Sentences with phrase «for local economic development»

Its new series of core courses is beginning in February, with continuing education classes focusing on principles of sustainable agriculture, including those related to not only food and food systems, but also home energy and water conservation, tools for local economic development and quality of life improvement.

In order to achieve sustainability, the tourism industry must continue to place a significant focus on harnessing tourism for local economic development, for the benefit of all communities and in managing the social impact of tourism.

NEW BRITAIN — The city's legislative delegation expects the state next week to authorize $ 6.7 million in grants and loans for local economic development, low - income housing and a new military memorial.The Bond Commission is expected to support a $ 1.9...

The SIAT are the official judges of the two enormous state competitions for local economic development aid and business subsidies.

The panel makes recommendations to the Niagara Power Project, which assigns unused Niagara power each year for local economic development.

Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) is focused on sustainability and serving as a catalyst for local economic development through transparent and respectful stakeholder engagement and as responsible stewards of the environment.

The business group says the regulation has «serious implications for local economic development.»

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One of the best sources of information and assistance for startup and expanding business is state, region and local economic development agencies.

Check at your local economic development office, college, or university for more information.

Your local economic development authority not only can provide information about the real estate market but may also offer incentives for opening or relocating a business.

But Lesko's lists pertain mostly to small business: you'll find information on agencies that give development assistance to expanding companies, economic reports that regional Federal Reserve banks will send you, government surplus - property auctions, whom to ask about overseas selling, how to find financial data on a company or franchisor, where to apply for research grants — in sum, information on the offerings of nearly every federal, state, and local bureaucracy in the country.

For instance, the federal government's Community Development Block Grants, which are dispensed by local communities for economic growth, require that contractors hired by the borrower pay the prevailing wage rate for that locatiFor instance, the federal government's Community Development Block Grants, which are dispensed by local communities for economic growth, require that contractors hired by the borrower pay the prevailing wage rate for that locatifor economic growth, require that contractors hired by the borrower pay the prevailing wage rate for that locatifor that location.

«In addition to a growing need for international exchange resulting from China's economic development, local governments» increased subsidies are driving Chinese carriers» global route expansion,» Shanghai - based Cadas said in a report released Thursday.

«Additionally, LCEDC created a FlexJobs partnership for telecommuting opportunities, led efforts for the first annual Manufacturing Day with over 150 students visiting local manufacturers, and founded the Eastern Plains Economic Development Coalition to strengthen the perception of opportunity across Eastern Plains.»

A grant or an award for economic development from a Federal, State or local government will qualify.

In Australia, as well as reflecting the favourable overseas developments, financial markets have been influenced by the run of strong local economic data, with the result that markets had begun to anticipate some tightening of monetary policy ahead of the Board's November decision, though a rise in cash rates had only been fully priced for the December meeting.

The stores aim to boost local economic development through the creation of new jobs and by partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses and local nonprofits to provide job skills training opportunities for youth in the community.

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.

Even Russia makes it easier for foreigners to inject capital into the local food industry, according to the Organisation for Economic Co - operation and Development.

AFSA has long campaigned for the creation of an inter-departmental Ministerial Food Forum to ensure strategic and coherent policy development and integration of planning in and across departments managing local food and food systems, population health, transport, land use, education, environmental sustainability, natural resources, infrastructure and economic development.

The spurt of activity, especially from locals, is good news for the village, said Meredith Hannah, Glen Ellyn's economic development coordinator.

Cuomo proposed using some of a $ 4 billion surplus, which he acknowledged was a «one - shot» revenue source from numerous financial settlements, on infrastructure spending, education and for helping local governments find ways to share services as part of an overall economic development boost for the upstate region.

«Tioga Downs» expansion will foster hundreds of new jobs and spur much - needed economic development in the Southern Tier, plus generate millions of dollars for public schools and local governments — with all private money and zero taxpayer dollars,» Commission Executive Director Robert Williams said in a statement.

