Sentences with phrase «neighboring city communities»

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And its corporate campuses are mostly models of how not to build cities, with mega office parks (and spaceship designs) dependent on cars and detached from their neighboring communities.

Neighbors At one point, the Imam stood up before this diverse crowd of Muslim and Christian leaders, city officials and politicians and shared a series of questions he regularly challenges his community to ask:

These inner - city workers understand the «victim mentality» and «entitlement mind - set» they encounter in the devastated communities where they live, but they do not let such attitudes go unchallenged, and they expect great things from their neighbors despite those neighbors» disadvantaged circumstances.

Once again this year, Chicago Neighbors Unitedhttp: / / chicnu.org /, a community based organization which provides educational scholarships to inner city youth, is happy to be the beneficiary.

Three community groups that are tackling real world problems and advancing the public good in neighboring cities have won Stanford's 2016 Community Partnershipcommunity groups that are tackling real world problems and advancing the public good in neighboring cities have won Stanford's 2016 Community PartnershipCommunity Partnerships Awards.

Robert Perris, district manager of Community Board 2, said the jail as it is now has been a good neighbor but he expects opposition if the city tries again to increase capacity.

Rockland County, in particular, is home to a number of current and former police officers who have worked here, in New York City, and in other neighboring communities.

HCR Assistant Commissioner Dan Buyer joined city officials, Neighbors of Watertown, and community leaders recently to celebrate the transformation of the severely deteriorated Franklin Building in downtown Watertown into a state - of - the - art mixed use building with 16 affordable apartments and commercial retail space.

BY KATHY KAHN Approximately 150 persons gathered Tuesday night at the West Haverstraw Community Center for a discussion about a proposed plant in neighboring Stony Point, which would convert New York City trash to natural gas.

City officials and community advocates yearn to see that storage space opened up to the community, much like the Eighth Avenue Armory in neighboring Park Slope.

«From providing a central space for community members to hold vigils and seek support from their neighbors in difficult times, to cultural festivals in the summer, Diversity Plaza will represent something powerful for this city and this community for years to come.»

«While she seeks to divide our community, Mark Gjonaj has remained positive and focused on one goal — to wake up City Hall to the needs of our neighbors.»

Member groups in the New Deal for New York campaign include Community Voices Heard (CVH, in New York City, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and Yonkers), Niagara Organizing Alliance for Hope (NOAH, in Niagara County), People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH, in Buffalo), Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN), Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL, in New York City, Westchester and Albany), and VOICE (in Erie County).

CROWN HEIGHTS — As some neighbors of two planned Crown Heights homeless shelters fight to block their openings, city officials hope to mend relationships between shelters and residents by hiring a full - time Director of Community Partnerships to manage problems and volunteer efforts.

For the past week, volunteers and staff for Jill Stein for President have been working day and night in Salt Lake City and neighboring communities.

As community groups talk with neighbors to envision a new playground, they're working with elected officials and the city Parks Department to fund the project, which the Parks Department estimates will cost $ 1.3 million.

But the former Democratic district leader and member of Mr. de Blasio's Community Affairs Unit — who moved back to her native Glen Oaks neighborhood to seek the seat Mark Weprin vacated earlier this year — said that her middle - class neighbors have long had the sense that they are not part of the mayor's vision for New York City.

EAST WILLIAMSBURG — Neighbors of about a dozen waste transfer sites in East Williamsburg and Greenpoint, are calling on the City Council to revive a bill introduced last year that would limit how much trash any one community could take on.

Rockland County is fortunate to be an insulated community that does not experience the all too frequent incidences of criminality our neighbors in New York City encounter, nor the tragic loss of life in the staggering statistics registered around the country in other larger communities.

The cities of Nowshera and neighboring Charsadda, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly Northwest Frontier province), and their suburbs were the first major communities hit by the unprecedented flooding that swamped one - fifth of Pakistan and left about 7 million homeless this summer.

Whether you pronounce it «loo - a-vul» or «loo - ee - vill,» everyone agrees this longstanding city has cultivated a close - knit community of family friends, folksy neighbors, and Southern charm.

«Teenage Yakuza» (1962) stars Tamio Kawaji as a high - school vigilante protecting his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighboring city.

At Columbia, I placed a very high priority on improving the relations of the university to New York City as a whole and in particular to our neighboring communities of Morningside Heights, Harlem, and Washington Heights.

Having said that, we profile in the book a small but growing number of charter schools that are intentionally diverse — the Denver School of Science and Technology, High Tech High in San Diego, City Neighbors in Baltimore, Morris Jeff in New Orleans, Blackstone Valley Prep in Rhode Island, Capital City and E.L. Haynes in Washington, D.C., Community Roots in Brooklyn and Larchmont in Los Angeles.

Talk to your friends and neighbors and encourage them to send an email to board members or to attend the community meetings at Hannah Penn on September 23, 24, and 25 from 6:30 - 8:30 and share why you oppose the 100 % charterization of the York City School District.

We're located at 2733 East Stone Drive in Kingsport, and we also convenient to the neighboring communities of Johnson City, Bristol and Jonesborough, TN and Bristol, VA..

