers District Council of Eastern NY • Laborers Local 17 LECET Fund • Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier • Millennium Pipeline • National Fuel Gas Company • National Federation of Independent Business • North Country Chamber of Commerce • NYS Building & Construction Trades Council • NYS Conference of the International Union of Operating Engineers • NYS Economic Development Council • NYS LECET Fund (Laborers - Employers Cooperation & Education Trust) • Orange County Partnership • Otsego County IDA • Penn - York Land Services Corp. • Unshackle Upstate • Upstate New York Laborers District Council • U.S Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy • USA Compression • Williams Pipeline.

Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) show that using new ways of encouraging young children to stay in regular schooling cut drop - out rates by 42 per cent in just a year.

While the United Nations Security Council acknowledged in its resolution 1991 of 28 June 2011 that the elections in the DR Congo are a «key condition for the consolidation of democracy, national reconciliation and restoration of a stable, peaceful and secure environment in which stabilization and socio - economic development can progress» it places the main responsibility for the elections with the Congolese government instead of ensuring the government has the necessary means available to conduct them.

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Some newspapers have called for an ethics probe after Duffy admitted he's been interviewing for a job with the Rochester Business Alliance, a trade and lobby group, while serving on Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Councils.