Sentences with phrase «economic development group in»

Wauters also has served on various state - level boards and on university and community college boards and committees, and has been engaged with the economic development group in the community.

At this writing, there are nearly 12, 000 economic development groups in the United States that charge nothing for their services and assistance.

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I found myself recently in need of a contact at a local, large municipal economic - development group, but didn't know a soul there.

China should surpass Japan this year to become the world's No. 2 investor in research and development after the United States, an international economic group said.

«We look forward to working with any group looking to create jobs and further economic development in the state.»

The business development group was replaced in 2016 with the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation, according to a county governmdevelopment group was replaced in 2016 with the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation, according to a county governmDevelopment Corporation, according to a county government report.

On the other side of the ledger, an oil spill in Burrard Inlet would put at risk industries, including tourism, real estate and agriculture, that together employ over 200,000 people, according to Vancouver - based CRED (Conversations for Responsible Economic Development), a non-profit research and advocacy group.

«In no way does WMC or any other chamber, regional or local economic development group direct WEDC's policies or decisions,» Michels said.

The relationship between some international brands and their manufacturing partners in China, as well as those brands and their customers, is «shifting due to economic and technological developments,» Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma wrote in a new Wall Street Journal editorial.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday the annual rate of inflation in its 34 developed - country members rose to 1.5 % from 1.3 % in October, while in the Group of 20 leading industrial and developing nations it increased to 2.9 % from 2.8 %.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Tuesday said the annual rate of inflation in its 34 developed - country members rose to 1.6 % from 1.5 % in November, while in the Group of 20 leading industrial and developing nations it fell to 2.9 % from 3.0 %.

ABLAC gathers a C - suite group of business leaders in Asia and Canada to provide a forum for an open and candid dialogue on how Canada can realize the full potential of its business and economic engagement with Asia, as well as providing strategic policy advice informing the development of an Asia Strategy for the Government of Canada.

In their development of this initiative, the three founders recruited additional members to forge the Project's Risk Committee, a group of dedicated individuals concerned about the economic future of America under the threat of global climate change.

«The developments out of two major economic zones in the world are clearly positive, especially for copper,» Tim Evans, the chief market strategist at Long Leaf Trading Group Inc. in Chicago, said in a telephone interview.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

Contemporary evidence about the economic cultures of East Asia, of successful ethnic groups in different countries, or of the mobility of immigrants to this country all seems to point in the same direction: self - denial and discipline are virtues that are the condition sine qua non of early capitalist development.

It was further maintained that the right to development is the right of individuals, groups and peoples to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy continuous economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.

Champions 12.3, a coalition of 30 CEOs, government ministers, executives of research institutions, farmer organisations and civil society groups, was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos and aims to accelerate progress toward meeting target 12.3 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which seeks to halve per capita food waste by 2030.

The company then partnered with farmers, government agencies, international development groups, individual investors, angel investors, U.S. wholesalers, non-profit organizations, including the Community Coalition for Haiti (CCH), a non-profit dedicated to supporting economic improvement in Haiti.

An interdisciplinary group of experts analyzes the candidate profiles and chooses 10 finalists based on their work in areas such as culinary innovation, health, nutrition, education, the environment, the food industry, social or economic development, among others.

The I - 80 Corporate Consortium is group of business leaders, political representatives, economic development professionals and local officials who joined forces about two and a half years ago to help each other and create «one voice» to promote economic development in the corridor, Wright said.

In language that seems calibrated to knock at Cuomo's soft spots for economic development and government accountability, the group writes that the economy of the state is being hurt by the delay and claim that member companies are now «exhausted» when it comes to trusting the state.

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

Just last month, Steve DiMeo, president of Mohawk Valley EDGE, a Rome - based economic development group, said that GE was in the final stages of negotiations with a partner to occupy Quad - C and create 300 jobs, according to the Utica Observer - Dispatch.

Owego, NY, September 22, 2017 — The Governor's Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR), New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), Empire State Development (ESD), Nelson Development Group LLC., the Village of Owego, the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), and the Tioga County Department of Economic Development and Planning (ED&P), today celebrated the beginning of construction on the Gateway Apartments project in Owego, New York.

