Sentences with phrase «community gets on board»

If the business community gets on board and takes the lead.

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Though they did eventually get on board (in 2007, they noted «profound changes occurring in the evangelical community» on the issue), the tension underscored on a conflicted response that is still going on in some camps of evangelicals a decade later.

«Our goal is to change the way people think about recycling and encourage other organisations and community members to get on board and install a Simply Cups bin their workplace, park or school, and make a difference to future generations.»

But an initiative to get all the county's grape growers and winemakers on board will have a huge impact in the community and in the marketplace, she said.

National Sleep Foundation This site has a tremendous amount of useful information on getting a good nights sleep, including articles, an audio and video library, a place to find sleep professionals in the U.S., and an online community where you can connect with others through online discussion boards and also social networking sites.

Make sure your neighborhood is on - board with the idea before getting started and soon you'll have readers visiting the community library to share their favorite books too.

The Arlington Heights Park District board will present floor plans for the Camelot Park expansion at the end of the month in an effort to get community input on the project.

There is no way to get the entire international community on board as interests of all states vary.

«But because of the pressure he was getting from the State Legislature and business community, he compromised on the advisory control board.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D - Howard Beach) on Monday announced that he has joined fellow elected officials who represent other so - called racetrack communities in sending a letter to Cuomo, calling on him to get behind the new NYRA restructuring plan — which the NYRA Board voted in favor of earlier this month.

POLITICAL INFLUENCE The family in 2007 was accused of using its political muscle to get Community Board 3 to approve Atonement Lutheran Church's request to de-map an unbuilt street on its property.

STATEN ISLAND — Staten Island's borough president wants every community board member to get a lesson on local politics.

«Our role at the ECIDA is to generate economic benefit to the community, and if the highest and best use of that facility is to sell it and get it back on the tax rolls, that should be a serious factor in the board's decision,» she wrote in the mid-August email, just obtained by The Buffalo News and confirmed by her.

The City Council has final say on the project, but Community Board 7 got to weigh in Thursday with a 42 - page description of its vision for Riverside Center, which would bring 2,500 new housing units to the Upper West Side.

Love popped up to New York at the end of December and got a few ovations from his former colleagues on Community Board 1, but we did not have a chance to converse then.

The establishment of an HIV / AIDS shelter in the vicinity of an area shopping mall has got residents of Community Board 12 fired up for a meeting on Jan. 7th.

Parents, along with Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal and Community Board 7, are lobbying for Primary Day to be made a staff professional development day — in which students get the day off from school — in the same way that students are not required to attend school on Election Day in November.

It may not have taken place around a roulette wheel, but there was a palpable air of suspense as the state Gaming Facility Location Board announced three of the nearly 20 communities hoping to get a piece of the gaming action on Wednesday.

And while some community leaders continue to warn against any «diluting» of the last effort to get the Nevele back on the Governor's, and Gaming Facility Location Board's agenda, those who stay on at the meeting over its hour and a half course give more attention to other ideas.

It's taken a little while for the medical community to get on board with recognizing this condition, and learning how to treat it effectively.

Don't go for the customer suggestions on their websites alone but try to get some suggestions in the community message boards and other such places where the website name is being mentioned.

What's more there are lots of community events which are set by the manufacturers and designers get the best laptimes and you'll see it on the global leader board.

Having them on board creates a like - minded community that encourages others to get involved, or at least allows them to understand and recognise the value these relationships can bring to the school.

But it is tempting — especially for those of us who engage in this cycle ourselves — to focus on their successes and hope that the rest of the community will eventually get on board.

This is then normally followed by designing behavioural interventions and engaging communication activities with the aim of getting the whole school community on board and implementing a tailored plan of action to address the school's key environmental issues.

It's also an opportunity to get everyone on board with the new ways of working and share the school's ambitions, future plans and ultimate goals with the whole school community.

How can you get parents, pupils, staff and your community on board?

The school board plans to vote on the budget May 8, after a series of community meetings to get feedback on the proposal.

Even though the community had by then gotten to know me and I found a small reform - minded following, personal politics on the board almost always trumped rational or research - based decisionmaking.

Many new charter schools face challenges with getting communities and families on board with their vision.

One step would be to get the Wolverine State's American Indian tribes to get into the charter authorizing and charter school operating game; the governor can already look to the example of Bay Mills Community College, a tribal college that has authorized 44 charters in the state, and is working with the College Board on efforts to improve the quality of schools it oversees.

I know the basics now - start small, get leadership on board, engage your out - of - school community - but I am still amazed when I hear the National School of Character (NSOC) stories.

For other community college and public - school systems that might be interested in starting similar programs, Roush advises: «It's very important to get all stakeholders on board.

And we see the pushback happening in community after community... High schools are organizing — they're organized in Providence, where they've got the superintendent of schools on their side, arguing with the state board of education... They're saying don't use a standardized test as a high school graduation requirement... The kids know more than the state [commissioner] does, because a standardized test by its design will fail a very significant number of kids.

On today's program, host Leslie Thatcher gets a legislative update from Park City Chamber Bureau CEO Bill Malone, Park City Manager Diane Foster and Budget Manager Nate Rockwood preview Thursday's City Council agenda and Park City School Board Member Tania Knauer and Community Relations Specialist Molly Miller review Tuesday's School Board meeting.

«You get opportunities here — to be on boards, to network in the community — that you wouldn't get in a larger centre.

When student loan money is spent on something other than college or education - related expenses (room, board, books, supplies, etc.), the legal community says students might get themselves in trouble for making the splurge.

A few examples of recent topics include how to get your spouse on board with an investment in real estate; how to overcome some of the common fears that all first - time property investors face; and how community infrastructure (a town's sewage system, for example) can kill cashflow.

Topics and workshops ranged from transforming shelters to navigating your local government to getting the veterinary community on board with Trap - Neuter - Return.

Identify strategies for getting communities - including municipal government - on board with trap - neuter - return programs.

The more people we get on board, the more acceptable community cats and TNVR becomes, and the more cats who will be saved.

and how will you get your staff and community on board?

How about learning how to get your community - including municipal government - on board with trap - neuter - return programs?

Getting smaller shelters and their communities on board is a key.

It's a number that I can hardly imagine actually hitting, but which may sort of be in the realm of possibility if we get a bunch of people outside our little community on board.

I've come to work for a platform where I started reaching out to the indie community that I had been friends with and have been immersed in previously and began to facilitate and get them on board with GREE's new platform at the time.»

It will take some time for many to get on board, and maybe even longer for the online communities to build up an array of amazing creations; but I don't have a single doubt that it will happen with time.

We believe there's room to expand the confines of what defines a good FPS and hope our community will see the potential and get on board for the ride.

As many school districts dismiss the necessity for art in public schools, many art therapists may feel it is a struggle to get a community on board.

The PMA's Judy and Leonard Lauder Director Mark Bessire adds: «Through my time at the PMA, working with the city and community in Portland, and my work on the Board of Advisors at SPACE Gallery, I've gotten to know Nat well and admire the way he approaches art.