Sentences with phrase «community on the east side»

Fewer than 10 years ago, communities on the east side of Austin, Texas, were in serious decline.

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The Slavs, known here as the Wends, were the successors of the invading barbarians from many centuries previously, and were now there farming on the east side of the Elbe — and a surviving Wend community still holds together in twentieth - century East Germeast side of the Elbe — and a surviving Wend community still holds together in twentieth - century East GermEast Germany.

East Side Jews is having a community Seder on Saturday at the SLJCC!

Despite a commitment from the Joliet Park District to expand a recreational center on the city «s east side, members of the area «s Hispanic community are complaining that the plans indicate a cultural insensitivity.

On the east side of the site, on Dunbar Road, is the Community Park Chalet, a quaint building that is utilized for programming and is also available for renOn the east side of the site, on Dunbar Road, is the Community Park Chalet, a quaint building that is utilized for programming and is also available for renon Dunbar Road, is the Community Park Chalet, a quaint building that is utilized for programming and is also available for rent.

-- In his home district on the Lower East Side, there is abundant evidence that Silver kept his seat of power by blocking the creation of affordable housing in a 20 - block area known as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area... Their goal was to preserve the influence of a shrinking Jewish community that made up Silver's political base.

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«I strongly support Brian Kavanagh for State Senate because of our work together on countless community issues and his tireless push to take care of families on the east side and Lower Manhattan.

In a congressional district that encompasses cash - strapped, potentially gas - rich Sullivan County, New York City's watershed, eco-sensitive communities like Woodstock and various rural areas on the east side of the Hudson River, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson and challenger Sean Eldridge are on the campaign trail seeking to define their own, and their opponent's, positions on climate change, energy policy and perhaps most critically fracking.

UPDATE2: The WFP also put a placeholder on its line for LG (Elon Harpaz, also a Legal Aid attorney, and a board member of the community group Good Old Lower East Side), and AG (Amy Young, an attorney for the Communications Workers of America and a longtime WFP member).

Assemblyman Sheldon Silver wrote a letter to a local newspaper in his Lower East Side district saying: «There is always more work to be done... My staff and I remain ready to assist community organizations and local constituents on issues big and small.»

When the governor visits Western New York, he typically likes to talk numbers, but during a stop Thursday at a community center on Buffalo's East Side, the statistics Gov. Cuomo quoted weren't as rosy as usual.

«The voices of the parents, teachers and the community have been heard,» said Leonie Haimson, the executive director of education blog Class Size Matters, who delivered 13,000 signatures to Steiner's apartment on the Upper East Side Monday evening urging him to deny the waiver.

«It's important for our parents and communities like Bedford - Stuyvesant, East New York and Brownsville to have the same set of standards that they have on the Upper West Side or even in Park Slope.»

A coalition of community organizations and elected officials on the Upper East Side are filing a lawsuit to block DDG's 32 - story tower at 180...

«Our Lower East Side community suffers enough from lack of public transport options and we rely on the East Broadway F stop,» Silver said.

That freed the Brown administration to sign contracts to secure the state funding: $ 1 million from the Department of Housing and Community Renewal's Affordable Housing Corp., for use with properties anywhere in the city and $ 1.4 million from Empire State Development Corp. for houses on the East Side.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When the governor visits Western New York, he typically likes to talk numbers, but during a stop Thursday at a community center on Buffalo's East Side, the statistics Gov. Cuomo quoted weren't as rosy as usual.

A short time ago, elected officials, pedestrian safety advocates and community leaders crowded onto the bustling sidewalk on the Lower East Side to acknowledge a legislative achievement.

While Mohammed Rauf's Islamic Society of New York quickly became an epicenter of Islamic life on the Upper East Side when it opened in 1991, Rauf's son Feisal Abdul Rauf is drawing an equal amount of attention with his own proposed Islamic Community Center, the Park51 project, decried by opponents as the «Ground Zero mosque.»

She said a speedy review is essential on the Lower East Side, where the «community is under attack» from over-development.

This past month, Community Board 3 called on government officials to establish a construction command center to coordinate projects on the Lower East Side.

It should be noted that Mayor de Blasio heard a direct appeal from community members about the mega-towers during a June 21 town hall meeting on the Lower East Side.

Several parents and Community Education Council members said they heard the DOE is eyeing the unscreened Richard Green High School on the Upper East Side for 26 Broadway next fall.

As we reported last month, one Lower East Side advocacy organization is campaigning for more Latino representation on Community Board 3.

As we reported last month, quite a few Lower East Side residents objected to language in a early draft of Community Board 3's guidelines, stating: «The Essex Street Market should be relocated to a superior site on a major street to accommodate a larger market with more goods and services.»

Grant, a longtime force in East Side politics, will take on incumbent Mayor Byron W. Brown, with the potential for the two to split the vote in the African - American community.

