Sentences with phrase «closed community centers»

We laid off police officers, we laid off firefighters, we closed libraries, we closed community centers, and we decided that we couldn't continue to cut services.

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Since most food courts have a lot of natural light, they could be used as gathering spaces for community groups or daycare centers if they closed down, Williamson says.

The resources will be delivered to community health centers and clinics throughout Florida, in close coordination with the Florida Association of Community Health Centers, as well as to hospitals in Anguilla, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, and British Virgincommunity health centers and clinics throughout Florida, in close coordination with the Florida Association of Community Health Centers, as well as to hospitals in Anguilla, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, and British VirginCommunity Health Centers, as well as to hospitals in Anguilla, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, and British Virgin Islands.

The American Coptic community is close - knit: The tradition's churches tend to be social hubs as well as religious centers.

Hence the minister directs his attention as much toward the «world» as the dean of a medical school has his eye on the potentially and actually sick people of the society outside his closed community of healers, or, to use a wholly different analogy, as much as the mayor of a city keeps in view the nature and the needs of the cultural and economic society of which his city is a center.

The center of the community is defined clearly enough: it is centered in Jesus and those closest to him; but its boundaries are not drawn.

I relate with some of your dangers, I use to experience some of them when I first «left the church»... But I will say, years later... now that I have learned to center the majority of my relationships around Christ, that this builds lasting relationships and it is fulfilling for all in so many ways... I am learning to «live in community» with some close believers and feel as though I am experiencing Love like I have never experienced it before.

Campus Jewish life has moved closer to the center of concern of the organized American Jewish community.

An educated and worldly Muslim community leader like Rauf wants to build Muslim center close to ground zero, while the war and other thing is going, is this a common sense or decency have been exercise or just Muslims self - absorption and taking no responsibility of their own community conduct, they should not be crying like a spoil baby, when a ripple affect from their own conduct come back toward them (The Burning of Koran and fire attempt toward Muslim community were coming from his fake and insincere agenda on this building issue).

Any congregation that is committed to Christian action in its community needs to have at its center or very close to it, a group of men and women prepared to be — to use military language — the reconnaissance and intelligence force of the main body.

The actual number by that date was probably not much more than a third of that total; furthermore, despite the good that existing centers have done and are doing, the plan's most imaginative features — those that would bring such centers into close contact with schools, churches, the police, and other responsible community organizations — are the ones that have been least realized.

«Our new Regency - area restaurant will help us better serve the downtown Jacksonville community with a location that's closest to the city center,» said Pollo Tropical Chief Operating Officer Danny Meisenheimer.

Recreation Community Center is currently experiencing a power outage and will be CLOSED for the remainder of TODAY.

The Prospect Heights Park District fitness center has a close community atmosphere with features including fitness classes, a variety of fitness machines, and a variety of weight machines and free weights.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Because of our neighborhood community centers and parks, our employees have the unique ability to work close to home, and many of their coworkers are their friends and classmates.

As the long - awaited Sportsplex, Orland Park's community - owned sports and fitness center, planned a gala grand opening for 10 a.m. Saturday, some 3,000 members of another Orland Park club were looking for a place to work out after their facility closed its doors unexpectedly last week.

The Northbrook Park District may be a step closer to creating a long - discussed community recreation center, which could happen with the potential multimillion - dollar purchase of another health club in town.

One afternoon in the lobby of the community center, I couldn't get my son to latch and I was obviously close to tears.

The campaign originally scheduled the roundtable, which was closed to the media, at the Pucho Olivencia Community Center.

Citing the close race against Avella, the former head of public interest group Center for Community Interest said he hoped to draw on his years working alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to restore honesty throughout the district.

play The candidates including 70 candidates from Kanbatiak Junior High School, Guanging 51, Gbingbamong 79 and 18 Yenupinii were prevented from traveling to Gbankoni primary school center to write the exams by the chief of Kanbatiak and some residents after education authorities failed to provide a closer center to the communities despite initial pledges.

Responding to Martins» call, NUMC spokeswoman Shelley Lotenberg said in a statement Thursday: «We look forward to exploring this exciting opportunity to help veterans obtain the care they need, closer to their communities, in a brand - new primary care center with board - certified physicians in all sub-specialties.»

The East End's only blood donation center, the brick - and - mortar Long Island Blood Services, quietly closed its doors in Riverhead this spring — so quietly, in fact, that many in the community were unaware.

The report talks about several closed school buildings in the region that have been repurposed to become community centers, and village halls.

