Sentences with phrase «economic communities over»

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And the greater Des Moines area faces a shortage of 60,000 workers over the next six years, according to the Des Moines Partnership, the area's economic and community development organization (which kindly helped Inc.com arrange this forum).

But without a consensus from the economic community, it would be unwise to risk stamping out the economic recovery by sparking a trade war with China over currency disputes or drastically reducing the budget deficit.

According to recent statistics from the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA), there are about 7,000 business incubators and accelerators worldwide, with over 90 percent being non-profit and focused on incubator programs for community economic development.

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Central Valley Community Foundation today announced the launch of an in - depth study to examine Fresno's important role in the fast - emerging Northern California megaregion and how the arrival of high speed rail over the next decade will dramatically accelerate economic connections between Silicon Valley and the broader Bay Area and the state's fifth largeEconomic Institute and Central Valley Community Foundation today announced the launch of an in - depth study to examine Fresno's important role in the fast - emerging Northern California megaregion and how the arrival of high speed rail over the next decade will dramatically accelerate economic connections between Silicon Valley and the broader Bay Area and the state's fifth largeeconomic connections between Silicon Valley and the broader Bay Area and the state's fifth largest city.

A reliable, comprehensive commercial property data source for EDOs: By integrating OfficeSpace.com's extensive commercial property database and Community Systems» robust software systems, the economic development community will now have a reliable commercial property data source (over 553,000 on - market office, retail, industrial, and land listings and a total of 1.2 million listings across the Community Systems» robust software systems, the economic development community will now have a reliable commercial property data source (over 553,000 on - market office, retail, industrial, and land listings and a total of 1.2 million listings across the community will now have a reliable commercial property data source (over 553,000 on - market office, retail, industrial, and land listings and a total of 1.2 million listings across the country).

She has worked for over 20 years leading economic justice organizing campaigns to expand worker rights, immigrant rights, and the rights of low income and underrepresented communities of color.

North Korea's motivation for creating a cyber-warfare division has to do with economic incentives; Pyongyang needs money, especially as the international community is tightening its grip on the Hermit Kingdom's cash flow over its continued missile tests.

So, as a small business owner, the substantive relationship you have with your local banker, or the social capital you've built within your community over years, if not decades — which propels enormous goodwill, customer loyalty, and economic value — means little, if anything, to regulators.

Freeing Main Street community banks from regulations designed for larger and riskier Wall Street financial firms will produce a positive economic impact while preserving the widespread benefits of local banking over the long - term.

Those who have followed the debate over same - sex marriage understand very clearly that law and culture ought to work together to promote and preserve families and communities; we should apply the same vigor to strengthening economic policies that make it easier for people not to sin.

Second, we can seek to restore the dominance of the political order over the economic one, so that other community values besides overall wealth can set the ground - rules for economic activity.

It seems that only in a community that has some control over its own economic life can there be freedom to decide about the respective roles of human labor and fossil energy.

It is incumbent on those of us who are in position to influence the thinking of faithful people to make clear that the neo-liberal economic thought that informs most current top - down development, riding roughshod over communities, and reshaping the lives and thinking of hundreds of millions of people, is based on assumptions that are antithetical to ours.

Since local communities can have no sustainable economic well - being without considerable control over their own lives, this would require relative economic self - sufficiency in relatively small regions.

In his book, The New York Idea, Mario Cuomo states that over and above both his «personal feelings» and the significant civic and religious opposition to casinos, «there is a respectable body of economic though that holds that casino gambling is actually economically regressive to a state and a community.»

The Exodus movement was the historical beginning of opposition to any despotic and imperial rule over the people of God; and the covenant community is the first political and socio - economic expression of the Sovereignty of Yahweh, who liberated the Hebrew slaves from the land of Egypt.

Political institutions should retain power over economic ones even if they choose to give free reign to market forces within the community.

Imbalance in «economic strength favouring the milling community» over the «local cane growing community».

Dr. Wheeler has over 30 years of progressive experience in all phases of public and private sector policy development working in process development, crisis resolution, civic engagement, community / economic development, and planning as well as policy development and implementation.

What is clear is that to address political inequality — which is a precondition to achieving the broader goals raised by the Great Charter Convention — we must restore substantive democratic power over how our political and economic institutions are organised, thereby better enabling individuals to come together to make collective decisions that shape their lives, communities and workplaces.

Gillen referred questions about Corbett's role to her transition executive director Brian Muellers, who said in an email: «The bipartisan transition team consisted of over thirty volunteer members with diverse political, economic and community based expertise in the Town of Hempstead and was in no way involved in what has become just the latest, sad chapter in the Town of Oyster Bay.

Whereas, we can take pride in the progress our state and nation have made in reinforcing women's rights over the decades and recognize that we have not yet crossed all thresholds to fulfilling our mission and quest for true equality; today we celebrate the economic, social, and political accomplishments of women, we honor the courageous women who have made extraordinary contributions to their countries and communities, and we pause to remember the struggles waged by generations of women who have led the fight for equality and justice; and

Over the last 14 years, state leaders have created at least a dozen different programs that allow them to borrow money off of the state's normal books for projects loosely defined as economic development or community enhancement.