Cuomo announced almost $ 40 million to be rewarded to local projects for economic development; $ 39.2 million in economic development funding has been approved for 34 projects across the state.

The state's economic development czar made the case to Long Island executives that Cuomo's START - UP NY tax - free zones for businesses will likely boost the economy and won't reduce tax revenue collected currently by state and local governments.

«Crossrail will facilitate the continued sustainable development of London's primary finance and business service activities, located in both the City and Docklands and support local and national Government policy for economic development and regeneration, particularly in the Lee Valley and Thames Gateway areas.»

A spokeswoman for Governor Cuomo's campaign says the governor actually reformed previous economic development practices, scrapping the notorious legislative member items, known as pork barrel projects, for regional approaches led by local leaders.

• Converting a portion of current formula - based funding for agriculture and markets research, economic development, local government and juvenile detention programs into competitive, performance - based funding program.

Central New York this month won $ 500 million from the state for economic development, based in part on a promise that city and county leaders would work together to streamline and modernize local government.

Inc. • Ambient Environmnental, Inc. • API New York • BlueRock Energy • Buffalo Niagara Partnership • Capital Region Chamber of Commerce • Central Hudson • Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce • Chemung County Chamber of Commerce • Constitution Pipeline • Cortland County Chamber of Commerce • D.A. Collins • Delaware Engineering • Dominion Energy • Eastern NY District Council of Laborers • Energy Coalition of New York • Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance • EnergyMark, LLC • Engineers Labor - Employer Cooperative (ELEC 825) • General Contractors Association of NY • Hudson Valley Building & Construction Trades Council • Independent Oil & Gas Association of NY (IOGA - NY) • Independent Power Producers of NY (IPPNY) • International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 (IOUE 825) • Iroquois • IUOE Local 825 • Joint Landowners Coalition • Laborers District Council of Eastern NY • Laborers Local 17 LECET Fund • Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier • Millennium Pipeline • National Fuel Gas Company • National Federation of Independent Business • North Country Chamber of Commerce • NYS Building & Construction Trades Council • NYS Conference of the International Union of Operating Engineers • NYS Economic Development Council • NYS LECET Fund (Laborers - Employers Cooperation & Education Trust) • Orange County Partnership • Otsego County IDA • Penn - York Land Services Corp. • Unshackle Upstate • Upstate New York Laborers District Council • U.S Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy • USA Compression • Williams Pipeline.

The Niagara Gazette reports the Giacomo Hotel, a Niagara Falls property owner by the Buffalo businessman and failed 2010 gubernatorial candidate, will be one of the stops along a so - called Business Familiarization Tour local economic development officials are planning for Sept. 22.

No local officials hesitated when the governor offered Buffalo $ 1 billion, said Howard Zemsky, a developer who chairs the governor's regional economic development council for Western New York.

The #NoCuts Coalition is comprised of the following groups and individuals: Community Voices Heard, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Manhattan North District Council of Presidents, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), New York Communities for Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New YoFor Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New York.

Hundreds of Neighborhood Stakeholders Help Shape Jamaica Action Plan as Part of BP Katz Initiative QUEENS, NY — Several hundred local stakeholders participated in the Jamaica Planning Initiative Conference on Saturday, November 22, offering significant ideas and insights to help shape the Initiative's Jamaica Action Plan, a blueprint for economic growth and development in the -LSB-...]

She says, for example, Democrats would like to work with Governer Cuomo to continue his regional economic development councils that receive grants for local job creation projects.

Referring to a recent Brookings Institution report that ranked Syracuse at the bottom in economic development among cities, Byrne pinned the blame on local government and advocated for government efficiency by reducing duplicate services that are offered by both the city or town and the county.

«Local 282 members have been strong supporters of mine throughout my public service because they know that I fight for, and deliver on, the priorities that are important for all of our families; tax relief, economic development and public safety.

