Sentences with phrase «urban planning program»

RAHB provides two $ 1,000 Outstanding Student Scholarships to the top student in the first year and the top student in the second year of the Urban Planning Program at Mohawk College.

As a part of my graduate work at Virginia Tech's Alexandria urban planning program, I asked managers of current and planned North American bike sharing systems what they have done to increase access to bike sharing for low - income communities, and minority groups disproportionately underrepresented in bicycling.

RAHB provides two $ 1,000 Outstanding Student Scholarships to the top student in the first year and the top student in the second year of the Urban Planning Program at Mohawk College.

Students learn research and community - engagement skills more commonly taught in graduate - level urban planning programs than in high school, and produce professional - quality reports incorporating data they have gathered and analyzed.

But in coupling community design initiatives like Canstruction with other food security and local urban planning programs (like rescuing food «waste», permablitzes, community and roof gardens), it could be a multi-pronged and creative way to tackle hunger, poverty and sustainable food issues in our cities, starting with one can.

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Black & Denim was a winner of the MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition Series, Macy's gave them a week in its minority business development program called The Workshop at Macy's, and they recently raised more than $ 35,000 in their Kickstarter campaign.

They also plan and direct policies and programs to promote industrial and commercial business development in urban and rural areas.

Urban and regional planners develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.

«Some of the city's worst air quality, if not the worst, is in midtown Manhattan,» said Nilda Mesa, the former director of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability who now heads the Columbia University Earth Institute's Urban Sustainability and Equity Planning program, in a recent interview with amNewYork.

Last year, Senator Klein secured $ 50,000 in funding to support Urban Health Plan's Women's Wellness Week program, which consisted of free health screenings, exercise classes and counseling aimed at helping women develop healthy habits.

BRONX, NY — State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) and Urban Health Plan launched the Spring Countdown to Fitness program at Harding Park Community Center on March 4th.

We are proud to provide comprehensive wellness services that include physical activity, health education and nutrition to give participants a well - rounded program,» said Paloma Izquierdo - Hernandez, President and CEO of Urban Health Plan.

Senator Klein with Paloma Hernandez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Urban Health Plan, and Bronx women who took part in the Bronx Women's Wellness Week, a set of programs sponsored, in part, by Senator Klein.

The plan includes an expansion of the state's Urban Youth Jobs Program, a large increase in affordable housing and homeless services funding, and a student loan program that would supplement the federal Pay As You Earn income - based loan repayment pProgram, a large increase in affordable housing and homeless services funding, and a student loan program that would supplement the federal Pay As You Earn income - based loan repayment pprogram that would supplement the federal Pay As You Earn income - based loan repayment programprogram.

I'm proud that through my grant, Urban Health Plan is bringing an exciting fitness program to our residents.

Senator Klein allocated $ 50,000 in state funding for this ten - week fitness and wellness program held by Urban Health Plan, which kicked off in the fall.

The Heritage Area Commission is charged with the responsibility of advising the Mayor and the Common Council on all matters related to the Kingston Heritage Area and its programs in a manner consistent with the concepts, goals and objectives set forth in relevant state and local legislation regarding New York State Heritage Areas and in the Urban Cultural Park Management Plan.

The Erie County Department of Environment and Planning (herein referred to as «DEP») indicates many of its programs and services are funded through grants provided by multiple federal departments, including the United States Department of Housing and Urban Renewal (herein after referred to as «HUD»).

Since taking office, Hoffay has embraced a series of progressive urban planning initiatives including the Complete Streets program to make Kingston more bike - and pedestrian - friendly, an initiative to reduce the city's carbon footprint and efforts by the Kingston Land Trust to create community gardens and preserve open space.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

«The Countdown to Fitness Program has generated a lot of interest in the community to get fit and live a healthier lifestyle,» said Paloma Hernandez - Izquierdo, CEO and President of Urban Health Plan.

In advance of Wednesday's budget release, Cuomo's staff released the highlights of an anti-poverty plan that includes increasing the minimum wage from $ 8.75 an hour to $ 10.50 an hour, more funding for an urban youth jobs program and investing millions in housing, homelessness services and emergency food.

«I'm proud to again allocate $ 50,000 in state funding to Urban Health Plan for the Countdown to Fitness program.

The winning regions will be picked by a panel of five people: Secretary of State Cesar Perales; RoAnn Destito, commissioner of the state's Office of General Services; Bruce Katz, who directs Brookings» metropolitan policy program; Urban League president Marc Morial and Susan Christopherson, the chair of Cornell's department of City & Regional Planning.

