Sentences with phrase «first major urban centers»

«Our belief is that Memphis is poised to be either the first or among the first major urban centers to fully and deeply transform public education for all kids — in our case, without having had to suffer a hurricane to get there,» said Barbara Hyde, the president of the Hyde Family Foundations, a philanthropy in Memphis that funds some of the efforts.

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Exhibitions at QMA include Red Lines Housing Crisis Learning Center, a project on home finance by artist and urban designer Damon Rich; The Curse of Bigness, which featured major works by Survival Research Laboratories, J. Morgan Puett, and Dexter Sinister, among others; and the first U.S. solo presentation of Korean video and performance artist Sung Hwan Kim.

Haynes and Boone was the first major tenant to relocate to One Victory Park, an urban 20 - story, 456,000 square - foot Class A building located near the American Airlines Center (AAC).