Dr. Issahaku is an International Development Economist with several years of experience in economic policy management and development, having worked with reputable international and local institutions including the World Bank as a Senior Public Sector Specialist; the African Development Bank as a Principal Governance Expert; the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as a Development Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior PlanniDevelopment Economist with several years of experience in economic policy management and development, having worked with reputable international and local institutions including the World Bank as a Senior Public Sector Specialist; the African Development Bank as a Principal Governance Expert; the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as a Development Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior Planning economic policy management and development, having worked with reputable international and local institutions including the World Bank as a Senior Public Sector Specialist; the African Development Bank as a Principal Governance Expert; the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as a Development Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior Plannidevelopment, having worked with reputable international and local institutions including the World Bank as a Senior Public Sector Specialist; the African Development Bank as a Principal Governance Expert; the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as a Development Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior PlanniDevelopment Bank as a Principal Governance Expert; the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as a Development Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior Planning Economic Commission for Africa as a Development Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior PlanniDevelopment Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior PlanniDevelopment Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior Planning Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior PlanniDevelopment Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior Planning Analyst.

Ten regional economic development councils compete annually for funding and access to those tax credits for local projects.

Currently, the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) prepares the most comprehensive view of state and local economic development efforts statewide; however, the usefulness of this presentation is limited because it is based mostly on available data published for past years.1 A UEDB should be part of the Executive and Enacted budgets and should include prospective information showing the costs of all economic development programs for the coming fiscal year.2 To capture the full scope of economic development costs, a UEDB should bring together tax expenditures and spending at state agencies and authorities, as well as the value of discounted power offered by the New York Power Authority.

The report in question is an annual progress report on the governor's much - touted — or much - criticized, depending on who's talking — START - UP NY economic development program, established in 2013, that allows new or expanding companies with ties to participating institutions of higher education to operate without paying most state or local taxes for 10 years.

Galesi's chief operating officer, David Buicko, has a seat on the local Regional Economic Development Council and his company has received money before for the Mohawk Harbor development, next to Rivers Casino in SDevelopment Council and his company has received money before for the Mohawk Harbor development, next to Rivers Casino in Sdevelopment, next to Rivers Casino in Schenectady.

Garry Douglas, head of the North Country Chamber and Co-Chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council, said access to broadband across the region was identified six years ago as a key strategic priority for the local economy.

And to make sure the state Gaming Commission's siting board understands just how much local backing the Nevele proposal has in Ulster County, Hein also announced the creation of a county Gaming and Economic Development Alliance to advocate for the project.

«Our next steps will be to work with state and local economic development stakeholders to re-evaluate what options would better meet the needs of the current commercial marketplace here in the Capital Region,» said Heather Groll, a spokeswoman for the Office of General Services, which manages state property.

With too many communities living with double - digit unemployment and limited access to affordable groceries, we continue to evaluate local opportunities that will allow us to do what we do best: open stores, create jobs, stimulate economic development and lower the cost of living for customers.

ROCHESTER - An official in local and regional economic development will be leaving for a job in Rochester.

«The New York City Economic Development Corporation intends to undertake a restructuring, the primary effect of which will be to allow the company to remain a not - for - profit corporation, but to cease to be a local development corporation,» Patrick Muncie, an EDC spokesman, said in aDevelopment Corporation intends to undertake a restructuring, the primary effect of which will be to allow the company to remain a not - for - profit corporation, but to cease to be a local development corporation,» Patrick Muncie, an EDC spokesman, said in adevelopment corporation,» Patrick Muncie, an EDC spokesman, said in a statement.

In today's letter, Mahoney accused Miner of reneging on an agreement not to form a local development corporation to compete with the Onondaga Civic Development Corp., which pays the rent for the joint economic development office out of fees development corporation to compete with the Onondaga Civic Development Corp., which pays the rent for the joint economic development office out of fees Development Corp., which pays the rent for the joint economic development office out of fees development office out of fees it charges.

New York state and local leaders gathered in Albany Wednesday for the latest announcement of regional economic development awards.