Sentences with phrase «development of projects like»

«By opening The City's dark fibre infrastructure to the private and public sector, non-profit companies, and academia, we help enable the development of projects like quantum encryption and create opportunities for further research, innovation and economic growth in Calgary,» said Tyler Andruschak, project manager with Innovation and Collaboration at The City of Calgary.

Not exact matches

I think of Challenges as self - directed projects to change my behavior or spark some personal growth or development I'm clear that I'd like to have.

The social networking giant unveiled a research project on Monday that is aimed at jump starting the development of more powerful voice - recognition software used in things like Apple's (aapl) Siri, Amazon's (amzn) Alexa, and Google's (goog) Assistant.

«I realized it might be better to release a new project from a different philosophical standpoint with cooperation from a lot of universities, scientists, and research institutes — like the Internet,» he said, in terms of its path to development.

Like the one Jinwoong's Scott Reeves points to as a current favorite, a simple project - management tool he calls a «product - development system,» a calendar that enables managers to keep better track of key deadlines as they create multiple new products.

Unlike historical development projects like Rockefeller Center and Times Square, Hudson Yards is trying to be a blend of a number of things at once: commercial, retail, public space, and residential.

Four major developments this month have highlighted the strength of Western Australia's resources sector, with projects extending beyond traditional mining provinces to areas like the Great Southern and South West.

The presentation of some doodads — like tombstones used by the finance companies to mark closed deals or T - shirts passed out by Silicon Valley companies after each successful stage of a project's development — give employees both a moment in the spotlight and a tangible reminder of it.

Today, the opportunities for contingent, project - based work are exploding, as is the development of tools that allow people to work independently across industries like software, design, marketing, legal services, architecture, healthcare, and engineering.

After layoffs hit Las Vegas's Downtown Project this week, and in the wake of our special series on the high - profile tech and real estate development in Nevada, we asked Tony Hsieh some follow - up questions about what things look like going forward.

One of the reasons, because of it, is in their development, like, their project pipeline and a lot of the existing business they have right now is in what is called the demand pull side of the midstream business, which is rather than being the company that gathers from the field, which is from the well and things like that.

Banks involved in testing Project Ubin, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch and HSBC Limited, as well as government organizations like the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore are seeking to exploit the capabilities of blockchain provenance systems to improve efficiency and security for transactions such as letters of credit (LOC); LOCs support some $ 2 trillion of transactions in the importer / exporter market, but can be difficult to manage, as they generate a copious amount of time - consuming paperwork.

Welch's focus was on retail development projects like the Ridge Hill Mall in Westchester, the type of non-core projects FCR is moving away from.

I don't mean to sound the doomsday alarm with no ray of hope, because I know there are many great examples like the Christian Community Development Association, The Amos Project, and many others who are moving past reductionist and stereotypical views of one another to build communities where we see and are seen by one another.

Who would have known that I would go from managing e-commerce website development projects for companies like Six Flags and Renault to starting my own business selling a complete line of potty training products for boys — Potty Scotty Products and for girl — Potty Patty Products.

A project like this involved an amazing team of entrepreneurs, a terrific development team, and an HQ group that was committed to making the transition a great experience for all involved.

If you would like more information about giving to the project, please contact: Leanne Denis, Development Officer, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, 604.822.2207, [email protected], www.med.ubc.ca

Senator Chris Jacobs said, «I would like to congratulate Regan Development on this stunning project that renovates an historic structure that will now provide more a affordable, high quality housing options for residents of the West Side of Buffalo.»

The funding is in addition to over $ 104 million in capital funding for tourism infrastructure provided last year for local tourism projects as well as investments in state parks, like Jones Beach and Niagara Falls and facilities of the Olympic Regional Development Authority.

Small rental projects like Gateway are the backbone of neighborhoods and main streets across our state, and we're proud to partner with Nelson Development to help bring new housing and new economic opportunity to the Village of Owego.

But he says their activities were ramped up under Cuomo, and expanded to include projects like the billion dollar economic development plan for Buffalo, and millions of dollars of other high tech projects across upstate New York.

But Kaehny said their activities ramped up under Cuomo and expanded to include projects like the billion - dollar economic development plan for Buffalo, and millions of dollars of other high - tech projects across upstate New York.

«Staten Island is on the precipice of major economic changes thanks to North Shore development projects like the wheel,» said Oddo in a statement.

City neighborhood and development commissioner Paul Driscoll doesn't think there are any other housing projects like it in the city: a mix of market rate apartments with affordable apartments in one building.

The Office of the Queens Borough President provides capital funding that can be used to fund large - scale projects, including but not limited to infrastructure improvements and affordable housing developments, and to purchase smaller - scale fixed assets, like computers, Smart - Boards for schools and meal delivery vehicles.