According to him, the positive responses he gave and developments after the December 7 general election when he called the winner, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to concede defeat to him, even before the Electoral Commission (EC) announced the results of the presidential election, constituted a major reason the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) requested him to participate in two missions to Banjul, The Gambia to get Yahya Jammeh to accept the will of the Gambian people and hand over power to Mr Adama Barrow, but which he refused.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

It's only been a little over a week since the state legislature approved an upstate economic development competition in the budget, but central New York community leaders are already beginning to try to figure out their entry.

The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) presided over by Justice Wilkins Wright has ordered the Federal Government...

The @RocRedWings have been an important economic driver in our region for over 100 years and are an iconic community asset — that is why I requested an update from County Executive Dinolfo and Naomi Silver on the status of lease negotiations at Frontier Field.

«Over and over again, this trickle - down model of economic development has left our community with developers being richly rewarded and our community reaping, at best, questionable benefits,» she sOver and over again, this trickle - down model of economic development has left our community with developers being richly rewarded and our community reaping, at best, questionable benefits,» she sover again, this trickle - down model of economic development has left our community with developers being richly rewarded and our community reaping, at best, questionable benefits,» she said.

However, high unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, and limited supportive programs have contributed to economic stagnation in the neighborhood over the last decade, precluding Jamaica from realizing the potential of previous City investments in the area — including the development of the Jamaica AirTrain terminal in 2003 and a 2007 rezoning of 368 blocks in the area aimed at providing a dynamic mix of residential, business, and community opportunities in the heart of the downtown.

The site could hold over 2,000 units of housing, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space and 500,000 square feet of community facility space, public parks and waterfront access, the non-profit group South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation said in a planning report that was finished in January.

Aubry, a Queens Democrat who chairs the Assembly's Corrections Committee, expressed concern over the lack of information on how, exactly, the regional economic development councils proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would be awarding cash to communities that lose prisons.

Stavisky did have some praise for Cuomo's plan to use colleges as economic engines for communities, something SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher has been championing since she took over.

Despite optimism in the business community over the Republican - control of the federal government, that has not translated into broad economic gains.

Hunt says his party needs to understand not just how it failed to find an aspirational economic message, but also to appreciate the sense of loss and dislocation many traditional working - class communities have felt over the past two decades.

Brown - Robinson says the lawsuit is one of the reasons the NAACP recently sent letters to Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, contending that appointing Antonacci to be U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York would send a «clear message to the minority community that political connection and gross intolerance take priority over our civil and economic rights.»

The awards recognized and rewarded the contributions of the expatriate and naturalised expatriate community to the socio - economic advancement of the country over the decades.

«We are also responsible for infusing over $ 120,000,000 ($ 120 million) of economic impact to the communities we serve.

«Our relations have grown over the years nurtured by strong people to people contacts, a dynamic Diasporan community, regular high level visits and significant economic ties.

The first State of the Economy, Saratoga Economic Index event was attended by over 100 community and business leaders from throughout Saratoga County, with a keynote address from Jason Bram, economist from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

While many county Democrats have lauded the deal as a win for the environment and public health — the plant, situated atop two fault lines, has been cited for 40 safety and operational «events» since 2012 alone — Republicans and other local community leaders have been quick to raise concerns over the economic impact of its decommissioning.

He later formed the SDP, partly over Labour's decision to support withdrawal from the former European Economic Community.

Over 100 leaders attended the event, which covered a variety of topics from the state of economic development to community preparedness.

Everyone understood the economic realities facing our community, and that's why we have developed a more affordable capital improvements plan to invest $ 130 million into Ralph Wilson stadium over the next several years, not the more than $ 200 million originally discussed, and that includes a $ 35 million investment from the Bills» organization ($ 54 million from NYS and $ 41 million from Erie County).

That move followed Menchaca's high profile battle with the city's Economic Development Corporation over redevelopment of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park, an issue Menchaca said was eventually settled to the community's benefit.

Meléndez projected that Maria's damage to Puerto Rico's physical, social and economic fabric could result in as many as 200,000 migrants to the U.S. mainland over the next 12 months, with many of the new arrivals relocating to Florida, New York and New Jersey — all of which have existing large Puerto Rican communities.

Despite skepticism in the neuroscience community, Markram won over the people who really mattered: funders at the European Commission, who seem to have looked less closely at the proposal's scientific feasibility than at its potential economic and political payoff.

Such a transformation has to be built on a process of economic and political localisation where local communities (rural and urban) have control over decisions that affect their lives.

In spite of dire levels of carbon in the atmosphere, the global community has not changedcourse and keeps pursuing economic growth over the alternative, which is sustainable use of scarce resources.Due to powerful media propaganda - endorsing growth at all costs, there is a fundamental indifference by the community, which is reflected as apathy accepting a more holistic point of view.