Sentences with phrase «local effort grows»

2012 marks the third annual Neighborhood Toy Store Day, and I hope that the shop local effort grows even more powerful this year.

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CDC director Tom Frieden attributed his agency's decision to issue the warning about the growing number of local cases and efforts to control mosquito populations, which haven't been ineffective so far.

The interconnection of church communication efforts will be vital, but these networks will probably grow up from the local and regional levels, rather than be administered nationally.

Church people, like everyone else in America, have grown up on an ideology of competitive individualism coupled with a sense of loyalty, and the local congregation has been the focal point, of effort.

«This initiative is unique in the way it provides a level of assurance, through consistent third - party verification, that all green efforts promoted by us and our supply chain partners are truly sustainable and that our local produce has been grown, harvested and delivered using safe, sustainable practices,» Yeater adds.

Originally facilitated by Ninkasi's own Local Distribution team, the brewery's local distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout EuLocal Distribution team, the brewery's local distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout Eulocal distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout EuLocal Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout Eugene.

When a gardener anticipates growing vegetable crops during the fall or winter, it would be wise to contact the local agricultural representative in an effort to find out which types of vegetables grow best at specific times of...

It has since grown into a collaborative effort of over 700 local and national organizations all working together to establish community and school gardens across the country.

Over the last twenty seven years, TeamMates has grown from a local Lincoln mentoring effort to encompass programs in multiple states that impact tens of thousands of kids each year.

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) People's Garden initiative has grown into a collaborative effort of local and national organizations all working together to establish community and school gardens.

The first episode is set in 1882 against the backdrop of the assassination of one of William Gladstone's ministers in Ireland, with the drama focusing on the growing speculation surrounding the charitable Gladstone taking his infamous «night - walks» in an effort to save the souls of local prostitutes.

He is now advocating to reduce unfunded state mandates that drive up local property taxes and for efforts to remove obstacles to enable small businesses to grow and create jobs.

In addition to Mr. Skelos, a healthy string of ambitious Democratic citywide and local elected officials have made the soup - ladling trek, which says nothing of their efforts to pay tribute to other prominent Jewish social service organizations but also speaks volumes about the community's growing political significance.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Rep. John Faso traded barbed comments over efforts to circumvent a $ 10,000 federal limit on state and local tax deductions, a debate that grew acidic with a reference to the governor's late father.

On the overall plan, Poloncarz said he is not looking for a single silver bullet to transform the local economy, but rather a series of smaller efforts that can collectively grow the economy.

As federal «dysfunction» forces them to step up regulatory efforts, state and local governments need to develop new policies for the growing tech sectors in order to balance the need for protecting public interests and supporting innovation, AG Eric Schneiderman told a NY Tech Meetup event.

Leading a public - private team effort, we are working with area businesses, educators, utilities and local government to overcome obstacles and capitalize on opportunities to grow and expand.

This outcome could have a devastating effect on my administration's efforts to grow our local economy.

The findings are the result of a huge and challenging field effort: over a three - year period, local students and technicians spent several weeks every month at each site to measure each tree's woody growth rate and the number of small roots that had grown.

The Brooklyn mapping effort represents the intersection of two growing trends: mapping fresh food markets in U.S. cities, and private citizens creating online maps of local features in their neighborhoods.

Whether it is the USDA's «new framework» for interstate regulations, state - level animal ID programs, or issues such as food safety, GMOs, and food processing, now is the time to renew our efforts to protect and grow the movement for local, nutrient - dense foods.

A growing number of states have begun requiring school - board members to undergo formal training in an effort to improve local education governance.

It also sought out new supporters in the form of local legislators and business leaders, held hundreds of hours of public meetings, took out ads in local media, and communicated directly with parents about efforts to articulate and grow a more productive culture.

In a video testimonial to the program's ability to cultivate durable educators, Smyrna School District Superintendent Deborah Wicks credited local grow - your - own efforts with Smyrna's position as having the best teacher retention out of all districts in the state.

Looming over everything else has been a constant effort to get more money into the state's public schools (either through new state spending and / or through a growing number of local levy requests) and there is movement toward revamping the state's dated system of school financing.

Given the inherently local nature of grow - your - own efforts, it would be a game - changer if governors, state legislatures, local and regional businesses, and chambers of commerce were to rally around this approach and make it a priority.

From this work grew a local effort to support educators and schools interested in developing maker - centered learning practices.

On behalf of parents, students and teachers across Connecticut, we are publicly asking the Connecticut Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter and local teacher union chapters to end their silence and take immediate steps to speak out and support the growing effort by Connecticut parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC test.

Start small — target a local market first, and slowly grow your outreach efforts from there.

So rather than combating or resenting the growing trend toward adopting pets from shelters, Allpets supports local rescue and adoption efforts, eschewing the sale of dogs or cats themselves.

Singapore's efforts to grow and cultivate its local cruise industry has been bolstered with the announcement from Costa Cruises that it is doubling its presence in Asia from March 2009 with the introduction of a second cruise ship in the region.Costa Classica, a 53,000 gross ton ship with accommodations for 1,680 guests and 590 crew, will be deployed from 27 March 2009 to 7 November 2009 on 33 cruises lasting between four and 14 days, with departures out of Singapore as well as Shanghai, Tianjin and Hong Kong.

is an effort to clarify whether local produce is always more environmentally sound, at least in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted in the process of growing it, trucking it and shopping for it.

CCSA will support Vote Solar's ongoing efforts to conduct these events in other regions of the country as interest in community solar from local communities and states continues to grow nationwide.

The NY - SUN Solar Guidebook for Local Governments is part of a comprehensive effort to grow installed solar through NY - Sun, Governor Cuomo's $ 1 billion initiative to advance the scale - up of solar and move the state closer to having a sustainable, self - sufficient solar industry.

This is truly a grassroots effort: in addition to the list of recommended locations to donate bottles, customers are encouraged to find local organizations that accept baby bottle donations and to contribute this information to the web site, where Green to Grow is in the process of compiling a national database.

The effort is funded by the USDA's Risk Management Agency and comes at a critical time in which local, sustainable food sources must be more heavily emphasized across the country in light of growing challenges such as global warming and carbon footprint, water supply, food transportation costs, and food quality.

A lot of small brands, local shops, and growing websites want to utilize social media as a growth mechanic but simply don't have the time to put in the effort themselves.

During that same time, PPHP and PPNC have expanded the services it offers patients to meet their growing needs, the education and training programs delivered to young people and professionals who work with them, and advocacy efforts at the local, state, and national levels.

The project will build on current state efforts and partnerships to improve the developmental health of young children and family well - being in high - need neighborhoods through Florida MIECHV, Florida Help Me Grow, local Early Learning Coalitions and Early Head Start, Title V, federal and state Healthy Start, community residents and funders.

In an effort to build and maintain connections with over 160 agencies in 21 states and countries trained on Be Strong Families Parent Cafes, resulting in almost 100,000 Be Strong Families Parent Cafes being held worldwide, BSF has organized a monthly webinar series providing opportunities for parents and program to share café success stories, discuss successful tips on engaging parents and strategies for growing local parent café teams.

I should note that many local associations of REALTORS ® are the pioneers in this effort, offering leadership training programs to help promising young people grow as business professionals and association leaders.