Sentences with phrase «economic development of the city»

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Ackman, who is also chairman of the Howard Hughes board of directors, said the real estate company was poised to thrive in the current economic environment, with many strong land development projects in its pipeline, from New York City's South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan to Hawaii beachfront property.

What's more, the ubiquity of tech startups — and the decreased financial barrier to entry — has prompted Philadelphia and Detroit, among other cities, to begin offering venture capital in an effort to boost economic development, create jobs and attract young people, says Archna Sahay, Philadelphia's manager of entrepreneurial investment.

While representing the vast majority of its metro region, Calgary Economic Development also benefits from diversified funding from the city, private industry and other levels of government.

That balkanization is evident in the City of Vancouver's paltry economic development budget, which sits at about $ 2.7 million.

Gregory So, secretary for commerce and economic development of Hong Kong, talks about how the city has to boost its cultural attractions.

While larger sums of money are thrown around in San Francisco, New York, Boston and a handful of other major U.S. cities, Bott and Tammy Riddle, director of the IT cluster at the Cincinnati USA Partnership for Economic Development, say that what sets Cincinnati apart is its unusually supportive ecosystem for new companies.

A study commissioned by the city's economic development authority estimated that the bottom - line benefits of telecommuting for employers, employees and communities across Canada could be as high as $ 53 billion a year.

«The upside,» says Bruce Berger, Director of Community planning and economic development for the city of Davenport, «is that you're retaining that many jobs with the hope that the factory can do well.

But city officials met behind closed doors Tuesday with company CEO David Tran and representatives of Gov. Jerry Brown's Business and Economic Development Office.

Finalist cities are refining their pitches based on many of the factors that usually motivate corporations in site selection — economic development opportunities, transportation access and infrastructure, skilled labor force and quality - of - life measurements, like education and real estate costs.

Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency business growth & innovation manager David Jones said outside of the 97 people shortlisted, the longer list of high - quality tech talent willing to come to New Zealand was a «valuable resource» for the city.

As he points out, when a review of the city finances under Mayor David Miller called for improved economic development, Toronto created Build Toronto and Invest Toronto, arms - lengths organizations with a «mandate from the mayor and council... that the city is indeed open for business.»

The conversation was charged as panelists sparred on 421a, with Pinsky — the former head of the city's Economic Development Corporation — raising questions about the cost of lengthy tax abatements.

The study doesn't go too deeply into the causes of start - up density, but it does offer economic development folks a chance to see which cities are «doing it right.»

The city's mission to improve economic development by expanding its financial - technology sector has fueled a surge of high - paying, white - collar jobs.

That project was spearheaded by noted economic development expert Ed Morrison along with area business leaders — in particular, Charles Van Rysselberge, who headed the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce at that time.

(To learn how much CEOs of similar - size companies pay themselves in your region, do what TRC's board did: consult local city magazines and regional economic - development organizations.)

The New York City Economic Development Corporation offers dozens of services for businesses of all sizes and in all industries.

Between McAllen and Reynosa, «We are one city that happens to have a river running through it, not much different than most communities,» said Keith Patridge, president and chief executive of the McAllen Economic Development Corporation.

To change that, she made a call to the Emerging Technologies Program with the City of Austin's Economic Development Division.

Jennifer Matz, director of the city's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, said that the payroll tax was a disincentive for businesses to grow in San Francisco.

-- Chris Rickett, manager of entrepreneurship services in the City of Toronto's Economic Development and Culture Division

The Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, explained that Canada must think beyond trade and investment to build new opportunities and partnership through innovation hubs and by tapping into the growth of developing smart cities — urban areas that use communications technologies to manage their infrastructure.

Specifically, it helps with building companies outside of major cities as well as supporting economic development in communities around the world.

• An economic opportunity «transferable corporate tax credit equal to the value of the cost for all soft and hard costs associated with the acquisition, relocation, and development of any new or refurbished building in the City of Camden up to $ 350 million.»

The City's Department of Community Planning & Economic Development has a variety of resources to help your business succeed.