LOWER EAST SIDE — After years of advocacy by the community, permanent affordable housing is on the way to a long - vacant Lower East Side development sEAST SIDE — After years of advocacy by the community, permanent affordable housing is on the way to a long - vacant Lower East Side development sEast Side development site.

The funding is in exchange for concessions from the community over Columbia's plan to expand its campus north between 125th to 133rd Streets, between Broadway and Twelfth Avenue, in addition to three properties on the east side of Broadway from 131st to 134th streets.

The recent move of Brian Kavanagh, a Democrat, from the Assembly to the Senate opened up the seat in the 74th District on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Harvey Epstein, a lawyer and former community board chairman, has the Democratic nod.

The endorsement was announced on Tuesday, along with a statement from Koch lauding Thompson's track record of fighting for new school seats and reclaiming parkland as chairman of Manhattan's Community Board 6, which stretches along the East Side from East 14th to East 59th streets.

The Rise of Do - It - Yourself Biology: A Look at the Baltimore Underground Science Space (BUGSS) explores a fast - growing community lab on the east side of Baltimore, Maryland.

Through fortuitous events she stepped into her first yoga class on the lower east side at Bhava Community Center almost 10 yrs ago and fell in love with the sweaty and energetic vibe — ...

The Watermark community where I reside has apartments on the west side and brightly painted Charleston - style homes on the east side.

Founded in 1995, Community of Peace Academy is an urban, PreK - 12 charter school serving over 800 students of diverse cultures and backgrounds on the East Side of St. Paul, Minnesota.

«Following his meeting with East Side community leaders Wednesday night I attempted to ask Finch to explain his administration's position on the $ 3.2 million.

Community of Peace Academy's Preschool 4 Peace, Elementary School, Middle School and High School are co-located in a common school facility that occupies an entire city block in a residential neighborhood on the East Side of St. Paul.

She is the 7 — 12 Instructional Coach at Community of Peace Academy, a public charter school on the east side of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Urquhart grew up on the Upper East Side, but her grandfather, who wrote the screenplay for Gone With the Wind, owned a farm in Massachusetts that had previously been part of a Shaker community — and in fact, died there in 1939 in a farm accident.

Fifteen hours from Toronto, in the remote taiga region in the province of Quebec, IFAW is providing veterinary services to the dogs of the eight communities that make up the Cree Nation on the east side of James Bay.

East Van Dogs has helped countless canines as the only community - based dog walking business on the east sEast Van Dogs has helped countless canines as the only community - based dog walking business on the east seast side.

We invite you to visit the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center on Saturday, May 4th from 12 - 6 pm for an afternoon of Open Studios as we celebrate the arts community on the Lower East Side.

She is one of the founding members of the East 86th Street Network, a community association of schools, businesses, environmental organizations and elected officials on the Upper East side of Manhattan.

According to Roy, his work was first shown locally in 1963/4 at an exhibition at the Jewish Community Center, then on the East Side.

Since joining LMCC, she has overseen the organization's long - standing Manhattan Arts Grants, and led the division in a renewed focus on professional development programs for artists and organizations, new community - based arts initiatives in the Lower East Side, and strategic arts service partnerships.

Those like ABC No Rio on the Lower East Side, Triple Candie in Harlem, or Fashion Moda in the Bronx sought to return art to their communities.

[Slide: Deborah Brown] Deborah Brown, who has been represented by Lesley Heller on the Lower East Side for many years, just opened her second Bushwick space, Storefront Ten Eyck; she also serves on the community board in Bushwick.

Using her instantly recognizable white - on - red Futura typeface, the project will include an installation for the popular Lower East Side skate park located beneath the Manhattan Bridge, created in partnership with NYC Parks and skate park designer Steve Rodriguez; the design of a billboard on 17th Street and 10th Avenue in Chelsea; and a full wrap of a classic school bus that will serve as a mobile site for community engagement.

After establishing roots and working within the Lower East Side art community for the past 7 years, we found ourselves in need of more space and re-located to a 3 story federal brownstone on 298 Grand Street.

Open Door A group show of artist friends from the Clemente On View: April 18 — May 18, 2018 Closing Reception: Thursday, May 17 from 5 - 7 pm LES Gallery (1st floor) and Abrazo Interno Gallery (2nd floor) Roman Primitivo Albear, Taissia Basaria, Michael Childs, Lili Chin, Karen Dana, Maria Elvira Dieppa, Laura Dodson, East Side Community High School, Flloyd, Manuela Gonzales, Abby Goodman, Natasha Gornik, Eileen Elizabeth Smith Grant, Diana Halperin, Phyllis Herfield, Marc Lepson, Patricia Marroquin, Carlos Enrique Martinez, Sarah May, Tricia McLaughlin, A Tribute to Joe Heaps Nelson, André Marcel Pagán, Linnea Paskow, Catherine Ramey, Jason Rosenberg, Scot N. Thompson, Katharine Umsted, Zero, Ricardo Miranda Zúniga