Sentences with phrase «civic associations»

We conduct programs for high schools, colleges, residential facilities, civic associations, and parents, as well as trainings for professionals and child care providers.

Wayne is also active with pro bono matters and civic associations associated with cultural and historic preservation and is an avid art collector of the drawings of the old and modern masters.

Supporters: As supporters, entities such as manufacturers, nongovernmental organizations, trade associations, and civic associations, will support the R2ZE goals.

Community groups, foundations, businesses, civic associations, whatever,» Watkins said.

Concerns about Lakeside HS Expansion November 4, 2017 — Various residents and civic associations have caught wind of the 750 seat expansion project and are doing the research the school district should have done in the first place.

He is also a founding member of the Philadelphia Crosstown Coalition, a group of 21 civic associations that formed to ensure citizen voices in rewriting the zoning code and enacting the Assessed Value Initiative — classic neighborhood association business.

They have assets like a baby college, civic associations, youth - development programs, and arts programs, and they can be integrated into the schools, instead of just existing on a parallel basis.

The group also includes representatives of government ministries, science councils, the arms industry and civic associations.

The events ranged from dozens of remarks in front of Brooklyn and Queens civic associations and community boards, to a «ribbon cutting and photo - opp» at the Gourmet Glatt Market in Borough Park and a keynote address at a Bronx and Queens Builders Association event.

«We want to do the grass - roots work — training people on speaking to community groups, going to civic associations, block associations, lawmakers.

Recently, a mailer went out from NYS Senator Tony Avella's office inviting the community to attend a Town Hall Meeting hosted by Senator Tony Avella and co-hosted by local civic associations.

In his capacity as district director, Rosenthal has been Lancman's primary liaison with community groups, civic associations and nonprofit organizations, while also assisting constituents with problems and coordinating events and services.

Meng, who recently won the Democratic primary for the district, accepted idea of debating Halloran, but wants to let the area's civic associations sponsor the debates.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints has drawn the ire of Flushing civic associations for its -LSB-...]

Flushing residents and civic associations want to know why the Mormon church is intent on constructing a chapel on 33rd Avenue that exceeds zoning regulations when it could build one on the land it already owns downtown.

The LIA is also backing a Long Island Builders Institute proposal to require civic associations and others who challenge local planning and zoning board decisions to post a bond.

Eastern Queens United, a group of a dozen civic associations, criticized the redistricting process for dividing communities.

One reason HPCA suspends its meetings a month earlier than most other civic associations or community boards might be to allow it to prepare its summer block party.

These have long been left for well - meaning civic associations and nonpartisan groups, but were taken up again and pursued with considerable energy and finesse by the Bush campaign among conservative Christians in 2000 and 2004, and by the Obama campaign among African Americans, Latinos, and college students in 2008 on the basis of new forms of political targeting.

Iannece is also president of one of the largest civic associations in the newly - drawn district (Bayside Hills).

Only a densely active society with many vital civic associations is sufficiently defended against the state, whose tendencies have historically been tyrannous.

«People aren't just atomistic individuals bouncing around in a free market; they are members of communities with attachments to faith, family, and civic associations that give their lives meaning.»

David L. Schindler criticizes the liberal view of the human person that he sees encoded into the American project in First Things, to which Richard John Neuhaus responded with a more positive view of our national heritage, in which religious faith and a strong tradition of civic associations moderate the excesses of liberal individualism.

Some do not trust private efforts, private businesses, corporations, or even individuals and civic associations to bring sufficient care to the able - bodied poor.

People precede polity in this Lockean view of civic association by contract and government by consent, and the economic realm precedes the political.

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«When people have a question or problem, they don't go to the political club or to the local elected: they go to the civic association.»

«Through the work with the civic association, I just recognized how important being civic, being informed, being educated and how precious where we live is,» she said.

Fried presented an unorthodox plan calling for a Central Park conservancy model, which allows for parks to be cared for by a semi-private entity, while Day presented his own record of fighting for open spaces as a civic association leader.

David Antwork, the attorney representing the civic association in the lawsuit, said Sunday while the board's Sept. 6 vote to incorporate the community's roads was «a huge step forward» in resolving the litigation, the lawsuit was still pending until the issue between Woodson and the town board is addressed.

Mr. Recchia's forays in front of the press this month have been at two televised debates and civic association forums where candidates in the Staten Island and Brooklyn - based district are expected to show up.

FORT WADSWORTH — A local civic association has said enough is enough about the constantly rising price of tolls on Staten Island bridges.

Schmidt resigned from both the civic association and the village board in 2014 amid questions about his dual roles with the organizations.

Schmidt filed a lawsuit on May 12 in State Supreme Court in Riverhead against civic association president Carol Pesek, her husband, village trustee John Pesek, and civic association officer Felicia Chillak.

Suffolk County prosecutors have dropped a felony grand larceny charge against a former Poquott village trustee who had been among Long Island's youngest elected officials before he faced charges of stealing funds from the North Shore community's civic association.

For nearly two decades, the urban planning consultant has kept a close watch on the borough's historic buildings and landmarks and has become a known name in the civic association community because of it.

Claiming that the all - white school board and the white superintendent served as the political arm of the city's Italian - American civic association, African - American ministers and activists mounted a grassroots effort that led to the ouster of every white member of...

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Years ago, members of a Boulder, Colorado, ministers» association determined that they were responsible for Boulder's civic health.

They classify churches, synagogues, and temples as «civic» or «voluntary» associations in the same league as «schools, recreation leagues, Boy Scouts, and Camp Fire.»

For instance, citizens often act together through diverse associations, contexts, activities, and civic relationships in order to achieve their social ends and purposes independently of the state.

First is strong voluntary associations, such as churches and civic groups, that bring people together around broad common agendas rather than narrow special interests.

The civic covenant has many layers: local community, civic organizations, school loyalties, voluntary associations, as well as an overarching devotion to one's country.

«We also asked other [civic and religious] associations for their support, for example, by providing mattresses and materials which could be useful.

Here, the church as voluntary association in somewhat like a religious civic club.

I am sponsored by civic clubs, universities, ministerial associations, and councils of churches all over the world.

First founded in 1862 as the U.S. Brewers Association, the Beer Institute is committed today to the development of sound public policy and to the values of civic duty and personal responsibility: www.BeerInstitute.org.

Among a long list of civic involvement and charitable outreach, Goldman is a current member of the James Beard Foundation National Advisory Board, immediate past chair of the Board of Directors for Charleston Wine + Food Festival and member of the Board for both South Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association and Greater Charleston Restaurant Association.

In preparation for the referendum, Park District Director Steve Schelten said the committee will be conducting presentations for homeowners associations and civic groups, holding neighborhood gatherings, telephoning voters and displaying yard signs.

Park District Director Rick Julison lauded the efforts by village athletic associations, civic clubs and the Deerfield Park Foundation to raise about $ 25,000 to purchase and install system components.

National Night Out is nationally sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of various crime prevention programs including neighborhood watch groups, law enforcement agencies, state and regional crime prevention associations, businesses, civic groups, and individuals, devoted to safer communities.