Sentences with phrase «economic redevelopment»

The governor's most visible recent economic redevelopment plan for the area fell flat last month when it became public on Dec. 18 that Austria - based ams AG had ended its involvement with the Marcy Nanocenter site at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the Pentagon's $ 800 million Afghanistan Task Force for Stability and Business Operations — which was designed to focus on economic redevelopment in US war zones — when he complained about a lack of financial accountability, and now says he has been «singled out for retaliation and retribution,» Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) said last week in a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

The governor defended the Buffalo Billion, saying that the ambitious economic redevelopment program is bigger than those accused of corruption.

The acquisition is being heralded as one of the largest economic redevelopment projects in recent Dutchess County history.

State lawmakers, business and real estate developers as well as local preservation advocates gathered Thursday to send a united message to Governor Andrew Cuomo: do not remove from the budget a tax incentive they say is critical to continued economic redevelopment.

«HS2 will be a huge catalyst for economic redevelopment along parts of the route.

Touma added that while they've gratefully enjoyed the support of New York State in its own economic redevelopment, especially in its tourism sector, the city recognizes it needs to stand on its own feet to further its own version of an economic renaissance as Buffalo is experiencing.

Marking the 70th anniversary of the original staging, Revisiting a Better Philadelphia: 1947 - 2017 will ground the city's current period of economic redevelopment within a deeper historical context, while inviting dialogue about how to strengthen diverse community growth and preserve Philadelphia's architectural heritage.

As well as targeting energy use, water usage and transportation emissions reductions, the Albuquerque 2030 District will focus on driving economic redevelopment throughout the downtown corridor.

A 1954 Supreme Court decision in the case of Berman v. Parker gave governments latitude to use eminent domain for economic redevelopment purposes.

The Joliet City Council allocated $ 8 million for the park, part of a $ 55.3 million economic redevelopment program approved last September.

Jeremy Acklam from Institution of Engineering and Technology said: «One of the biggest benefits of High Speed Rail is the economic redevelopment opportunities.

Another question raised was whether the state's budget deficit and the need to close it might slow down New York's investments in Western New York's economic redevelopment.

Schroeder, the City Comptroller, took steps to reach out to East Side neighborhoods where some have wondered when they may be next for Buffalo's economic redevelopment.

Clinton, who credited Slaughter with inspiration when she ran successfully for U.S. Senate in 2000, also noted Slaughter was instrumental in sparking the economic redevelopment of Western New York.

Legislator Lynne Dixon said, «It is great to see this effort finally come to fruition after 13 years, knowing how important revitalization of the Bethlehem Steel site is to the economic redevelopment of the greater Western New York region.

The Buffalo Billion has been celebrated by many as a public catalyst for the Western New York region's economic redevelopment and renaissance.

Clinton, when discussing his wife's contributions to Western New York as a U.S. Senator representing the Empire State, spoke of the federal funding she secured to plant the seeds of Buffalo's economic redevelopment, including the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

The Supreme Court of the United States has considered whether a municipality could constitutionally exercise its power of eminent domain over nonblighted private property as part of an economic redevelopment plan.

In 2000, the City approved an economic redevelopment plan («Plan»).