Sentences with phrase «growing economic opportunity»

In 2018 many people move to Oklahoma for the jobs and the rapidly growing economic opportunity.

Together with local officials, business leaders and residents, we're powering the city with solar and growing economic opportunity in the process.

«By addressing issues such as college affordability, transparency and growing economic opportunity, we believe this pivotal generation will respond well to our message,» Flanagin said.

«I'm proud to include this item in my 2015 Opportunity Agenda as it represents another step forward in our goal of growing economic opportunity for New Yorkers.»

The construction of the Gateway building will not only support and strengthen the Village's vibrant main street community, but it will also grow economic opportunity in Tioga County, by offering retail space to encourage commercial development, as well as, residential apartments that will increase the population and consumer base in the downtown,» said Brittany Woodburn, Economic Development Specialist with Tioga County ED&P.

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is urging global investors to put their money behind Ghana's growing economic opportunities.

Not exact matches

If you're a kid growing up in Dallas, Arkansas, who loves where you are growing up, you may have to choose between your home and moving for economic opportunity.

Another side of growing inequality reveals shrinking opportunities and squandered potential, economic inefficiencies and twisted incentives.

It's an opportunity to show that large tech companies — which are under growing regulatory and political scrutiny — can be vehicles for disproportionately positive social and economic change.

The alliance grew out of Schultz's and ASU president Dr. Michael Crow's participation in the Markle Economic Future Initiative, a program committed to expanding opportunities that help Americans succeed in today's global and digital economy.

This will create new economic opportunities, opening doors for Canadian businesses and workers in the growing global market for clean energy solutions.»

This is truly what it means to «grow your own» when we talk about building sustainable entrepreneurship and increasing economic opportunities.»

We recognize Metro Vancouver's population will grow by an estimated I million people over the next 25 years and believe collectively, we have the generational opportunity to invest in the future livability and economic well - being of our region.

Even if one chooses to completely ignore the historical foundations of inequitable opportunities in America and tries to eliminate any discussion of race, we are still faced with the fact that millions of kids have grown up and are growing up in places where the economic incentives and social supports don't favor stable work and families.

Whelan doesn't want to dismiss the economic benefit to failing cities like Atlantic City, but just like how opportunities to gamble have grown since casinos came to Atlantic City, so have the number of entities that want to cash in on sports.

China, for example, «had everything to gain by opening up to the world» and although it sounded a tad like a Cameron cliché, one supposes he was hinting at a reciprocal arrangement: China's acceptance of free trade will offer opportunity and prosperity to all its citizens yet will equally be a sort of glasnost period where civic consciousness grows together with economic prosperity, and will thus engender reforms to the currently ossified and authoritarian Chinese state.

What triggered successive rounds of popular upheavals in the Middle East was first and foremost the growing sense of frustration with the lack of government accountability, a lack of economic opportunity, pervasive corruption and arbitrary abuse by the security services.

As Cuomo's point person for economic development in the region, Sam Hoyt is charged with growing private sector job opportunities throughout Western New York.

New York's Puerto Rican population began growing significantly in the 1950s and»60s as people left the island in search of economic opportunity.

And it's one of the world's fastest growing energy sources, which means substantial economic opportunities.

«There is poverty of the pocket that translates to the growing incidence of hunger as a result of lack of employment opportunities and economic growth.

«Our tourism industry plays an integral role in this state's economy and we will continue to invest in our natural assets to support local businesses, grow our regional economies and generate new economic opportunities statewide.»

She also said support is growing among the Republican conference, even among members who doubt the medical benefits of the drug but see legalization as an opportunity for economic growth in the state's poorer regions.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has on Tuesday revealed plans of his administration to leverage on the vast economic opportunities in entertainment, tourism and arts sectors, among others to grow the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the State and promote talents in the State to compete globally.

A majority of Senate Republicans are opposed to Savino's Compassionate Care act, although Savino said support is growing among the 29 GOP members, particularly among lawmakers who see legalization as a potential opportunity for economic growth in the state's poorest areas.

«Unidad» means «united,» and people from a dozen Hispanic organizations will come together at this conference, along with a bipartisan group of state legislators, to discuss the needs, challenges and aspirations of the growing Hispanic community in New York and what can be done to increase their economic opportunities.»

