Sentences with phrase «local business leaders say»

Local business leaders say Puerto Rico must again make use of its in - between status.

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Rev Kelvin Inglis, Rector of St Thomas» Church, said: «The service will bring together city leaders and representatives, members of the business community and local people, together with leaders and members of the emergency and public services.

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.

Businesses, school leaders and progressive activists in New York also spoke out against the House vote and the provision to end the state and local tax deduction, saying they will be harmful to state residents.

«I deeply appreciate that I can count on strong fundraising support from progressive groups, labor unions, local small businesses, and my community's leaders,» Constantinides said.

While frustrations are now growing among some elected officials and local leaders who say no progress has been made, Quinn said she hopes that Brookfield and the protesters will be able to come to together in the coming days to reach a compromise that strikes the right balance between the free speech rights of the protesters and mounting concerns from nearby businesses and residents that «are not insignificant,» she said.

Administration officials have said that contracts are vetted by various agencies, including the attorney general's office, the comptroller, federal transportation officials and regional economic development councils that Cuomo created to involve local officials and business leaders.

«I instinctively took out my smartphone and I went to my Uber app,» Zemsky said, to laughter from Cuomo and a gathering of statewide local elected officials and business leaders.

«Members of the Common Council, members of the planning team, you got it right,» Hochul said, speaking to local government, business and civic leaders at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

The group's Zack Hutchins said while business leaders support provisions to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent, they believe ending the state and local tax deductions would harm New York.

Pence and Collins «will meet with local businesses, community leaders, and New York families to discuss the need for tax reform in the United States,» the White House said on Monday.

With roughly 40 supply chain companies doing business with them, local leaders say GlobalFoundries is now responsible for 10,000 direct and indirect jobs that pay an average salary of $ 92,000.

Bronx Branch NAACP chairman Biarni Burke says the Freedom Fund Dinner honors local community and business leaders.

«Right now, the winner of the Regional Economic Development Councils get less than $ 90 million, so this would bring everybody up,» Cuomo said before a group of local business leaders in Rochester.

Jack McDonald, a Democratic House candidate in Texas who until recently ran a 1,200 - employee information technology consulting firm, said it was local business leaders who urged him to run.

Speaking ahead of a visit to a local business in Brecon, Tim Farron, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said:

She says the county will host monthly meetings with local business leaders and elected officials in different towns and villages on a rotating basis.

Lieutenant Governor Robert J. Duffy, Chair of the Regional Economic Development Councils said, «The past two rounds of the Regional Economic Development Councils have shown what a difference we can make to local economies by listening to regional business and community leaders.

The group's Zack Hutchins says while business leaders support provisions to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent, they believe ending the state and local tax deductions would harm New York.

A range of groups, from businesses, school leaders and progressive activists in New York also spoke out against the House vote, and the provision to end the state and local tax deduction, saying they will be harmful to state residents.

The Prichard Committee sees the report as a conversation starter and framework for discussions and plans to follow up the report with data updates and support for local action, said Brigitte Blom Ramsey, the group's director, pledging «an aggressive and consistent effort in the months ahead to galvanize support among community and business leaders, advocates, policymakers and others to move with urgency.»

On the flip side, several leaders in the local charter school and business communites say they are thrilled by Ferebee's willingness to collaborate and to slim down the central office.

«The 3M Cloud Library App offers Nook users seamless access to lendable ebooks through their local library,» said Tom Mercer, 3M Library Systems Digital Business Development Leader.

«Real estate is a local business, but each company has its own value proposition,» he says, adding that brokers and agents need to spend more time sizing up franchises by meeting with various leaders in a brokerage, including the heads of marketing, training, and information technology.

HUD officials say CNI uses a comprehensive approach that involves local leaders, residents and other stakeholders, such as public housing authorities, cities, schools, police, business owners, nonprofits and private developers — who are required to come up with a Transformation Plan.

Quay Fuller — chairman of the CSHLRA Board of Directors and a member of NAR — says government officials, business owners, local academic leaders and townspeople had differing ideas for repurposing the hospital campus.