Sentences with phrase «of cities support»

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New York City — which, through the Bloomberg years put outsized emphasis on boosting the startup ecosystem, and finding solutions to a dearth of programmers — has been quick to show support for The Flatiron School.

«If a venture's mentor network, investors, and early customers are in Kansas City, for example, why would you pull them out of the community that is best positioned to support them?»

Ned Staebler, president and CEO of TechTown, says SWOT City works in six neighborhoods, partnering with local community development corporations to identify entrepreneurs and provide them with technical assistance and support.

As the founder of a Kansas City nonprofit she was tasked with figuring out how the homeless mothers she worked with, many with felony convictions, could make a living wage that supported their families with also retaining the flexibility they needed to care for their kids.

This meant that a single promotional campaign for the mRelief app (which was supported by all the concerned agencies and city services) could get the word out at a fraction of the cost that each organization or department would have to spend — assuming they had the money to do so.

Despite the fact that the company launched in the midst of a national economic crisis, it has since reeled in more than $ 45 million in funding from investors such as New York City - based General Atlantic as well as Endeavor Catalyst, an investing branch of the eponymous, global entrepreneurship support network.

Every city Gogoro enters will need a network of battery - swapping GoStations to support it.

That's one reason why City Girl Coffee Company, run by Alyza Bohbot, gets its beans from women - run farms and cooperatives and donates 5 % of its profits to organizations that support women in the coffee industry.

UChic is doing the same through our partnership with the Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City by working together to support the dreams of women and girls.

More than 2,500 cities around the world — many of which had the support of their local governments — submitted proposals to be among the first locations with a working Hyperloop.

Harrison has had many big - name celebrities support his cause, from Will and Jada Smith raising over $ 100,000 on their birthdays to a viral video of Jennifer Connelly depicting the water crisis but in New York City terms.

To support himself and his brother, Hamilton started clerking at Beekman and Cruger, an import - export firm on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, according to City Journal.

The smaller size means the retailer can use the 35,000 square foot format to get into smaller markets that wouldn't support a standard Kohl's, such as Marshfield, Wisconsin, a city of 20,000.

On Sunday, thousands of people reportedly gathered in the Afrin town of Kobane and are currently traveling to the city of Afrin in support.

In order to be put to voters, the tech tax will need the support of at least six out of the 11 city supervisors, and aside from its three co-sponsors, no other supervisor has yet given his or her support.

Projected job growth over the next 10 years is below the national average, so lack of spending power would make it hard for the city to support another small business.

Austin, Texas, is one city that has been recognized for its startup - friendly environment, in large part because of its entrepreneurs» enthusiastic support of each other.

A socially progressive town, it has few chain stores for a city of its size, due to local regulations intended to support small and local businesses.

«As my colleagues go to sleep tonight, they need to think about whether the political support of the gun industry is worth the blood that flows endlessly onto the floors of American churches, elementary schools, movie theaters, and city streets.

One doesn't expect a government to become a business, but many cities, notably Atlanta, Austin and New York, have found a way to inject a sense of public - private partnership to attract and support new businesses.

He continued: «As my colleagues go to sleep tonight, they need to think about whether the political support of the gun industry is worth the blood that flows endlessly onto the floors of American churches, elementary schools, movie theaters, and city streets.

In June, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley supported the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state Capitol, and in December, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments.

Princess Caroline, a contemporary art enthusiast, has supported the exhibition of cutting - edge artists such as Anish Kapoor, George Condo and Mark Dion throughout the city.

The seizure in June of the Castello Road, the last remaining route into the rebel - held eastern section of the city, by pro-government forces aided by Russian air support, made life even more difficult for the 300,000 Syrians still living there.

Also without a pro franchise, the city at one time had hopes of accessing federal support.

With three Atlantic City casinos, various pieces of New York real estate, and a mountain of debt that suddenly found itself without the cash to support it — the swaggering dealmaker from Queens had vastly overextended himself.

The big spenders were nonetheless defeated by a citizens» group that spent only $ 15,000 to support the bond measure, which passed with 57 % of the vote on Nov. 7, approving up to $ 150 million in financing for a city - run broadband utility.

This Fund will enable projects that support water sustainability in the Twin Cities East Metro region, such as continued delivery of water to residents and enhancing groundwater recharge to support sustainable growth.

The bad economy is only underscoring what savvy business owners already know about IT, says Michael Kraner, CEO of Primary Support, a 10 - person IT consulting firm in New York City.

City of Swan spokesman Charlie Gregorini said that, while the Rothgard proposal sounded impressive, the State Government's plan was just as big or bigger in terms of employment and investment opportunities as the Rothgard proposal, and had been strongly supported by the community through public consultation.

«Mayor Rico E. Medina and the entire City of San Bruno organization extend their support to YouTube in this difficult time and best wishes for recovery from this horrible trauma,» the City Manager said.

While other cities are shying away from hosting future Olympics because of the exorbitant costs, there's widespread support throughout Utah for hosting the game there.

A recent Elon University poll of residents in the finalist cities found that while relatively few residents outright oppose Amazon moving to their city, only 43 percent strongly supported such a move.

The Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection is supporting Roosegaarde's venture, and has asked him to take the tower on a tour of four other cities in the coming year.

The city also will present additional sites that could support satellite offices — such as those maintained throughout the area by Comcast Corp. — as well as uses complementary to Amazon's regional presence, including vendor - company offices and housing for an expected influx of employees.

In February 2011, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in conjunction with several other activist groups filed a brief with the U.S. District Court in New York City in support of ivi.

Mr. Mulroney marvelled that 600 people in the Western city came out to support his alma mater — the tiny university with a student population of only 5,000 tucked away in a remote corner of Nova Scotia.

The result of a partnership between HEC Montréal and the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, CDL - Montreal is the city's first world - class startup support program focused on capitalizing its expertise in AI.

A massive, long - range infrastructure commitment on the part of the federal govt to support building / rebuliding highways and bridges, interstate train service and hi - speed rail, city mass transit systems, and ports and airports, over minimum 10 years and even better 20, with requirement that majority of manufactured metal components be US - made.

The Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Iain Black, sent a letter to Mayor Gregor Robertson, city councillors, and Parks Board commissioners yesterday afternoon outlining our organization's support for the Vancouver Aquarium and its current cetacean policy.

Their industry relationships provide additional support and strategic guidance to ensure City Capital delivers the highest level of advisory services to clients.

During challenging times, DIC continues to initiate significantly valuable programs to support small and medium - sized business in the region, says Malek Al Malek, executive director of Dubai Internet City.

In effect, you'd be stripping cities and city - regions of real earnings with which they could reinvest and effectively transferring those earnings to keep other places on life support.

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Specifically, it helps with building companies outside of major cities as well as supporting economic development in communities around the world.

A portion of the gala proceeds also support our city's new entrepreneurs through the Emerging Entrepreneur scholarship presented by the Chamber.

The Solar Now Creekside project was made possible through collaboration between the City of Vancouver and the North Growth Foundation, with support from Clean Energy Canada (a project of the SFU Centre for Dialogue), the Great Climate Race, Bullfrog Power and the Community Energy Association.

The City of Milwaukee has a tough budget, so we need more funds to support these projects.»