Sentences with phrase «land around cities»

Industrialization moves more agricultural land around cities out of production.

Also, land around cities within reasonable commuting distance to jobs is becoming scarcer, and builders are complaining about shortages of developable parcels.

Not exact matches

Out of that pool, 132 companies chose to stay in Chile and have already brought in around $ 26 million in venture capital — helping South America's Silicon Valley land atop Inc.'s list of the top «Global Cities of the Future.»

Though land is plentiful, urban farmers must secure land suitable for farming and work around city zoning and licensing.

Setting aside the physics, the bureaucracy of acquiring land rights between large cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco and dealing with all the legal issues around large - scale infrastructure construction could be significant hurdles, regardless of who builds a prototype system.

The City is already working in cooperation with the School Boards to set up first - time home buyers housing on surplus school sites around Edmonton, but with little surplus school land in the core, they need to look at other options.

There's plenty of room to build around the city, and land is relatively cheap (especially when you get further out from downtown).

what if we started erecting Muslim religious scenes around the city on public land?

The division of lands among the tribes of Israel (Joshua 21) references cities with suburbs around them.

While the Levites were not given an inheritance of land in the same way the other Tribes of Israel were, they still were given portions of land around various cities scattered throughout Israel.

As farmers move to cities in search of higher paid work, and that typically is only around $ 2 - $ 3 per day, large areas of land have become less productive.

«The tremendously successful launch of North River Lobster Company in 2014 and the rapid commercial and residential development around us, drove our excitement to launch our second floating restaurant to cater to the ever - growing demand for unique and lively outdoor spots in New York City,» said Danny Boockvar, Chief Executive Officer of New York Cruise Lines, Inc. «We're eagerly anticipating the summer opening of Fish Bar and establishing North River Landing at Pier 81 as the ultimate destination in New York City for al fresco waterfront dining and nightlife.»

Baltimore and IndyCar lost its Labor Day date due to entertainment conflicts around the city and the event was unable to snag a title sponsor to help it land a new date.

The Algerian international has impressed greatly for Porto in the Champions League this season, and City are hoping to land him for around # 33m, according to talkSPORT.

There are reports all over the football media about Wilshere being a transfer target for our Premier League rivals Man City, with this one in the Daily Star claiming that the Manchester club will open up with a big bid of around # 40 million for the 23 - year old, if they fail to land their primary target Paul Pogba from Juventus that is.

Bayern Munich, Paris Saint Germain and Juventus have all baulked at Sanchez's contract demands which are reported to be around # 400,000 - a-week — which has left Manchester City clear favourites to land the Chilean.

Over a 123 - day period, the most coveted award in football will make its way around 24 Russian cities from Vladivostok in Russia's Far East to Kaliningrad, the country's most westerly city, as well as 50 countries across the globe, landing back in Moscow exactly... [Read more...]

The school board also would turn over land parcels around the city that comprise 49 acres, some of them near schools.

It was around 11 p.m. when a firework landed near where Kristina Perez was standing in West Lawn Park «and exploded with such force that it traumatically amputated her right foot and lower leg,» according to a lawsuit filed by Perez against the city, the Park District and two people who Perez alleges set off the firework.

As you land in Geneva you are accosted by its beauty and simplicity, and after two days of strolling around in the winter sun, we had all fallen in love with this elegant city.

The board's decision means the skate park will be located in one of the city's 13 community parks or on other available park land, such as the area around Lake Osborne, located across from the police station on Aurora Avenue.

If the mayor and city council approve a deal with COR, the company will pay about $ 2.8 million for 28 acres of former state land around the harbor to erect apartment buildings, a satellite college campus, a hotel, office buildings, townhouses, shops and more.

Highlighting the state's efforts in the New York City area after Hurricane Sandy, he said, «We devalued the purpose of vacant land, wetlands, around the body of water.

City leaders Wednesday condemned a last - minute attempt by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to claim the right to redevelop the neighborhood around Penn Station without having to conduct environmental reviews or abide by local land use laws.

A judge's ruling allows the city of Syracuse to move forward with its claims that COR Development Co. committed fraud in connection with its purchase of land around the Syracuse Inner Harbor.