«We're all concerned about what could be gentrification or displacement, how do we deal with that,» said Aisha Glover, president and chief executive of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, which is involved in the New Jersey city's bid.

With Aetna Inc. looking to move its headquarters from Hartford, on the heels of General Electric Co.'s shift to Boston, Connecticut's economic development strategy may now turn inward, boosting its cities to attract high - tech workers and fixing state government's crisis - prone budgeting.

And of course, Baltimore is competing against more than 200 other cities and regions to grab the biggest economic development plum in years: the $ 5 billion second headquarters of Amazon that promises to bring 50,000 new jobs to its chosen city.

The Canada Spotlight was sponsored by MaRS, the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment, the federal department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the not - for - profit foundation Sustainable Development Technology Canada and the City of Vancouver.

Speaking on the sidelines of an official trip to Jakarta, Yau, the city's secretary for commerce and economic development, said: «We will continue to be a voice of the multilateral rule - based free trade system... and a valued partner of all participants in the system, including the US.»

The city that attracts Amazon's new second headquarters would gain 50,000 jobs, billions of dollars in economic development, and potentially a lot more people on roads and public transportation.

Matt Mikolajewski, city of Madison economic development director, said the property was listed with the CBRE commercial real estate firm about one month ago.

Prior to Forest City, Ashley served as a Senior Policy Advisor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development.

This program will also serve as a catalyst for economic development and job creation within the city of Miami.

But as cities, counties and states compete for economic development, spending on such programs nationwide has climbed into the billions of dollars, even in an era of fiscal austerity.

Ahead of Thursday's deadline for cities to bid, D.C. was pitching four different locations in hopes of landing what's being touted as the largest economic development deal in years, one that could bring an investment of up to $ 5 billion and as many as 50,000 jobs.

«We're going to pose some tough questions to both candidates about economic issues, stemming directly from the survey results,» said Black, noting that 66 per cent of survey respondents said they want the City of Vancouver to pursue ways to champion the development of energy, natural resources and Port facilities.

A more open North Korea will also create more chances for economic development in Chinese cities, such as the border city of Dandong and those struggling to restructure local economy in Northeast China's Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces, Jin Qiangyi, director of the Asia Research Center at China's Yanbian University in Jilin Province, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

The history of Italian unification» Italian fascism having more than a decade's existence as a special place in radicalism; the role of the papacy in severely constraining manifest forms of statist rule; the cultural tradition of Italian major cities, which had autonomous forms of city development; and the weaknesses of Italy with respect to economic concentrations of power in the early twentieth century» all argue against a muscular totalitarianism.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

St. Augustine's enduring conception of the two cities here receives contemporary development and application as outstanding authors, most of whom are also First Things contributors, address economics, the academy, natural law, politics, and marriage: Robert Jenson on the Church's responsibility, Robert Louis Wilken on what Augustine really meant, Carl Braaten on natural law, George Weigel on not despairing about the ambiguity of politics, Robert Benne on Christian engagement in economic enterprise, and Gilbert Meilaender on the virtue of marriage.

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It was recognized a few years ago by the Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City.

City of Durham internship placements include the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Durham Parks and Recreation, Public Works Department, Durham One Call and others.

A program of the Durham Workforce Development Board, the program is administered by the City of Durham Office of Economic and Workforce Development and is a partnership between the City, Durham County, Durham Public Schools, Durham Technical Community College, and Made in Durham.

If youth applicants or their parents / guardians have questions about the DYIP application process, contact Employment Program Coordinator James Dickens with the City of Durham's Office of Economic and Workforce Development at 919-560-4965, ext. 15217 or at [email protected].

Also at 9 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul outlines Cuomo's 2016 State of the State agenda at a New York City Regional Economic Development Council meeting, New York Genome Center, 101 Ave. of the Americas, Manhattan.

Instead, he's hinted at proposals for economic development and strengthening security in New York City while also adopting the agenda of the labor - backed Working Families Party as he received their endorsement in May.

The pro-Hoyt mailers focus on a Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit he championed in Albany as chair of the Cities Committee and sustainable economic development.