Also speaking at the event were Upper West Side City Councilmember Mark Levine, the new chair of the Health Committee, Dr. Eunmee Chun, the director of sexual health at the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, which added 105 sexual health visits to its weekly schedule when the Chelsea clinic closed, and Dr. Freddy Molano, vice president of Infectious Diseases and LGBTQ Programs at the Community Healthcare Network.

ALBANY, NY (01/19/2017)(readMedia)-- Dozens of community activists joined members from the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) under a grey sky to protest the closing of the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center.

«Since Thursday, none of the insider chatter has increased the number available jobs for his constituents, eased local parents» anxiety over the upcoming school year, or dealt with our senior citizens» fright over the proposed closing of senior centers throughout our community,» Johnson said in a statement distributed by her campaign.

He said that the board, «vehemently opposes any plan that closes the Phoenicia elementary school and robs our residents and their children of convenient localized education opportunities for their younger children, disregards the needs of the local economy and businessmen and residents that assist with, sponsor and pay for school programs...» The resolution listed how the school acts as a community center including athletic, educational, social programs during the evenings, weekends and summer that are sponsored by the town.

Residents expressed sadness over the closing of Holy Trinity Church, once a thriving center of gravity for a law - abiding immigrant community.

Republican candidate for county executive Angie Carpenter said Tuesday she wants to reopen some offices at the Riverhead County Center in order to provide East End communities with closer access to government services.

TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (06/08/2011)(readMedia)-- Members of CSEA and PEF will join with Dutchess - area community activists this Thursday, June 9, 2011 from 4 to 6 p.m. outside the former Hudson River Psychiatric Center Campus on Route 9 for a rally to protect the vital state mental health services that will be lost in the Mid-Hudson Valley community due to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's shortsighted plan to close HRPC.

Brewer in her closing remarks also pledged to work with Harlem LGBT leaders looking to create a community center in the neighborhood.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Standing with local community advocates and the brother of one former Rikers Island inmate held for three years without a trial, Brian Benjamin, Democratic nominee for the 30th District of the New York State Senate, and Council Member Rory Lancman, chair of the Committee on Courts and Legal Services, today unveiled a new strategy to close the city detention center within three years.

When questioned about how he would improve the economic outlook of the neighborhood, Nunes, who owns a real - estate business, said he would like to increase medical services in the community with new health centers in light of the closing of Mary Immaculate Hospital.

This afternoon, members of the City Council and community activists will gather on the steps of City Hall to protest the Department of Aging's decision to close 105 senior centers.

Additionally, this budget includes important investments into County parks, modernizing a previously closed County health clinic, industrial redevelopment projects, Erie Community College, the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, and the Darwin Martin House as well as the purchase of new vans for the Department of Senior Services» popular and well - utilized senior transportation network.

At the same time that Chemung County Executive Tom Santulli was opening a new Priority Community Healthcare Center and saving county taxpayers $ 2 million in the first year alone — clinics were being closed here in Erie County.

Ober also mentioned that Dromm and the City Council had allotted money to the Bronx Community Pride Center, which closed last year after a board member was arrested for embezzlement.

These included changing the format of Panel for Educational Policy meetings to allow for more public comment, revising the city's school closing and co-location processes to make it more difficult for the city to close or co-locate schools, adding parent training centers so that parents in groups like the Community Education Councils can participate knowledgeably in the structures of governance, and restoring a degree of authority to district superintendents vis - à - vis principals.

Among the other topics discussed at the budget hearing were the 57 community centers that are slated to close at the end of the month if the City Council does not provide $ 10 million in funding.

The Center aims to build bridges between communities, societies, and nations through closer interactions between science and diplomacy and elevate the role of science in foreign policy to address national and global challenges.

Research out of NYU Langone Medical Center could move the medical community one step closer toward effectively detecting concussion and quantifying its severity.

She hopes eventually to take the skills she is accumulating at Vanderbilt to another university, directing her own outreach center and forging closer links between the research community and the public.

China's national protected area system has expanded greatly in recent years, but the areas are typically remote, at higher elevations and ineffectively managed, while sacred forests are closer to centers of human land use, at lower - elevations and managed effectively at the community level.

For example, we lived reasonably close to an urban center, so the possibility of getting a university degree was perhaps more realizable than compared to youth who live in isolated communities.

Ten months later, Flier stunned the research community with the announcement the center would close due to financial reasons.

Things are pretty quiet on the Anthropologie front today, and I'm relaxing after attending a fabulous gala last nite at Lincoln Center before I kick of 14 days of community service to close out the year.

Hi my name is Ashlee I «am 29, I love my family we are all very close I enjoy funny movies, video games, crafts, swimming, shopping, helping others, volunteering at my local community center and coffee.

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