Sentences with phrase «local economic development»

The training workshops are open to local economic development officials, municipalities, non-profits, businesses and members of the public.

Local economic development agencies often have lists of all the companies in the area by type of work.

And local economic development efforts may take a hit as a result.

This begs important questions about the wisdom of state and local economic development strategies and their ability to remain focused on addressing the real challenges American communities face today.

It seems clear that you see local economic development as intimately tied to sustainable development; can you tell us a little bit more about that?

Work out to $ 2.4 million per job — an «astronomical» figure in the words of one local economic development official.

One of the best sources of information and assistance for startup and expanding business is state, region and local economic development agencies.

There's some good news out of Albany for local economic development in this area, with Governor Cuomo saying he will sign brownfields legislation.

ISDs are often key partners in local economic development through their community ties with colleges and universities, businesses, industries, and human service agencies.

As an initiative of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council in partnership with local economic development organizations, the Virtual Entrepreneur Center offers a catalog of local, regional and statewide business resources organized by county, plus profiles of local entrepreneurs to facilitate connections.

Empire State Development, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute, have joined with the New York Loves Nanotech group of local economic development agencies from upstate New York, including the Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership, to broaden our marketing outreach to the semiconductor industry.

The nearly $ 2 million in earnings will come from the sale of hydropower that in 2012 was made available to the town of Massena to allocate to businesses in consultation with local economic development organizations, including the St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency and the St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency Local Development Corporation.

The store is part of Starbucks nationwide initiative to support local economic development in at least 15 diverse, low - to - medium - income communities by 2018.

Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) is focused on sustainability and serving as a catalyst for local economic development through transparent and respectful stakeholder engagement and as responsible stewards of the environment.

There's been a big shakeup in Albany's management of major local economic development projects.

It is one of ten statewide councils formed at the request of the Cuomo administration that is vying for $ 200 million in competitive funding for local economic development programs to re-energize the state's economy.

Through my involvement in local, state and national REALTOR ® organizations, as well as local economic development groups, I gain insights I then share with our agents to help them remain market experts.

He said that if he gets elected to Congress, his primary goal will be to change that — to focus on local economic development issues, as well as the sprawling agriculture industry of New York's 23rd Congressional District.

Now, the district and local economic development authority work together to create programs, such as a career and technology academy, that help make Dublin one of the best regions in Georgia to do business.

«Realtors ® and their clients often look for better economic use of existing properties that are underutilized, which helps promote local economic development and increase the nation's gross domestic product.»

By partnering with close to 500 landowners on over 120,000 acres to date to reforest their degraded lands, GreenTrees has enhanced wildlife habitat, improved water and soil quality and delivered local economic development benefits in addition to generating over 2.5 million tonnes of verified carbon offsets for partners including Norfolk Southern, Duke Energy, United Airlines, Arbor Day Foundation, Blue Mountain Brewery and Skyway Air Taxi, among others.

The project is expected to contribute to identify resource capabilities and preinvestment issues for three important renewable energy sources; to build capacity of the emerging Sri Lanka hydro industry in design, manufacture and maintenance; to train student and professionals; to encourage local economic development by transferring skills and promoting indigenous technological solutions.

We are also asking for the state to create a dedicated fund to assist local economic development planning efforts in Adirondack towns.

With many Upstate municipalities suffering from an overabundance in vacant and abandoned properties due to population losses, land banks will give cities and counties a new tool to rebuild communities and foster local economic development.

Today, Quinn fields questions posed via - e-mail from Jim Heaney of Investigative Post on what ails local economic development efforts and what he thinks of -LSB-...]

The CFA process marks a fundamental shift in the way state resources are allocated, ensuring less bureaucracy and greater efficiency to fulfill local economic development needs.

Recently, there's been a bit of a breakthrough on the understanding that it's good to invest in transportation that creates local economic development activity, like a streetcar.

Ryan McMahon, chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature, echoed Simpson's optimism about the potential for Cuomo's program to help local economic development.

Cities can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously addressing other pressing local environmental problems such as air pollution, waste, and transport, not to mention other challenges such as local economic development.

The stores aim to boost local economic development through the creation of new jobs and by partnering with women - and minority - owned businesses and local nonprofits to provide job skills training opportunities for youth in the community.

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The SIAT are the official judges of the two enormous state competitions for local economic development aid and business subsidies.

This comes on the back of not - always - successful attempts from the coalition to award powers, particularly over local economic development, to the eight «core cities» outside London.

The Niagara Gazette reports the Giacomo Hotel, a Niagara Falls property owner by the Buffalo businessman and failed 2010 gubernatorial candidate, will be one of the stops along a so - called Business Familiarization Tour local economic development officials are planning for Sept. 22.

The IDA carefully considers the community benefits of each project, weighing the value of scare local economic development resources.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has emerged as a leading critic of local economic development practices.

He and other local economic development officials and politicians have vowed to stand up to fight and keep Remington in Ilion.

The budget includes what lawmakers proclaimed were massive pork barrel spending allotments, both for them and the governor, including money to senior citizen centers, local police agencies, Christmas tree growers, local economic development causes, and children's sports leagues.

«Our next steps will be to work with state and local economic development stakeholders to re-evaluate what options would better meet the needs of the current commercial marketplace here in the Capital Region,» said Heather Groll, a spokeswoman for the Office of General Services, which manages state property.

Jim Fink of Business First discusses local economic development trends and other news on WBFO's Press Pass.

He believes and expensing provision which would allow businesses to right off investments and see return immediately will drive local economic development up right away.

He has headed several local economic development programs and has also worked under Mayor Stephanie Miner as deputy commissioner of neighborhood and business development.

With this modest difference, I find local economic development benefits still considerably exceed local costs for all three types of early childhood programs I analyze.

Local Economic Development Department, Business Support Desk — Public Private Partnerships, general assistance to businesses

It is the first project to receive funding from the Caribbean Local Economic Development Programme (CARILED) and Mayor Darrell Bradley outlines the work that has already begun.

The SNJV collaborates closely with the various video game production zones in France, via the involvement of regional organizations and local economic development hubs.

The Roxas Kalaw Foundation for the Eradication of Poverty (RKF) is non-profit organization in the Philippines which organizes communities and enables them to build ecologically sustainable livelihood systems that accelerate local economic development.

The benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy policies are even greater for states that now rely on imported coal, because such policies channel funds into local economic development — funds that would otherwise leave the state.