Sentences with phrase «from community and business»

«After months of work with key stakeholders throughout the Baltimore area, we recently submitted our bid with full and enthusiastic support from community and business leaders in and around the city.

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The program hosts an annual four - month, 100 - hour intensive that facilitates participants» transition from informal to formal cannabis operations by providing training and mentorship in partnership with the mainstream Oakland cannabis legal and business community.

«Ending DACA would place severe economic strain on businesses around the country, putting them into the impossible and extremely costly position of having to fire productive employees for no other reason than an arbitrary change in federal policy, potentially resulting in backlash from other employees, or their broader community,» the report reads.

I also believe there's going to be a lot of aid that comes in from the federal level, philanthropic level, and even the business community.

«In the future,» he says, «I want the small - business community to think, I get my payroll from ADP, I get my insurance from Hartford, and I get my billing and accounts - receivable analysis from CDS.»

Students receive mentorship from executives within the business community, and conduct three projects under the supervision of professors that integrate course learnings.

«Recently we've gotten feedback from our community that public content — posts from businesses, brands and media — is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other,» Zuckerberg said in a post announcing the changes.

Small Business Saturday is a day for everyone — from the business owners who create jobs to the customers who buy locally — to support small businesses that invigorate the economy and keep communities tBusiness Saturday is a day for everyone — from the business owners who create jobs to the customers who buy locally — to support small businesses that invigorate the economy and keep communities tbusiness owners who create jobs to the customers who buy locally — to support small businesses that invigorate the economy and keep communities thriving.

A focus on quality, local products can help a small business succeed as communities are becoming more and more adamant about buying from small, local businesses.

By now, the business community is used to accusations of its alleged black arts from environmentalists, left - wing politicians and assorted other activists.

In many places, such as in California and Colorado, businesses and communities vie against each other to win potentially lucrative licenses from the state for creating and operating marijuana cultivation centers and retail outlets.

For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

But in today's business environment, small companies have embraced sponsorship of everything from local softball and volleyball teams to festivals, fairs, and park cleanups as an effective means of increasing their visibility in their home community.

It's a marketplace handcuffed by certificate - of - need laws that limit the number of MRI centers and hospital beds in communities, granting providers regional monopolies, and preventing insurers from clinching discounts by offering to send patients to the providers willing to lower their rates in exchange for more business.

While the full scope of the damage has yet to be determined, outpourings of concern and offerings of assistance have come in from every corner of the nation and other countries, particularly from members of the business community.

Buyers and end users in this community are often female and retain non-traditional IT backgrounds; decisions are increasingly made by professionals from the lines of business (like sales and marketing) rather than pure IT pros.

In a world where big business is often marked as self - serving bad guys, companies are looking for ways to remove themselves from the stigma and reach out to their communities and the world.

And while white entrepreneurs of means are more likely to start a business with financial help from friends and family, generations of poverty in minority communities shuts the door on this prospeAnd while white entrepreneurs of means are more likely to start a business with financial help from friends and family, generations of poverty in minority communities shuts the door on this prospeand family, generations of poverty in minority communities shuts the door on this prospect.

And their business has apparently turned into a community favorite, with more than 60 percent of new customers coming from referrals.

But sports without vibrant business models and followings will prevent a gold medal from earning much beyond fame in a small niche community.

Beverly Hills, Calif., April 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- MC Endeavors, Inc. (MSMY), an innovator in social commerce platforms, is committed to becoming a leading global social commerce company that utilizes a single core platform, Room 21 ™, to produce, distribute and monetize online communities for individuals and businesses that interact with industries ranging from industrial business to healthcare to entertainment.

«I think there'll always be barriers... (but) we're not just going to sit back and shake our head and say, «OK, well, I guess that's it,»» said Mary Clauss, a small business owner from suburban Chicago who recently marched in Washington and now is organizing other women in her community.

The personal finance site recently crunched through numbers from the Small Business Administration, the Census Bureau, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics among other sources to uncover the best cities with thriving communities of educated, young entrepreneurs.