We created the Business Stimulus Loan Fund at the ECIDA to help fill some of that gap, giving established local companies the financial support they need to grow and create economic opportunity in our community,» said Erie County Executive

China's economy was growing rapidly, but «children from rural areas with poor educations or in bad health didn't have the capabilities» to take advantage of new economic opportunities, says Luo Renfu, a longtime Rozelle collaborator and economist at Peking University in Beijing.

Working toward this ideal requires attention to not only economic inequities but also to the many related inequities that harm children who grow up poor and to the opportunities for disrupting the strong predictive relationship between poverty and negative outcomes.

A statement by the state chapter of the Northeast Charter Schools Network (NECSN) called the Voices report «puzzling» because charter schools are «Bringing educational opportunity to every child, particularly Connecticut's growing Hispanic population» and are «Providing the kind of education that leads to college and career and reduces racial and economic isolation.»

And as the American ideal of a country in which economic mobility and opportunity are accessible to all seems to be moving further and further away, disillusionment with the political system grows.

«Extending the popular Central Mesa light rail line will open more doors to economic opportunity and spur new commercial development downtown, while reducing congestion in one of the state's fastest - growing regions.»

From Brazil's «Path Amid Economic Recession» to the UK's «Positive Numbers and Political Question Marks,» Johnson and Publishing Perspectives Development Director's Erin L. Cox, work their way through power plays and enticing opportunities, sidetracked expectations and growing influence.

With a population of over 1.8 million, Nebraska is a growing state full of economic and social opportunities.

Renters in minority communities are particularly prone to shelling out a large portion of their income in large, fast - growing metro markets — unfortunately, the exact same markets that tend to offer many other desirable amenities including more plentiful economic opportunities and better social mobility.

As economic hardship spreads and the potential of adverse credit history grows, use of credit reports for hiring, promotion or retention decisions could adversely affect employment opportunities for a wide range of applicants and workers.

We expand access to quality medical care, sanitation, education and economic opportunities so mothers and their children can live and grow stronger.

«As the global economic balance continues to shift to Asia, Hong Kong is the ideal business platform from which to access the myriad regional opportunities now available in the growing ASEAN area and the Chinese mainland,» said HKTDC chairman Jack So.

The company attained its excellent results having taken advantage of opportunities to grow in the domestic market and implemented flexible solutions to deal with challenges such as the economic slowdown, terrorism in Europe and overcrowded infrastructures.

«Asia - Pacific presents tremendous opportunities for expansion, given the region's dynamic economic development and rapidly growing middle class leading to many more people travelling today than ever before.

«The economic development of the African market, supported by the significant number of foreign visitors, large scale urbanisation and the growing disposable income of the one billion people in the domestic market, clearly provides significant opportunities for growth.»

We believe that there are significant and growing economic and employment opportunities in this sector.

With growing demand for fresh, local foods at farmers» markets and restaurants, our region's working farms are set to seize this significant economic opportunity.

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Many of these were fueled by the growing feeling among certain groups that they are being left out of economic opportunities.

Vancouver's growing population, climate uncertainty, rising fossil fuel prices, and shifting economic opportunities challenge the city's sustainability and call for decisive action and innovation.

DOE (9/12/12) reports: «The amount of electricity the United States generates from solar power has started to grow rapidly and is projected to reach 18,000 megawatt hours per day in 2013... A growing solar industry presents a tremendous economic opportunity for the United States, and that is why the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative supports America's best solar energy entrepreneurs and innovators.»

As she says, «Climate change isn't just an economic challenge; it represents a great economic opportunity to wean ourselves off our old and dirty ways of getting energy, and replace those with clean renewable energy sources that we can grow here at home.»

Climate change is an unprecedented and growing threat to peace, prosperity and development and addressing it presents an economic opportunity for Governments and business, senior United Nations officials said on 23 March.

This victory was the result of years of hard work by a broad coalition of community groups, environmental organizations and other stakeholders who saw the growing renewable energy economy as a chance not just to clean the air, but to catalyze economic opportunity in frontline communities.