Sentences with phrase «development needs of our community»

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The report is part of a larger study, funded by $ 150,000 from Citi Community Development, to learn more about the challenges and needs of female entrepreneurs.

Levi's had provided them a «needs survey» to get started, but after circulating it in Nazareno, González Franch and Bello Garza realized it presumed a level of development (like access to financial services and health care) that didn't exist in the community.

They provide all of us with a sense of purpose and hope; moral validation that we are needed and part of something bigger than ourselves; comfort that we are not alone and a community is looking out for us; mentorship, guidance and personal development; a safety net; values, cultural norms and accountability; social gatherings, rituals and a way to meet new people; and a way to pass time.

In addition, CMMB's volunteer program provides medical and business know - how for community development and engages with the pharmaceutical industry to help meet the needs of the poor around the world.

It sends teams of volunteer health professionals to carry out disaster relief, long - term development and community health programs with local partners, ships millions in humanitarian aid to countries around the world, and provides mobile dental care to those in need in the US.

As part of The Home Project, there is an internal social impact award to further incentivize the development of products and features that address the unique housing needs in our communities.

It represents our entrepreneurs before the city; it drives development; it gives guidance to the city on future trends and what the needs are of our business community.

As part of our pledge, we are leveraging various aspects of our business — from product development, to economic research, to public affairs and marketing support — to raise awareness about housing insecurity and create solutions to address the unique needs of our Community Partners and those who are housing vulnerable.

If we do need to move in the direction of giving asset price and debt developments more weight in the conduct of monetary policy than hitherto, we need to educate our respective communities about these issues.

Not only did she learn the technical aspects of bitcoin that she needed to be able to build the app, but also plans on bringing what she knows (and learns) about Afghanistan and the developing world to the Core development community.

The Gospels, besides being relatively late, were written to meet the practical needs of the rapidly growing Christian community and reflect a stage of relatively advanced theological and institutional development.

In any case, in community development, what is needed must be the decision of the villagers, and they must have ownership of any new equipment that is provided them.

Perhaps most important of all is the development of social customs and pressures against individual and solitary drinking for psychological relief and in favor of community rituals in which the need to belong and to celebrate the goodness of life can be constructively satisfied.

The needs are great, but we know that our leaders will be able to guide their communities through the aftermath of this storm and lead them down the path of recovery and development!

I like to think that everything from the gathering of the berries to the raising of my tinies to the feeding of the hungry to the advocating for my local community's needs is a sacrament, and a foretaste, that we embody the Gospel by our roots, too, by our transforming love, by our unhurried community development, by our friendships, by our casseroles, and our wanderings.

I place absolutely first the need for rigorous adult formation, Bible study, attention to prayer and liturgy, and the development of Christian community as uncompromising as that of the New Testament church.

Though I myself welcome the recent cultural ascendancy of the community question, I need to admit and then to face honestly three further difficulties that have attended this development before I can then proceed to demonstrate the need for the cultivation of certain religious virtues within communities of higher learning.

The implications of this development for the loss of jobs, its impact on - workers and communities and the need for massive retraining programs are obvious.

The one is committed to community and the ideal of self - sacrifice for the greater good of the commonweal, the other is committed to utilitarianism and to the development of technology for the purpose of instantly gratifying the needs of the individual.

This is weakening the side of the marginal communities in the conflicts between commercial interests and survival needs» -LRB-» Ecological Perspective of Development» in Development and Politics of Survival, pp. 71 f).

«Oh, I have to work,» I excused myself, which was true, but I also thought Mexico hardly needed one more group of rich North Americans performing bad mime on their street corners, and the money spent going would be better spent in the hands of on - the - ground community development.

«As part of our strategic development plan, we're focused on building restaurants in vibrant communities with a diverse customer base where there is a real need for alternatives to traditional fast casual food,» said Giardino Gourmet Salads co-founder and board member Kenny Lugo.

It is also part of your responsibility to be more tuned to the needs of your child and her healthy development than to community norms.

In the absence of the close communities and extended families that once taught people about swaddling and burping, and with research burgeoning about child development, we need information, along with really airtight diaper pails.

The Comprehensive Plan is designed to encompass all aspects of Park District operations, including community needs, finance, personnel, parks, land acquisition and development, facilities and programs.