Purchasing a home is a lifestyle choice that requires you to think about how you like to spend your time and the type of community where you want to live — such as a rural area without nearby neighbors, a high - rise building in a city or a home within a planned community with recreational amenities.

Here, about an hour southeast of Panama City, everything has been laid out for a bustling community that has yet to arrive: stunning beaches, roads and boardwalks, even street lamps, and benches where neighbors can sit after a stroll.

It is a steadfast partner to the Atlantic City community, aiding in everything from recovery after Hurricane Sandy to educating community members about their feline neighbors through workshops and informative signs along the boardwalk.

Whether that's by helping to heal my neighbor's companion, or building a stronger city as a member of the community.

Michael Moon is the ranch manager, and he began the morning by speaking to the group about the mission of Chico Basin Ranch, a working cattle ranch dedicated to working collaboratively with neighboring ranches and with people and organizations in the local community and nearby cities to establish relationships that enhance the ecological and economic stability of this ranching operation.

When Nevada Humane Society officially assumed leadership of animal services in neighboring Carson City on October 1, 2014, we did so with one goal in mind: to transform Nevada's capital city into the state's second metropolitan area to become a no - kill community, where all healthy, treatable, and rehabilitatable animals are saCity on October 1, 2014, we did so with one goal in mind: to transform Nevada's capital city into the state's second metropolitan area to become a no - kill community, where all healthy, treatable, and rehabilitatable animals are sacity into the state's second metropolitan area to become a no - kill community, where all healthy, treatable, and rehabilitatable animals are saved.

Workshop participants from throughout New York City and neighboring Long Island and New Jersey learned how to approach others about feral cats in their communities, how to speak to people who approach feral cat colony caretakers, and what resources are available to help educate your community about how to help feral cats through Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR).

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates the public transportation system in Chicago, serving the City of Chicago and 40 neighboring communities, mainly by bus (140 routes and 12,000 bus stops throughout the region) and rail (8 routes and 146 stations).

Prior to the 1987 consolidation of Canyon Country, Saugus, Newhall, and other neighboring communities into the city of Santa Clarita, it was an unincorporated area.

Chicago Artists Coalition's Midwest Artist Exchange is an annual initiative that nurtures connections and collaborations among CAC's BOLT Residency and artistic communities in neighboring Midwest cities.

The World's Park: Reconnecting a Regional Park with Its Neighbors is a community engagement partnership between the New York City Parks Department, the Queens Museum, and Design Trust for Public Space, focused on equipping people from diverse communities with the knowledge to seek creative improvements for Flushing Meadows Corona Park (FMCP).

Exploring the first - person politics of being in New Orleans with a camera and microphone in the months following the storm, it recounts Hunt's engagement with community activists while researching the city's refusal to evacuate the Orleans Parish Prison... Between meditations on his own experience he cues testimonies — videos of a citizen, a neighbor, an organizer and others — each one drawn from the archive of material compiled during his visits.

Each location has a city mandated Community Advisory Committee (CAC) comprised of neighbors, businesses and church groups who monitor progress, give feedback and lend support.

Barbara Fraser writes in The Daily Climate that «experts predict that climate change will exacerbate water scarcity, increasing conflicts between competing users, pitting city dwellers against rural residents, people in dry lands against those in areas with abundant rainfall and Andean mining companies against neighboring farm communities.»

«Part of the upcoming debate in Springfield should focus on what these plants mean to their host communities,» read a letter signed by Mayors from six nuclear plant neighbor cities.

Split storms, like the ones that deluged some Long Island communities earlier this month while leaving neighboring villages dry, could also be a phenomenon influenced by cities.

Natural Home magazine has honored Andrew as an «Earth Mover» in their latest issue, and notes that other neighbors have expressed interest in this effort to bring «traditionally rural or tribal values — such as community, self - sufficiency and respect for the land — into the city.»

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About 62,000 residents call the city home, which is the location of a number of schools an a bedroom community to many to work in the neighboring cities.

Residents of Middletown, NJ enjoy all the perks of life in a tight - knit community and also have easy access to neighboring cities with endless amenities.

Frequent community meet - ups are held in every large Siberian city and scores of cities in western Russia and neighboring countries.

The Daily Pilot, a newspaper published in the neighboring city of Costa Mesa but which serves the greater Newport - Mesa community, reported in 2010 that more than a quarter of households have an income greater than $ 200,000, and the median value for homes exceeds $ 1 million.

Both the incumbent grantee and other eligible entities may apply for the grants, including neighboring agencies, national Head Start and Early Head Start providers, school systems, non-profit agencies, community action organizations, and county or city government agencies.

The family law attorneys of The Susan Hicks Group represent clients throughout northern Virginia, including the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William, the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church, and in the communities and towns of Annandale, Ashburn, Burke, Centreville, Clifton, Fairfax Station, Gainesville, Great Falls, Herndon, Lake Ridge, Leesburg, Lorton, Manassas, McLean, Middleburg, Oakton, Reston, South Riding, Springfield, Sterling, Vienna, Woodbridge and all other neighboring areas.