The city did file a notice of appeal on Feb. 1 of two earlier decisions by state Supreme Court Judge James Murphy rejecting the city's attempt to take back ownership of the land around the harbor from COR and canceling liens the city had placed on the property.

A group of New York City Council members sent an open letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday, asking him to invest funds to conserve regional agricultural land in the Hudson Valley and around the cCity Council members sent an open letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday, asking him to invest funds to conserve regional agricultural land in the Hudson Valley and around the citycity.

In addition, COR said the disposition agreement under which the city sold the land around the harbor to COR contained no prohibition against the company seeking tax breaks.

The Woodstock Town Board voted 3 - 2 to recommend a compromise allowing limited hunting on a New York City - owned land around Yankeetown Pond and rejected by that same margin, a recommendation by Councilman Jay Wenk to ban all hunting and trapping on the property.

And Jennings says, for Watertown, a land bank will only help fix up a portion of the empty properties scattered around the city.

Fracking would be banned in and around the city's watershed as well as within 500 feet of state aquifers and on state land, including parks, forests and wildlife areas — a significant reversal from its 2009 position.

At that point, the rate of land loss slowed until St. Paul reached its current size, smaller than the city of San Francisco, around 6,000 years ago.

As I gazed out across the city, I wondered if Vietnam feltlike this: you rode like bats out of hell, through the land of death anddestruction, suffering everywhere you looked, until at some moment, after youbroke free from the ground fire, you'd see as you looked all around you howbeautiful the night sky was.

The quake in 1762, estimated at magnitude 8.8, caused land around the southeastern city of Chittagong to sink by several meters; in the Sundarbans it seems to have caused at least a 20 - centimeter drop, says Hanebuth.

But around the densely populated capital city and airport, adaptation has already occurred as land claim is a common practice in order to relive population pressure.

«A pervasive problem around the world is that city governments are not strong enough,» Romer said, citing the example of New York City seizing land from private property owners in 1811 to construct the present street gcity governments are not strong enough,» Romer said, citing the example of New York City seizing land from private property owners in 1811 to construct the present street gCity seizing land from private property owners in 1811 to construct the present street grid.

The «war waves» are inevitable, so I wonder at which point are we going to figure out that we need to start making change, starting making sense and not ignore the world around us and the wars that are absolutely everywhere on daily basis, from your neighbours to the streets of the city to the borders of your country and finally to the far away lands!?

Based at NPR West's studios in Culver City, CA, but frequently roaming the country, Siegler's reporting has also focused on the far - reaching economic impacts of the drought in the West while explaining the broader, national significance to many of the region's complex and bitter disputes around land use.

But it doesn't have the earworm endurance of «City Of Stars,» around which so much of La La Land's bittersweet power is built.

These are available at Vehicle Call - in Points around LEGO City, and see Chase pursue his investigation by land, sea or air.

No matter if you pin the throttle on the highway or drive the Land Cruiser gingerly around town, the Land Cruiser hits its EPA numbers (13 city / 18 highway mpg) every single time.

We maintain a large selection of new Volvo cars and luxury SUVs for drivers from around Missouri City TX, Pasadena TX and Sugar Land TX, to choose from.

Our average for the week landed around 22 MPG in mostly city driving.

The 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Sport can take you on a serious off - road adventure, allow you to strut around the city with confidence, and enjoy a plush cabin experience that is genuinely top - of - the - line.

If you're one who lives in a very dense city like New York or San Francisco, and don't often venture off into the land beyond, you might find the Fortwo Cabrio to be a fun solution to getting around.

My average for the week landed around 27 mpg with a 60/40 mix of city and highway driving.

The Canaanites are the earliest known civilization to live in the area of land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, living in city - states such as Jericho around 3,000 BCE.

Although English life was beginning to change with the gradual development of cities, the economy was still mostly agrarian in the 1200s, with 90 % of the population (estimated to be around four million people in 1300 AD) making their living off the land, either as farmers (growing wheat for personal use or other grain crops to feed livestock) or herders (mostly sheep and goats).

As Oregon's 4th largest city, there are around 112,000 current residence within the 23.43 sq. miles of land.

To dive at Bunaken you will stay in a resort around Manado (land transfer of up to 30 minutes) or on the island of Bunaken itself, a 45 minute boat ride from the city.