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that... (read more)

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that billions of state funds remain at risk for bid rigging and pay to play.

«We formed a collaborative group that includes the seven counties of the Mohawk Valley, so that we have over 1 million people in terms of population,» said Andrew Fish, senior vice president of business development for Centerstate Corporation for Economic Opportunity.

Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association business group, said Zemsky «understands the appropriate role government can play in spurring economic development.»

Howe testified the group discussed economic development, Cor projects in Syracuse, and how the governor might be able to help, broadly.

The good - government group Reinvent Albany on Monday issued a memorandum in opposition to a bill backed by Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein that would create a chief procurement officer to oversee economic development spending.

As the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the UBA Group, UBA Foundation is committed to the socio - economic betterment of the communities in which UBA operates, focusing on development in the areas of Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment and Special Peconomic betterment of the communities in which UBA operates, focusing on development in the areas of Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment and Special PEconomic Empowerment and Special Projects.

«Once again, the flyers and robo calls will point out the issues the Senators have failed to deliver on, including increasing the state's unemployment benefit, failing to stand up to the Governor when he shut down hundreds of construction jobs, and a failure to reform our broken economic development system,» the group said in a press release out this morning.

While good - government groups and lawmakers push for more oversight and transparency of economic development spending in New York, legislative leaders in Albany still hope to strike a deal with Governor Andrew Cuomo on the issue.

There are wider problems with basing economic development on tourism, said Sam Magavern, co-director of the Partnership for the Public Good, a coalition of 178 community groups based in the Buffalo metropolitan area.

Later this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hand out more than $ 2 billion in economic development funds to regional groups.

SARANAC LAKE A group of art, history and business executives convened last week to talk about ways the arts can spur economic development in the North Country.

John Kaehny, with the reform group Reinvent Albany, says lawmakers need to make economic development contracts more transparent, to avoid potential corruption in the future.

Consensus, the citizen group composed of 19 legislators and community leaders, published a series of recommendations in February calling for government consolidation and laying out plans for saving funds in 16 categories — including law enforcement, courts and economic development.

The site could hold over 2,000 units of housing, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space and 500,000 square feet of community facility space, public parks and waterfront access, the non-profit group South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation said in a planning report that was finished in January.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

The IDA and the Red Cross have agreed to gauge the interest of other nonprofit groups in moving their office to the Clement Mansion at 786 Delaware Ave. if the economic development agency were to acquire the building.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

Unshackle Upstate, a business - backed group that has been critical of the governor, in a statement urged no changes be made to the Regional Economic Development Councils, such as requiring members to disclose financial information, which has been floated by some lawmakers.

Municipal leaders, along with city, county and downtown economic development and business promotion groups, are hoping a two - year bid for a Downtown Revitalization Initiative award will fast - track projects and solve long - standing sore spots in the core of Batavia.

Government reform groups in Albany want state lawmakers Cuomo to strengthen the state's contracting and procurement system after nine people were arrested on charges of bid - rigging related to a lucrative economic development project.

Cuomo is scheduled to hand out more than two billion dollars in economic development funds to regional groups next week.

An effort in the past legislative session to reform how economic development money is spent, disclosed and overseen fell short at the Capitol, but good - government and budget reform groups aren't giving up.

As the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the UBA Group, UBA Foundation is committed to the socio - economic betterment of communities across the African continent focusing on development in the areas of Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment and Special Peconomic betterment of communities across the African continent focusing on development in the areas of Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment and Special PEconomic Empowerment and Special Projects.

In his welcome address, the Director General, Office of Economic Development and Partnerships and Coordinator, Osun Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Programme, Dr Charles Akinola, said the purpose of the visit to the state was to provide a platform for interaction and deliberation on the protection, care and empowerment of children, women and marginalized groups through social protection initiatives of Governor Aregbesola led administration in the statIn his welcome address, the Director General, Office of Economic Development and Partnerships and Coordinator, Osun Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Programme, Dr Charles Akinola, said the purpose of the visit to the state was to provide a platform for interaction and deliberation on the protection, care and empowerment of children, women and marginalized groups through social protection initiatives of Governor Aregbesola led administration in the statin the state.