JULIE: So, um, I have a business, we call it, Herself Moms, and it's a group of professionals that have come together and we just tried to create a place where prenatal moms and postpartum families can come and either get support or have some educational needs met or some lactation services and overall I'd say, within all of that, the biggest part is the development of community.

Development of new, exciting programs and facilities for the community is a major goal that the Recreation and Facilities Department is constantly pursuing as the needs and wishes of the residents change.

Recognizing the need to plan for the long term recreation and facility needs of the community and to analyze current commitments and resources for future development, the Park District completed two extensive surveys in 1999.

The work is part of the biggest parks project in Hanover Park since 1974, when the district borrowed money to build the Community Center at 1919 Walnut Ave.. Since then, new residents have poured into developments built at the south end of town, creating a need for more parks there,...

In this Court's view Susan and Mary Lee need the shared strength they get from each other in their familiar community among friends of longstanding in order to nurture and complete their development into good citizens during these next few years.

Through visits to the Room to Grow Space once every three months, the program provides families with a unique combination of one - on - one parenting education, referrals to other community services as well as all the clothes, toys, books and gear their babies need at every stage during their first three years of development.

«Planning for both conservation and development together preserves clean water, natural areas, and community character while providing needed jobs and housing,» said Jack Clarke, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at Mass Audubon.

Through careful planning and program development, along with fiscal responsibility, the Park District will continue to provide quality parks and facilities, while it addresses the future needs of the community.

Mr Taylor believes future developments should be shaped to the needs of existing communities, integrated with infrastructure and creating a symbiotic relationship with rural villages.

The report argues that through a «bottom - up» approach local communities can be encouraged to recognise the need for innovation and change - fully participating in the development of new infrastructure and services.

«The Round II grants announced today will drive hundreds of millions of dollars in state and private investment to deploy projects that will bring broadband to businesses, schools and communities, all of which need high - speed internet to compete in global economy,» Empire State Development President Howard Zemsky.

And finally, a full solution will need to effect a change in individual attitudes towards their relationship with society, in particular encouraging individuals» development into independently - thinking proactive members of their communities.

Designed to test the economic development skills of communities on a different sort of frontier, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed $ 1.5 billion Upstate Thunderdome needs a slightly different chant: Seven regions enter, three regions leave holding a very large wad of state aid.

We will also need our representatives to continue to fight development and preserve the remaining parcels of open space in our communities, even as funding becomes tougher to come by.

Other commission members were Scott P. Campbell, executive director of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; Rose Harvey, commissioner of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Thomas Krever, CEO of the Hetrick - Martin Institute; Kelsey Louie, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who is now CEO of Women in Need; Melissa Sklarz, development director at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Glennda Testone, executive director of the LGBT Community Center.

Primetime programs primarily serve youth in need, and offer positive development opportunities, access to safe places for summer programs, and a wide range of activities including arts, community service, recreation, and field trips that are offered by the various program participants.

Bunder Project director Stefanie Loader said «Social and community development work has been happening at a range of levels and across a range of issues, initially focusing on the needs of women and children.

The CSS obtained a $ 40,000 grant from the Milwaukee County Community Development Block Grant fund and Barrett said he would not oppose a Common Council decision to award of $ 40,000 from the Development Fund and a low - interest loan for an additional amount of money needed to complete the project.

Westchester County donated the land, and the development is helping to meet its federal court settlement regarding the need for affordable housing in many of the County's communities, including the City of Rye.

The Vienna Senior Housing Complex and other developments like it address a critical need for our senior citizens, who are the most vulnerable members of our communities.

2) Preserving the rural character of our community while enhancing our commercial development needs, and 3) capturing the million visitors to the Walkway yearly and show them the offering here in our town.

(HCR) «We are happy to work with development partners like PUSH Buffalo and Housing Visions, who know the needs of Buffalo's West Side and have a track record of accomplishment in serving this community.»

«Our understanding of a Pilot [Payment in Lieu of Taxes] is that it is a tool to encourage development in a community that is economically in need, where the particular project is desired and that will create jobs,» he wrote on behalf of the town board.

Oneida County Workforce Development Director David Mathis said that the Food Stamp Employment & Training Program meets the needs of the community.

«As a community, we need to support meaningful economic development which provides good - paying jobs that can help break families out of the cycle of poverty.»