Sentences with phrase «include city year»

He is also very active in his community with board positions that include City Year, an organization that recruits young people for community service in 24 U.S. cities, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Government attempts to ease prices — including a 20 percent provincial tax on foreign buyers, a city tax on empty homes, as well as stricter federal mortgage rules — have made little difference: prices are up 16 percent in the past year.

«I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main characters of our lives,» Dias said at Forbes» Women Summit in New York City last year.

Capital spending ballooned to $ 7.3 billion from $ 2.5 billion a year earlier, although that included the one - time, $ 2.4 billion purchase of the Chelsea Market building in New York City.

The most populous city on our list, Russia's capital boasts 171 of the year's fastest - growing private companies, including Bonum Capital.

Burglary Recession desperation was expected to cause home invasions to escalate, but according to FBI statistics, burglary rates fell this year in many large American cities, including Los Angeles and Phoenix.

In the three years she was there, she covered all forms of natural disaster, including the crash of TWA Flight 800, the JonBenet Ramsey murder mystery and was the exclusive correspondent for the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols.

Not only did an entire delegation from the Turkish government, including high - profile diplomats, travel to the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week event in Washington, D.C., last year; tech giant Dell chose to host its Women's Entrepreneur Network event in the nation's most populous city, Istanbul, this month.

When the New York City company expanded its channel lineup earlier this year, it included UEFA Champions League, Worlds Cups 2018, 2022, 2026, MLS, Europa League, Germany's Bundesliga, and the FA Cup to its offerings.

With that said, those still aren't the cities these young adults are currently moving to, says LinkedIn, which determines these trends by looking at data from its users, including the year they graduated from college and the locations of the jobs on their profiles.

However, in the last few years, the chain has expanded its presence in the Northeast, including New York City.

«We plan to leverage Parcel for last mile delivery to customers in New York City — including same - day delivery — for both general merchandise as well as fresh and frozen groceries from Walmart and Jet,» the company said in a blog, referring also to e-commerce retailer Jet.com which it bought last year for $ 3.3 billion.

Last year was a bright spot for many New York City startups, Justworks included.

Most of the employees were folks Pashak met while frequenting the city's various dive bars, including the 27 - year - old Belarusian with pink dreadlocks who ran the massive laser steel - cutter used to form the bikes» tubing.

The Focus Electric is scheduled for U.S. release by year - end, spreading to other markets (including some Canadian cities) early in 2012.

The oldest university in the state, Columbia called several locations across New York City home after its founding in 1754 — including a schoolhouse adjacent to Trinity Church in the financial district and a 40 - year occupation in Midtown — before settling into its iconic campus on 116th Street.

In Pittsburgh, for example, the city council just assembled a housing task force this year to investigate the housing problem and issued a slate of recommendations in May, one that includes many of the strategies listed in the Furman Center report.

Williams, a 39 - year - old Kansas City man whose long criminal record includes drug and domestic violence charges, is serving nearly eight years in federal prison for unlawfully transporting a firearm in a stolen vehicle.

This metropolitan area (which includes Oakland and Fremont, Calif.) saw the largest proportion of venture capital - backed business exits over the past year compared to other major cities, meaning there are a large number of what Kauffman identifies as «growth companies» in San Francisco and the East Bay.

«Folks from all over this city — including many Council members, including the public advocate and the comptroller — have been fighting for Fair Fares for years now and just this week, we've taken an enormous step forward thanks to the members of the City Council, [and specifically] Speaker Corey Johnson,» he scity — including many Council members, including the public advocate and the comptroller — have been fighting for Fair Fares for years now and just this week, we've taken an enormous step forward thanks to the members of the City Council, [and specifically] Speaker Corey Johnson,» he sCity Council, [and specifically] Speaker Corey Johnson,» he said.

The city has seen a mounting number of terrorist attacks in recent years, including last year's coordinated gun and bomb attacks targeting bars, restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France, which left 129 dead and hundreds injured.

The New York City real estate mogul's portfolio includes a number of luxury hotel properties throughout Manhattan, including the Ameritania Hotel at 54th and Broadway, the Moroccan - themed Marrakech Hotel on the Upper West Side, and, his most recent acquisition, the newly renovated Sanctuary Hotel on West 47th Street, which was named International Hotel of the Year at the 2011 European Hospitality Awards.

This year marks the completion of an ambitious five - year, $ 380 million revitalization of St. Louis's famed Eero Saarinen - designed Gateway Arch and surrounding parklands, which now includes a subterranean museum and a land bridge that creates a much - needed link between the grounds and the city itself (which was formerly separated by a highway).

Taser has also added the business of a number of other big city police departments — including Pittsburgh and San Francisco — over the past year.

