Sentences with phrase «new urban residents»

Equally, instead of encouraging low - tech traditional farming methods it may be preferable to focus on improving high - yield mechanised agriculture on the most fertile farmland to feed the new urban residents, whilst allowing mountainsides and other marginal lands to revert to forest.

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Preserving affordable housing — and easing the displacement of existing residents that often follows these urban economic comeback stories — is the current problem that New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy has been tracking throughout the urban economic comeback stories — is the current problem that New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy has been tracking throughout the Urban Policy has been tracking throughout the year.

Urbanist and part - time Miami Beach resident Richard Florida, whose creative - class theory helped popularize and propel the U.S. urban renaissance 15 years ago, has a new book that explores the dark side of the phenomenon.

Christianity in New York City looks different than in other places, and urban religion expert (and Queens resident) Tony Carnes would be the first to admit that that makes the movement hard to quantify.

A new wave of residents, the young urban professionals, began moving to the neighborhood during the past two years.

A new report published by the Center for an Urban Future finds that the record increase in tourism to New York City over the past two decades has spurred thousands of jobs in Queens and benefited thousands of additional residents who work in tourism Morenew report published by the Center for an Urban Future finds that the record increase in tourism to New York City over the past two decades has spurred thousands of jobs in Queens and benefited thousands of additional residents who work in tourism MoreNew York City over the past two decades has spurred thousands of jobs in Queens and benefited thousands of additional residents who work in tourism More...

This will include working to revitalize the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx, which supplies a large portion of the produce for New York City's and the region's food consumption, and creating a «Share NY Food» Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that develops partnerships with farmers and residents to expand access and resources and make fresh food available to consumers in urban areas.

As a young man, Jiménez found kindred spirits in like - minded men and women who were committed to the causes of liberation and independence for Puerto Rico — and sought freedom from what they perceived to be the racist and discriminatory treatment minority residents faced in major urban centers such as Chicago and New York.

«MAP's Farmhouse does just that, creating an urban food hub that providing new markets for small farmers and greater access to affordable, nutritious food for residents.»

Brooklyn, NY — October 6, 2016 — Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) joined residents and development partners MDG Design + Construction (MDG), Hudson Valley Property Group (HVPG), and Marien - Heim Tower Associates LP to celebrate the renovation of Marien - Heim Tower, a 181 - unit affordable development for low - income seniors aged 62 and older.

When older residents retired and moved out of New York State in search of lower taxes and warmer weather, transplants from New York City and other areas moved in to escape the hustle and bustle of urban life.

Some residents in Koforidua Adewso SSNIT have expressed their disappointment with the government, and the authorities of the New Juaben Municipal Assembly and the Department of Urban Roads in what they say is the complete disregard of the plight of residents in the municipality.

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

Upon completion of the program, residents are awarded principal certification and are placed at schools in one of the 12 urban centers New Leaders serve.

But in stark contrast to the image of a perpetual «urban underclass» depicted in television by shows like The Wire, sociologists Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson present a more nuanced portrait of Baltimore's inner - city residents that employs important new research on the significance of early life opportunities available to low - income populations.

In a comments to Publishing Perspectives, Sobyanin says that a new, unique project will allow Moscow residents and guests to read free samples of books in several genres in specially designated sites in the urban space.

One study on urban / suburban living and aging populations in Edmonton showed that many older residents preferred to purchase newer, expensive homes on the outskirts of the city.

An influx of new residents has helped energize the area, and downtown's re-emergence has also been spurred by such attractions as Grand Park, an urban oasis with views stretching from the Music Center (including Walt Disney Concert Hall) to City Hall.

Casualties is a multi-part installation of new work by BOLT Resident Annette Barbier, exploring the tension between the built environment and the marginalized place of nature in our urban spaces.

The resident artists will create ambitious new work that summons the potential for imagination, creativity, and performance inspired by spontaneous audiences and chance encounters that only a public place, like an urban park, can offer.

As a resident of Mexico City and having had lengthy visits to Bogotá, Lagos, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Quebec, Tel Aviv and Tijuana, Rasgado explores cities as though he were an urban archaeologist.

Congo's urban residents constantly engage in inventing new social spaces to bypass or overcome breakdown, exclusion, poverty and violence.

Previously I have served as resident faculty at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and as a visiting artist at Cooper Union, The School of Visual Arts, New York University, the Rhode Island School of Design, the MIT Media Lab, and the UCLA Urban Humanities Institute, among others.

In the staid precincts of Yale University, she presented herself as a sexy urban black girl, confusing fellow students and faculty who mistook her for a lost resident of New Haven.

Previously he has served as resident faculty at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and as a visiting artist at Cooper Union, The School of Visual Arts, New York University, the Rhode Island School of Design, the MIT Media Lab, and the UCLA Urban Humanities Institute, among others.

In a new video, municipal officials, urban experts and local residents from around the world talk about urban challenges, solutions for climate - friendly cities and future needs for low - carbon urban development.

* On October 24, 2001, at a New England Wind Energy Siting Workshop, Steve Ugoretz of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources summarized «The FPL Fracas in Washington County, Town of Addison,» and highlighted the problems as including: * FPLís early underestimation of the strength of the opposition; * Presence of an opponent with the resources and sophistication to exploit concerns and divide the community; and * Significant conflict between older, farm community residents, and newer, urban expats.

The columnist, Charles Komanoff, notes that if New York still had poor air quality, like it did in the 1970s, then it would have been much harder to court investors and residents to invest in and live in polluted urban areas, particular in high end real estate.

According to its sponsor, Member of Knesset Ophir Pines - Paz, the new law will greatly improve the urban environment, as well as the quality of life of its residents.

Even if you live in a more rural area, about 88 percent of New York state residents are urban, according to Iowa State University — hence higher car insurance rates.

The correlation between larger and denser urban areas being more expensive holds true in Tampa as residents in the Downtown area pays a 15 - 18 % premium versus both New Tampa and South Tampa.

An influx of new residents intent on living in an urban environment has driven large scale renovations of residential, retail and commercial spaces.

On the flip side, if the government pays too low a price, that would force banks to write down book values even further to the new market value, according to John McIlwain, a senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute.

But now, New Haven, Hartford and Stamford are trying to lure retailers and residents in hopes of sparking an urban renaissance.

In the renovated shells of warehouses and factories built when tobacco was king in North Carolina, Durham has fashioned a chic downtown that salutes its history while welcoming a new generation of companies and urban residents.

The move to higher density areas continues, as job growth and dynamic urban centers attract new residents and businesses.