Sentences with phrase «grow urban economies»

The only way you can grow urban economies is by changing the way you manage logistics in a city.»

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They recently received a $ 10,000 grant to help grow their business from the New Economy Initiative's small business challenge, and his farm was among one of five Detroit based urban farms to be awarded.

Ranching, which is a major part of farming in the mountain West, is less heavily subsidized, as is fruit growing and wine making which is a particularly large part of farm economies in Florida, California and Arizona, each of which has a larger than average percentage of people living in urban areas.

An innovative and collaborative urban education system, an increased interest in urban living, a reputation as an outdoor sports and recreation mecca, and a booming and increasingly diversified economy have all helped the city and the district grow and thrive.

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

It doesn't hurt that the local economy has grown at a reasonably brisk pace — at least relative to most urban areas — since 2008.

A global economy growing at an average rate of 3.4 % per year, a population that expands from 7.4 billion today to more than 9 billion in 2040, and a process of urbanisation that adds a city the size of Shanghai to the world's urban population every four months are key forces that underpin our projections.

«Increasing consumption in urbanising China has been identified as an important driver of household carbon footprints over the last 20 years due to the growing urban population and incomes, while decreasing carbon intensity of the Chinese economy only weakly dampens these trends,» the study says.

In some parts of the world, street vendors have noticeably increased due to a rough economy, rampant unemployment, and the rapidly growing demand of urban dwellers who need cheaper food products in the face of a difficult economy.

«Successful markets help grow and connect urban and rural economies.

Because they all have growing economies with emerging middle classes and people moving from rural areas to more urban markets, which is spawning the need for retail.

With the largest millennial cohort growing up and possibly moving on to the suburbs, many urban areas that were reliant on the youth economy could see a decline in demand for certain types of housing geared towards young people.