Iconology (Comixology) By 2014, Amazon's one - year - old digital arm, Jet City Comics (part of its Amazon Publishing imprint), was reportedly floundering, so the company purchased the New York City - based e-publisher that had exclusive rights to titles including the Walking Dead series, which already had more than 200 million downloads, and a technology that could boost the Kindle by letting users merge their Amazon and ComiXology accounts.

However, most people don't realize that the Sisters» platinum - selling success was 10 years in the making: starting in the early 1970s, the band began a har - fought journey that included headlining every club within 100 miles of New York City, from New Jersey bowling alleys to Long Island beach bars.

In the last year, VisiCalc has been joined on the market by numerous financial analysis programs, including SuperCalc from Sorcim Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., T — Maker II from Lifeboat Associates of New York City, TARGET from Advanced Management Strategies of Atlanta, and Micro DSS / Finance from Ferox Microsystems of Arlington, Va..

Likewise, flooding in Annapolis, Maryland, home to the U.S. Naval Academy, is not expected to reach the 10 percent threshold, although key parts of the city, including the academy campus and downtown, now flood 40 times a year.

This summer, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a bill requiring for - hire vehicle companies that have bases with 500 cars or more — which includes Uber — to increase their number of vehicles by only 1 % every year.

These perks are included because Fueled Collective aims to foster a genuine sense of camaraderie among creatives — the same vision that inspired the launch of the flagship Fueled Collective in New York City five years ago.

Other highlights for the year included the introduction of GVBOT's Pillar Partners, the expansion of the Company of Young Professionals program to Richmond, North Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities, a new advocacy initiative with the Canadian Global Cities Council, and the WE FOR SHE Conference on gender diversity.

As well this year, Venture North will also host a joint reception with NewCo Toronto which will include remarks by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, City of Toronto Mayor John Tory, and John Battelle, Co-founder and CEO of NewCo.

Startups including Bird, founded by former Lyft - then - Uber executive Travis VanderZanden, LimeBike, and Spin, have been dumping internet - connected scooters on city streets over the last year, ostensibly in an effort to fill the gaps in municipal transit.

The extent of Amazon's responsibility is debatable, given that other cities with large, younger workforces have seen dramatic rent and cost - of - living increases in recent years, including Washington D.C..

For several years, including this year, it was named as the «best city in the world» by Travel + Leisure.

New York City Coming in at 9th in this year's ITM report, New York City's technology ecosystem, sometimes called «Silicon Alley,» is home to just about every startup niche imaginable, with notable sectors including education tech, health tech and financial tech playing a big role.

Peter Misek, CEO, Founder Misek is a globally recognized technology analyst with almost two decades» experience on Wall Street, Bay Street, and City of London, including 15 years of VC experience.

Every year the city hosts a festival in the fall with multiple events including a 5K race.

And construction costs — including materials and labor — rose nearly 4.5 percent in New York City in March from a year earlier, according to figures from national construction news magazine Engineering News - Record.

Stonecrest, which includes about 53,000 residents in southeast DeKalb, incorporated as a city this year after voters approved it in a November referendum.

More than 200 people, including some who fought in America's wars dating back more than 70 years, gathered on the city's Riverwalk on Monday to honor those warriors who never came home.

He has served as a twice - elected Council member on the Durango, CO — City Council (1991 - 1999) including two one - year terms as Mayor.

Other cities to see a big boost in building last year included Austin and Dallas, Texas; Boston; Nashville, Tennessee; Philadelphia; Charleston, South Carolina; San Jose, California; Denver; and Portland, Oregon.

Despite his rural pedigree, I would not discount his ability to build relationships with the group of young municipal leaders who have been elected in recent years, including Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton City Councillor Don Iveson.

Now wage advocates are focused on 2016, as several states and cities including California and New York will consider proposals in the new year to gradually lift pay further to $ 15 an hour.

Additionally, the city's downtown area is home to several popular events throughout the year, including the Blues Festival and the Holiday Ice Festival.

More than 350 leading college entrepreneurs and 150 world leaders gathered at the Kairos Global Summit in New York City earlier this year to collaborate and create innovations and business models that address key global issues, including clean water, the global financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare and more.

We live in Germany, spending roughly 60k per year, including the rent for a 1000 square feet apartment in a good location (but in a rather small city, only 400k people), a nice car and going on vacations for the full five weeks we have off work.

Elizabeth Love, a 17 - year - old advocate and march organizer in Salt Lake City, said mentioned parts of their platform, which includes universal background checks and a waiting period for gun purchases.

So far, no reports have surfaced about HNA executives being locked up, but the scrutiny has all but ended a run that included $ 40 billion worth of deals since 2015, including the $ 2.21 billion May acquisition of 245 Park — the city's priciest building sale of the year.