Sentences with phrase «are rural communities»

The poorest districts are rural communities scattered all over the country, from Ohio and Kentucky to Texas and Mississippi.

«At first, it was a rural community with modest homes on large lots.

«We are a rural community with 77 % of students on free and reduced lunch, so we need to provide as many opportunities for them to be successful as we can.

Near Lubbock, Floydada, Texas is a rural community in the high plains and is sometimes referred to as the «Pumpkin Capital» of the state.

Franklin County, home to the capital of Kentucky — Frankfort, has a population of about 48,500 people and is a rural community with somewhat rugged terrain and farming.

Loma De La Bestia (in English «the back of the beast») is a rural community 25 minutes from Amber Cove, in Puerto Plata.

Near Lubbock, Floydada, Texas is a rural community in the high plains and is sometimes referred to as the «Pumpkin Capital» of the state.

Howard is a rural community of about 1,000 residents located 23 miles from State College, Pa., home of Penn State University.

Not exact matches

But while we certainly haven't solved every issue facing urban residents, there is an urgency and energy toward improving economic opportunity in cities that is lacking in the discussion about rural communities.

I know that sense of disenfranchisement is not limited to rural communities.

The work being done to bring entrepreneurship and funding resources to cities like St. Louis and Albuquerque — and in rural communities — isn't just about creating high - paying tech jobs.

He promises a new partnership with rural community banks and is mulling a loan targeted to disabled veterans.

Jared Schoepf, founder of SafeSIPP SafeSIPP is a social venture addressing three problems facing rural communities in the developing world: transportation, purification and storage of drinking water.

When I was at my nonprofit, VisionSpring, I would be in a village in rural Bangladesh, with a community of weavers.

«Municipal and rural infrastructures may be improved through the investment into eco-friendly housing and businesses that create products and services for the benefits of the community and to consumers.»

Jonathan Jackson, founder of Dimagi Dimagi is a technology company that helps organizations deliver health care to urban and rural communities around the world by designing health - information systems and mobile technologies.

When it comes to access, our government launched a $ 500 million program, Connect to Innovate, and it's designed to provide fibre to the institutes in rural and remote communities.

On the topic of taxes, getting Section 179 and the bonus depreciation break extended is at the top of the wish list for rural communities in battle ground states like Arkansas, Kentucky and Iowa, Moore explained.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities.

And so there is the $ 225 - million plan to extend broadband access across Canada, particularly in rural communities.

Tenet Healthcare was up as much as 7 %, HCA Holdings spiked 5.5 %, Community Health Systems rose more than 4 %, and rural care provider LifePoint Health is up more than 3 %.

But the agency said the latest proposed steps are meant to further alleviate the rules» effects on community institutions and rural populations.

Of course, the economic divide between rural and urban communities isn't just an issue in Colorado.

While one $ 9 million fund in Colorado won't heal the division between urban and rural communities, it is a step in the right direction and sets an example Congress and the White House should follow.

The Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) is the Province's main unconditional transfer payment to municipalities that primarily supports rural and northern communities in recognition of their unique challenges.

The economic divide between urban and rural communities is fueling a growing political and cultural divide.

Proponents of the legislation note that the number of community banks in the United States is dwindling, an important issue for rural communities.

And there's growing evidence that when mining debris and waste gets into water supplies, the toxic metals can have dire health impacts for the people and mostly rural communities living nearby.

He is also a Director of Cameco, one of the world's largest uranium producers and Chairman of the charitable organization Educating Girls of Rural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to educaRural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to educarural areas of western China by providing access to education.

A shipping container that processes waste and plant materials into green energy that can run engines and provide electricity to rural and marginalized communities may sound too good to be true — but it is not.

Retaliation could hit hardest in many of the rural communities that were strongholds for Mr. Trump.

«So when they get out to these rural communities it is an eye opener because it is not what they are accustomed to seeing the lifestyle is drastically different.»

There is a need for a massive re-think about how we build community, rural and urban communities that are resilient, healthy and work towards strengthening self - reliance in the face of climate change.

«Northern and rural communities have been left behind by Christy Clark because she puts rewarding friends and donors above the best interests of ordinary people.

In contrast, low priority was given to spending for cities and rural communities, and for diversifying the provincial economy; that is building an economy that is broader than the traditional industries of energy and agriculture through targeted government investment and tax incentives.

Windstream is one of the largest providers of telecommunications services in rural communities in the United States, and we are a customer - focused telecommunications company that provides phone, high - speed Internet and digital television services.

They're not limited to «rural areas» or farming communities.

«This deal is good news for B.C. midwives and a host of British Columbians living in rural and northern communities.

«We provide jobs and employment in rural and remote places that otherwise it would be very difficult for the government to provide economic stimulus in... There isn't a lot else that those communities have.»

I was elected as a director on the local constituency association board and over the next year I campaigned alongside the candidate in communities across the sprawling rural Redwater constituency.

The new cabinet is largely comprised of ministers from urban ridings, which means the government will have to make a concerted effort to ensure the importance of rural communities to the Canadian economy is properly reflected in their policies.

First, we used the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural - Urban scale (also called Beale Codes), from 1, for counties in metropolitan areas with 1 million or more in population through 9, for counties where there is no community larger than 2,500 and the county is not adjacent to a metropolitan area.

This is especially good news for rural communities and industries such as forestry, pulp and paper, and mining.

AdFarm is committed to supporting the advancement of agriculture, building stronger rural communities and a healthy food industry.

I grew up in a small farming community in southern Ontario, so that's something I have within my bones being in that rural environment.

It brought to mind my own experience with the funeral of a dear lady who'd lived what we call around here «a hard life» and was best known in the small rural community as «the bootlegger's widow.»

communitygarden.org Maybe you don't have time to cultivate your own plant bed, but there are about 18,000 community gardens in urban, suburban and rural areas throughout North America.

but it does happens mostly in rural area areas or at very poor communities where girls have no education but just work at their homes or farm fields or when families are poor and needed the marriage money to support the rest of kids they have..

2000 years ago there literally was not enough money in the suburban or rural communities to always send the disciples to go buy food from the city and so Jesus provided miracles as needed.