As one of the few remaining, functioning businesses, Smith could supply desperately needed services to his community, including care to the dozens of cats, dogs, goats, horses and other animals in the community that suffered from burns and smoke inhalation.

The reality is that no one, not even the biggest and brightest minds in the entrepreneurial community or business world today, can possibly see everything from every angle.

«The advocacy community has suggested that DEA's statement that they would decide on the Gregoire - Chafee rescheduling petition this summer is a sign that they are moving toward reforming policy with regard to marijuana,» Hudak told Business Insider, referring to a 2011 petition from Govs. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Christine Gregoire of Washington state.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

But after she found a business partner and perfected her pitch — adding community - building events to her strategy for promoting the line — she says she received incredible support from the company.

I wanted to document an unprecedented milestone in the tireless campaign for gender parity, and to also explain the long - term benefits to the business community that would come from a woman winning the top job in the world.

Since 2014 James has served as president of the Hawaiian Venture Capital Association, a professional organization designed to bring together members from the local entrepreneurial, investor and business communities to interact through educational and networking events.

In the immediate aftermath, more than a dozen local businesses are reeling from the events, and trying to find meaningful ways to support the community.

Active in the community, Bessant was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine for her civic and business contributions to the state of North Carolina and received the Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award from the Charlotte Business business contributions to the state of North Carolina and received the Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award from the Charlotte Business Business Lifetime Achievement Award from the Charlotte Business Business Journal.

Another start - up, Whinot, founded by Kyle Hawke in 2010, offers small - business owners advice and project help from a community of reputable experts.

In the business community, Patagonia, the $ 575 - million outdoor apparel and gear maker based in Ventura, California, is about as far from Biggie Smalls as you can get.

Businesses stand to gain most advantage from building successful online communities as that is a direct channel between the organization and its members.

Namely, Sands believes the venture community has strayed from its roots, and Sands wants to «recreate the venture capital business of the»90s.»

In 1999, for instance, he ruled that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had illegally enacted a workplace safety program without first gathering input from the business community.

While rising investment from China should be welcome, politicians and the business community in destination countries are concerned about security and fairness.

A report from the nonpartisan Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Center, for instance, looked at data from the Survey of Business Owners and the American Community Survey and determined that though immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18 percent of small business owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector empBusiness Owners and the American Community Survey and determined that though immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18 percent of small business owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector empbusiness owners, and that immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector employment.

These rankings are a testament to the commitment from Georgia businesses, communities, our economic development partners and the people of Georgia.

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 deveBusiness 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 devebusiness incubators and accelerators worldwide, with over 90 percent being non-profit and focused on incubator programs for community economic development.

«This forward - thinking initiative is expected to draw innovators, entrepreneurs and business startups from around the world to St. Louis and to provide us with important insights and technologies to deliver long - term value to our customers and the communities we serve.

«We're excited to partner with Hitch Health, an organization focused on creating and delivering health solutions that remove barriers for patients in underserved communities, in a collaboration that marries our unique API solution with their innovative technology to make it easier for people to get to and from their healthcare appointments,» said Gyre Renwick, VP of Lyft Business.

«But recently we've gotten feedback from our community that public content — posts from businesses, brands and media — is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other.

The task force had 13 members drawn from the business and education sectors, community organizations and academia.

Schultz has long championed corporate social impact, but his high - profile push on the issue of race has some from both the business world and the black community wondering whether there's a limit to the growing trend of what's known as «CEO activism.»

That statistic is backed up by research on the cost and benefits of work flexibility from Global Workplace Analytics, an organization that helps businesses and communities with workplace strategies.

In BC, we have a number of exemptions that allow small businesses to raise capital from their family, friends and communities — in short, to do crowdfunding.

target and maximum levels, assumed, for Mr. Hoyt's Wholesale Banking Group, continued double - digit loan growth and favorable credit quality; for Mr. Oman's Home and Consumer Finance Group, improvement in the home mortgage business due to cost control and expected improvements in the yield curve favorably affecting earnings from hedging activities; and for Ms. Tolstedt's Community Banking Group, growth in deposits, especially low or no - cost core deposits, continued loan growth, and stable credit loss rates.

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