Senator Jeff Klein hosts celebration for students of Urban Health Plan's Countdown to Fitness Program

Replogle said initiatives similar to those proposed were already happening in countries like Mexico and Colombia, which have plans for comprehensive urban transport programs.

The authors argue that cities need to step out of traditional roles in planning urban infrastructure and learn how to better understand the needs of residents in order to craft policies and programs that enable the adoption of energy and carbon - efficient technologies and practices.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

He also co-directs Rutgers» transdisciplinary Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coastlines.

As principal - in - charge for urban planning, urban design, and campus planning, Ms. Scott Brown's work has included urban planning for South Street in Philadelphia, Miami Beach, and Memphis, Tennessee; programming for the National Museum of the American Indian; and, a plan for the Bouregreg Valley in Morocco.

I also co-direct Rutgers» transdisciplinary Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coastlines.

Earlier this year Joseph Bast, president of the pro-voucher Heartland Institute, wrote: «Pilot voucher programs for the urban poor will lead the way to statewide universal voucher plans.

Among the approaches planned by that organization are working with teacher education programs, developing professional development programs to help teachers deal with issues in urban school systems, and establishing a clearinghouse for organizations that are «home - growing» teachers, Community Teachers Institute executive director Segun Eubanks told Education World.

In 2004, as a part of the SFUSD's Secondary School Redesign Initiative, the program was expanded to an all - afternoon, five - day - a-week schedule; two of those days are devoted to working with mentors from some of San Francisco's leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and contracting firms, along with certain city agencies involved in urban planning.

Ackerman received her doctorate in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from HGSE's Urban Superintendents Program (USP) in 2001.

As part of his campaign plan for lifting children out of poverty, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley recently proposed spending more on child care and early - childhood education, guaranteeing health care for all children, and creating a new program to recruit teachers for urban and rural districts.

Because rural school communities vary widely, «generic» improvement plans designed for large urban districts usually do not work as well in rural settings, according to the authors of a new book on rural education programs.

The Quality Education for Minorities Network, a Washington - based advocacy group, announced the program this month; it was planned in partnership with several organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers and the National Urban League.

Our reflective planning led to the creation of the Urban Prep Alumni Program, a college access and persistence program aimed at increasing the number of our alumni who enroll in and complete cProgram, a college access and persistence program aimed at increasing the number of our alumni who enroll in and complete cprogram aimed at increasing the number of our alumni who enroll in and complete college.

On Wednesday, CCSSO (the organization of state superintendents) joined with CGCS (the organization of big urban school districts) to announce joint plans to reassess and scale back testing programs.

Existing programs include the Academy for Urban School Leadership in Chicago (training 53 this year), the Boettcher Teachers Program in Denver (16), and the Boston Teacher Residency, which currently (2007 — 08) has 84 participants and plans to have 100 to 120 candidates next year.

And with an increase proposed in President Bush's budget for next fiscal year, the program would have enough money to cover all planned assessments through 2011, as well as to expand a sampling of urban districts and pay for state - level tests of 12th graders.

This required focusing on specific areas of leadership practice separately (e.g., methods of clinical supervision, school - improvement planning, classroom walk - throughs, uses of student performance data), or within comprehensive guidelines or frameworks for leadership practice.240 In one of the higher - performing urban districts in our sample, district officials organized a three - year principaldevelopment program based on Marzano «s balanced leadership program.

The Mississippi Department of Education is planning to launch a program that will create a «sustainable pipeline of educators who are members of the community in which they teach, particularly in urban and isolated rural districts.»

This is due in large part to Association programs such as the High Quality Charter (HQC) Grant Program, introduced in 2006, which has provided $ 8 million in planning and start - up grants to support the development of new charter schools in high - need urban school districts throughout California.

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Prior to joining Oakland Schools in 2005, Moore was senior deputy chief executive officer for Detroit Public Schools where he oversaw Facility Maintenance, Capital Improvement Programs; Contracting, Real Estate and Urban Planning; Transportation; Food Service; Security; Print Production; Environmental Health and Safety; Warehouse Operations; Financial Functions; and State Legislative Affairs.

Middle - class black families benefited most from the Brown ruling because it gave them the opportunity to move to white neighborhoods and put their children in better schools, said Baum, a professor in the urban studies and planning program at the University of Maryland, College Park.

The program principals were also more likely than a national sample to say they planned to stay in the job, despite the fact that they tend to work in more challenging urban schools serving more low - income and minority students.

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