Sentences with phrase «city neighborhoods where»

And this advice about word - of - mouth is particularly useful in certain attractive suburban and city neighborhoods where neighbors own their homes for 15 + years on average.

Urban agriculture comes in many shapes and forms, but the most beneficial are the urban farms and community gardens in inner city neighborhoods where a lack of stores selling fresh produce creates a «food desert.»

Great American Eating Experiences aims to acquaint readers with «delicious fare originating from across the 50 states, in small towns and city neighborhoods where tradition, creativity, and inspiration have created foods found nowhere else.»

Finally, small schools of choice can help to build a strong sense of community, which could particularly benefit inner - city neighborhoods where traditional institutions have been disintegrating.

However, Democrats in the Assembly and Senate have expressed concerns that the bill goes too far and could create tension in New York City neighborhoods where bars are sited close to churches and residential areas.

That leads to the second major challenge: building new jails in city neighborhoods where resistance is likely to be fierce.

Telvock found the program is beset with slipshod methods and puts more effort into testing predominantly white enclaves with few lead poisoning than in the inner - city neighborhoods where the problem is concentrated.

He has become frustrated with this vision of ministry to the affluent and wants to start a church in a run - down inner - city neighborhood where relationships can be built among downwardly mobile people of a variety of ethnic backgrounds.

Not exact matches

Get to know the neighborhood / city / state / region where you are based and express an interest in the culture.

In a founder - dense city like San Francisco, which further has two peak neighborhoods where tech companies congregate (SoMa and the Mission), what this means is that you can't walk down the street without (almost literally) running into someone else who is starting a tech company.

The Revenge of Mom and Pop The new independents movement is alive and kicking in small towns and in the neighborhoods of big cities, where storefronts are joining the battle.

«There are many neighborhoods in Nashville where the fight is lost,» said James Fraser, a Vanderbilt University professor who has been active in the city's affordable - housing movement.

Not willing to call Twitter's bluff, the city offered a deal to the company, which now works out of space in the gritty but fashionable South of Market district where many Internet start - ups begin: move to a building in the even more gritty and decidedly less fashionable mid-Market neighborhood — on a section of Market Street that is marred by drug dealing, homeless encampments and shuttered storefronts — and get a payroll tax exemption.

In Miami's Liberty City neighborhood, where the debate over guns is old and fraught, protesting the shooting death of a student proved far more challenging than his classmates expected.

It took broad aim at Whole Foods, criticizing everything from its cozy board and wilting produce to its pricey real estate in well - heeled neighborhoods like Columbus Circle, where Whole Foods has a store in the Time Warner Center — one of the most expensive retail spaces in New York City.

In Panama City's central Parque Lefevre neighborhood, where many middle - class Panamanian professionals make their homes, a two - bedroom condo — with a balcony, a newly remodeled kitchen with granite countertops, and all appliances and window treatments included — is selling for just $ 122,000.

In an effort to buoy small privately owned businesses in San Francisco and preserve the unique retail personality of the city, the Small Business Commission started a publicity campaign in 2004 to keep a larger share of retail dollars in the local economy, [6] and the Board of Supervisors has used the planning code to limit the neighborhoods where formula retail establishments can set up shop, [6] an effort affirmed by San Francisco voters.

I am seeing a continued boom of construction downtown right where we live and also in the outer neighborhoods still within the city but closer to the suburbs.

His definition started with the negative: it is not broken - down public housing; not neighborhoods where children and 73 - year - olds are on their own; not decision - making in which planners, city officials or federal bureaucrats — everyone but the people call the tune.

Baldovin describes how in medieval Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople, and many other cities where Christianity formed the symbolic basis for social life, worship was not confined to the neighborhood church.

Five years ago, Mike Low started Bessie's House in Kansas City's Northeast neighborhood, where unemployment is at 16 percent and median household income is $ 25,000.

Not in the form of some «how to» guide or some «five step» program, but, first and foremost, by way of metaphor: «If the state of contemporary Catholic literary culture can best be conveyed by the image of a crumbling, old, immigrant neighborhood, then let me suggest that it is time for Catholic writers and intellectuals to leave the homogeneous, characterless suburbs of the imagination, and move back to the big city — where we can renovate these remarkable districts which have such grace and personality, such strength and tradition.»

Dana Gioia likens a renewal of Catholic literature to the renovation of our lost immigrant neighborhoods: «It is time for Catholic writers and intellectuals to leave the homogenous, characterless suburbs of the imagination and move back to the big city — where we can renovate these remarkable districts.»

