Sentences with phrase «development money»

The $ 12 million in state economic development money accounted for 75 percent of the project's total cost.

It might save a lot of development money in the long run and lead to focused and just plain better games.

«We would much rather see economic development money go towards public infrastructure that would attract more people to the region,» he said.

State and private development money has also been discussed as funding sources for dome renovation, he said.

The approved budget includes $ 50 million in economic development money and tax credits for communities that rely on the prisons as a source of employment and income.

Then congratulations, you've wasted a ton of development money.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has further propelled opportunities with his commitment of $ 1 billion in economic development monies for Buffalo, consisting of direct funding, tax breaks, and cheap power, as well as his recent announcement of «Start - Up NY,» a bold initiative to change the State's high - tax reputation.

To help Jeep capture more sales from consumers with limited budgets and who can get by with a smaller vehicle, Jeep poured development money into a completely re-engineered subcompact Compass crossover.

Of course, as a producer, I wanted to spend the least amount of money on that part to save development money, but the developers who do the hands - on work were opposed to it.

A request for bids on the tanks went out in December 2015, the same month the Finger Lakes region was awarded $ 500 million in economic development money from the governor's Upstate Revitalization Initiative competition.

Grossman and Palmer went to their boss and asked if they could use some professional development money to bring a group of teachers together for a Common Core training session.

«Anytime you stand up to the king, he throws a tantrum and starts attacking people,» said Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, a Republican from Rensselaer County, who says there are legitimate concerns lawmakers have with how development money is being spent.

I think the Vita can manage, but I think Sony needs to pour more development monies and effort in it for it to happen.

Development money clearly needs to be spent and oil prices need to be higher to encourage that expenditure.

The authors go on to illustrate that the remaining 20 cents of loan monies are used to finance white elephant projects, «ghost» projects» (i.e. fictitious roads, schools, soldiers, etc.), government salaries, ineffective development and infrastructural projects or it leaves the country through capital flight within the coming years — leaving little to nothing of actual development monies for the citizenry of these countries.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli chided policies that award economic development money without specifying how it gets spent.

DeFrancisco, who was originally against what he called the «Hunger Games» approach on distributing economic development money said he was not surprised by the regions that won.

Now, some lawmakers, like DeFrancisco, are members of the Regional Economic Development Councils, a new process of awarding economic development money created by Cuomo.

It is clear that Plaid Cymru believe Welsh farmers are largely dependent on direct payments, and that Wales» rural development money should focus on measures aimed at improving efficiency.

At the same time, Cuomo said the state could potentially adjust how it spends economic development money based on the findings of Bart Schwartz, the former prosecutor hired to review contracting in the program, which is under scrutiny by the U.S. attorney's office.

«IBM, despite getting $ 800 million in state economic development money since 2000, is now laying off hundreds of workers in the Hudson Valley and creating a big hole in the Dutchess County economy.

«Through rigged bids, state contracts worth billions of dollars in public development monies, meant to revitalize and renew upstate New York, were instead just another way to corruptly award cronies who were willing to pay to play.»

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For example, mezzanine financing may be used if development money has been exhausted and additional funds are needed to complete tenant improvements so the project can produce rents.

He discussed, appropriately, the need for a short - term strategy in which all existing sources play a role — from wind turbines and nuclear reactors to natural gas and — yes — coal (although I still feel he and Congress are biasing federal research and development money far too much toward coal interests through spending on capturing CO2 from power plants).

I would love to see some of Obama's infrastructure development money allocated to subsidize / promote home energy audits and simple home efficiency improvements.

By providing a cross-disciplinary mix of design, legal, and strategic advice at an early stage in the product development process, John helps companies avoid spending research and development money needlessly on «false starts» that ultimately can not be commercialized.

You were mistaken if you thought Sony was going to keep pumping marketing and development money into a platform that isn't selling.

The firm will know which behaviors are priorities at each stage in an associate's career so they can strategically focus the firm's professional development money and efforts (e.g., training, mentoring and coaching).

I'm glad to see the developers return to Kickstarter because their decision to skip kickstarting the second one ended up costing them dearly both in terms of development money but also ultimately in sales.

I want to work with the legislature and town officials and various agencies to procure economic development money for projects and programs that improve our towns and benefit our taxpayers, money that does not come out of the pockets of our people or our reserve funds.

The group also won significant state economic development monies on Dec. 8 with a $ 498,825 grant award from the North Country Regional Economic Development Council to rehabilitate camp infrastructure.

Says Bapty: «If a CRO is nimble and can evolve technology that can enable its clients to get a drug approved faster or to reduce the risk of a clinical study, or even save them development money in the long run, that company will find it has a long - term business plan.»

And we're not in a time when we're flush with research and development money, and we don't have a good appetite for risk.

All ten regions competing for economic development money were awarded some portion of $ 788 million dollars in funds in a ceremony led by Governor Cuomo Thursday, but some regions were more equal than others, with four areas receiving the top grant prizes.

DiNapoli's comments come as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is looking into how Gov. Andrew Cuomo doles out economic development money.

«He seems very concerned about that with schools, as a delay tactic, but not so concerned about oversight on hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars of economic development money,» she said.

As the trial gets underway, good - government reformers are urging Albany in a letter to take pre-emptive action on overhauling how the state's economic development money is spent.

«Any kind of attention the governor wants to give places like Buffalo or Utica is really needed, but he has to follow through on promises already made before he starts promising a whole new round of economic development money for these areas,» said Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, a Utica Democrat.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pitching a competition that would pit seven upstate regions against each other for a chance to win $ 1.5 billion in economic development money.

Political and private sector leaders from around the state are spending three days at the Capitol, making their best case to win a share of $ 1.5 billion in economic development monies for their region.

Cuomo indicated last month that Central New York's commitment to pursue consolidation was a key reason the region won $ 500 million in economic development money in the Upstate Revitalization Initiative.

He said cities, towns and villages within a region should work together to compete for the economic - development money.

An effort in the past legislative session to reform how economic development money is spent, disclosed and overseen fell short at the Capitol, but good - government and budget reform groups aren't giving up.

Three of seven regions in competition in upstate New York were awarded $ 500 million dollars each in economic development money, in a contest by Governor Cuomo that critics have called the «hunger games».

The three winning regions Rochester - Finger Lakes, Central New York, and the Southern Tier, each received $ 500 million dollars each in economic development money, phased in over a five year period.

In January, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an Upstate Revitalization Initiative through Regional Economic Development Councils as a separate competition for development monies in upstate regions.

The governor's held an annual contest to make regions of the state compete to win millions of dollars in economic development monies.

Three of seven regions in competition in upstate New York were awarded $ 500 million each in economic development money, in a contest by Governor Cuomo that critics have called the «Hunger Games.»