The Office of the Queens Borough President provides capital funding that can be used to fund large - scale projects, like infrastructure improvements, equipment, smaller scale fixed assets like computers, and affordable housing development projects.

«A wise man once said, to get results in Albany, it's a three - legged stool and on these issues there were only two legs on the stool,» Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, a Kenmore Democrat, said of Cuomo blocking plans like a searchable database of spending projects by the state's economic development agency.

The guest list at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fundraiser six months ago at a private club in Albany reads like a who's who in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigation of the governor's upstate economic development projects.

The image of soldiers building a school is almost a cliché, but the reality from Afghanistan is that military forces have an abysmal record of delivering development projects, far better to spend through civilian actors, like local government.

The law, an amendment to the town's zoning code, allows those who have a property of 75 acres or more to create their own Planned Unit Development district, which could make a large project, like a $ 350 million casino, easier to accommodate.

The next phase of the state's Buffalo Billion program — aiming to kickstart projects like Metro Rail extensions and Outer Harbor development — stands merely a 50 - 50 chance of success of getting through the Legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a visit to the Queen City.

Ms. James, whose voice booms like a preacher's at press conferences, has emerged as one of the loudest members of the City Council when it comes to issues she's focused on, including not only CityTime but cuts to social services, the police department's stop - and - frisk policy and the controversial Atlantic Yards development project, located in her Fort Greene - based district.

Prosecutions and convictions for corruption have come from the federal government, like U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the conviction of the former legislative leaders and who has issued criminal complaints against nine people involved in Cuomo's economic development projects.

She said projects funded by the city's Department of Housing Development and Preservation — like La Promesa / Acacia Garden and Lexington Gardens II — set aside 10 to 20 percent of units in this income range.

DeFrancisco said another item he would like to see pass is procurement reform so the state comptroller can review the contracts of the state's economic development projects before they are signed.

«Governor Andrew Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Councils are paving the way for projects like this that will grow the economy, create jobs, and improve quality of life for New Yorkers.

New Glen Cove Mayor Timothy Tenke inherits the city's perennial challenge of balancing resident concerns with moving forward on development projects like Garvies Point.

«This settlement shows our enforcement efforts have motivated major developers like Glenwood to embrace their obligations under the law by making retrofits in thousands of apartments, compensating aggrieved parties, and establishing procedures to ensure accessibility at ongoing and future development projects,» Bharara said in a statement.

Prosecutions and convictions for corruption have come from the federal government, like US Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the conviction of the former legislative leaders and who has issued criminal complaints against nine people involved in Governor Cuomo's economic development projects.

«This settlement shows our enforcement efforts have motivated major developers like Glenwood to embrace their obligations under the law by making retrofits in thousands of apartments, compensating aggrieved parties, and establishing procedures to ensure accessibility at ongoing and future development projects,» Bharara said in a statement, noting this is the 10th case of this kind his office brought against city landlords.

Walsh, 37, served six years as the deputy commissioner of the Department of Neighborhood & Business Development under Miner, where he said he worked across party lines to develop projects like reopening Hotel Syracuse and developing the Greater Syracuse Land Bank.

Cuomo said Schimminger and others like him remain mired in an old approach of doling out pork projects that never produced the pace of economic development now noted by his regional economic development councils in distressed cities like Buffalo.

Through projects like Sydney House, and our new Open Door program, we will finance the construction of 1,300 new affordable homes as part of Housing New York 2.0, the Mayor's expanded and accelerated plan to create and preserve 300,000 affordable homes by 2026,» said New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres - Springer.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The guest list at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fundraiser six months ago at a private club in Albany reads like a who's who in prosecutor Preet Bharara's investigation of Cuomo's Upstate economic development projects.

And Cuomo will have a hard time holding up projects like the Buffalo Billion or nanotech development as shining examples of his achievements.

Lawmakers approved $ 385 million for the program in the 2013 - 14 budget, offering support for capital projects — not one - time operating subsidies, as member items often were — for a broad variety of purposes like «preserving and protecting infrastructure» or to support «economic development projects... that will create or retain jobs in New York State.»

The Boards are the first line of defense for projects and often the best place to negotiate things like affordable housing, park space, or schools in exchange for development.

Like the ECC and Darwin Martin projects, the development of this former brownfield will be an important investment in our community's future.

Added Brian McMahon, president of the New York State Economic Development Council: «I think Buffalo certainly can compete for a project like this.»

As former lead of the World Bank's global program for fisheries and aquaculture, he said these indicators could be very useful for institutions like the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and nongovernmental organizations that fund projects on fisheries reform in developing countries to monitor and evaluate progress.