Some have suggested that we should skip the task of rebuilding social capital in inner - city neighborhoods by moving the poor to neighborhoods and suburbs where social capital already exists.

The average persons» opinions are, as far as I can tell, generally positive on New York City's new rent a bike program, except for those living in neighborhoods where the racks have been badly placed and those who dislike anything that makes New York look more like Europe.

We have our identity in a world where by necessity we live in the city — in neighborhoods, towns, cities, countries, continents, and, ultimately, in the entire «global village.»

Soon after its founding, the company opened a storefront scoop shop in the city's Little Italy neighborhood, where it sold gelato and sorbet to walk - in customers on the main floor while also hand - packing pints in the basement that it sold to bodegas and other neighborhood stores.

Where To Eat One Nearly every pizza or sandwich shop on any corner of every neighborhood in the city serves up the workaday delicacy.

It was at one of his favorite restaurants, Fiamma Osteria in New York City's SoHo neighborhood, where in 2003 he would meet Michael White, the restaurant's executive chef.

(NEW YORK)-- The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that New York City will now be part of a community - based initiative to help reduce beverage calories consumed by 20 percent per person by 2025 in neighborhoods where there has been less interest in or access to lower - calorie and smaller - portion beverages.

This national effort includes a «Community Initiative» that calls for a focused, aggressive, multi-pronged approach in neighborhoods within select cities where for a variety of reasons there has been less consumer interest in — and thus less access to — bottled water, lower - calorie and smaller - portion beverage choices.

Frank Robinson lives in a pleasant neighborhood in Los Angeles, where his glamorous wife, Barbara, sells real estate to the city's sparkly crowd.

Beyond the school successes, do you see differences between the parts of the city within the Children's Zone and nearby neighborhoods where the program hasn't expanded yet?

In New York City and especially in Brooklyn, each neighborhood has a parenting listserv where parents right in your area post questions, sell baby stuff, list baby classes and set up play dates.

Also, at least in the city where I live, it is generally available in supermarkets (not corner groceries) in lower - income neighborhoods: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=100&tname=foodspice

I check in my monthly commute 30 $ ticket, the bus stop on the neighborhood tram station by 7:25, where there is a tram every 10 min, with enough time to pick the 7:30 commute train that also works with the same monthly ticket, and that stops all along the city's business hubs.

He got beat all over the city, including the Sedgwick neighborhood, where he lives.

He chairs the City Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation, where is pushing for greater equity for parks in New York's low - and moderate - income neighborhoods.

«We're talking about equity for our neighborhood,» said City Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito, who represents East Harlem, where biking options are limited despite rising interest in cycling.

The City of Rochester is proud to be an ally alongside our public and private development partners to invest in our citizens and create neighborhoods where people are excited to live and raise their families.

City pols are urging the state to block the closing of a psychiatric ward in upper Manhattan, where residents fear that hundreds of untreated mentally ill people will wind up on neighborhood streets.

«The plan announced today is an important milestone on the road to a more just and equitable city, where New Yorkers in every neighborhood will benefit from the opportunities that affordable housing creates.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Officials said they hoped the efforts would send a message following a rash of assaults in city parks as well as neighborhoods such as northwest Queens, where Vallone said assaults, including crimes like groping, are «way up.»

Since then, its work has expanded to 14 cities in upstate New York and Pennsylvania where more than 1,400 units of affordable housing and over $ 300 million in community investment have improved countless lives and neighborhoods.

Charter school's students of the poorest neighborhood of New York City are doing excellent test scores in the state exams & the traditional public schools are falling miserably where those charter schools are co located.

By lifting zoning restrictions, and offering tax increntives, the city is hoping to encourage the buildings of supermarkets in neighborhoods where fresh produce is hard to come by.

He also spoke of a need for unity in New York City, where the privileged and disadvantaged alike are given a fair shot at economic success, good schools, affordable housing, and safe neighborhoods, and where people «don't have to worry about being stopped and frisked because you happen to be the wrong color.»

Booming neighborhoods such as Park Slope — where de Blasio owns two homes — are the biggest beneficiaries of the convoluted property tax system because there are caps on how much the city can collect as values soar.

So to have a city where we have already depressed neighborhoods and we have, ah, we're in a position where we need to pay developers to come in and build new structures, to say that we need to charge more taxes, have more fees, is something that's unacceptable to me.»