Sentences with phrase «of city libraries»

Dudley had been an early advocate of city libraries being free and open to the public.
Jayson White, Executive Director of Adaptive Office Resources, likened coworking's opportunity to that of city libraries 100 years ago.

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William Kalush, executive director of the Conjuring Arts Research Center, a not - for - profit library in New York City
Heraman, the chief executive of StockObjects, a New York City - based new - media stock library, and his partner managed to raise $ 700,000 from private - equity investors within a year of their company's launch, all the while managing to retain close to 90 % of its stock.
The national credit system planned for 2020 will be an «ecosystem» made up of schemes of various sizes and reaches, run by cities, government ministries, online payment providers, down to neighborhoods, libraries, and businesses, say Chinese researchers who are designing the national scheme.
It's taxes collected by governments that provide us with the wide array of social services and infrastructure, such as schools, medical services, libraries and parks, safe streets and livable cities.
Several years back, after many years of public exhibits in my local public library that included a wide variety of subjects, one of which had been recognition of October being «National Gay & Lesbian History Month»... all H — L broke loose in several city council meetings.
Although I am not Mormon, I give full credit to that church for its accurate handling of familial records for this entire United States in Salt Lake City — keeping the history of our nation defended in its library for our younger generations.
Violent religious upheavel in streets of Alexandria spills over into the city's famous library.
Alexanders followers created the Egyptian city of Alexandria where the greatest repository of ancient knowledge was stored in its libraries, from books from all over the world.
One of these is the recently founded Charles H. Spurgeon Center for Biblical Preaching at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, which owns more than six - thousand books from Spurgeon's personal library.
Some one or more of these volumes may be found even in most small libraries, and several or all of them in the greater university or city libraries.
To whom concerned, I'm at the Jackson, Ms. city library and would like to see print your book here but I need to know the count of pages it would make.
Believe it or not they had a copy of it in the library here in little ol' Johnson City TN.
Having to go the the library to look up phone numbers (remember all those big phone books for each city taking over a whole section of the library) and then making one long distance call after the other to find out rules and regulations for shipping plants, seems so time consuming today.
The Mario Batali Foundation has sponsored the building of three new libraries in New York City since 2011, in Manhattan on the Lower East Side, the Upper West Side, and Chelsea and has sponsored the renovation of five Books for Kids libraries in Brooklyn, New York.
To understand why Thomas now spends his Saturdays at a Kansas City library reading to children — one of many activities sponsored by his Third and Long foundation — you have to go back to his first meeting with Williams at Palmetto Junior High.
Sistrunk and 20 or so boys from his youth sports program recently marched outside the Chicago Public Library demanding that New York City artist Eric Fischl's oil painting Boys at Bat, which is hanging in the library's cultural center as part of a touring baseball art exhibition, be removed.
Here you will find all of the carriers in the four libraries of Babywearing Twin Cities.
When an architectural study showed that the mansion could not handle a third expansion without costly structural work, the City Council, library board and Park District hammered out a land swap in which the Park District gave the city and library 27,000 square feet of land at Prospect Street near the Elmhurst Art Museum in exchange for 52,000 square feet of land on the north and south sides of the mansCity Council, library board and Park District hammered out a land swap in which the Park District gave the city and library 27,000 square feet of land at Prospect Street near the Elmhurst Art Museum in exchange for 52,000 square feet of land on the north and south sides of the manscity and library 27,000 square feet of land at Prospect Street near the Elmhurst Art Museum in exchange for 52,000 square feet of land on the north and south sides of the mansion.
The City Council converted the mansion into a library, then turned the rest of the property over to the Park District when it formed in 1923.
The City Council has directed both bodies to work together toward a plan for a joint recreation campus on a 13 - acre parcel of Park District property along 95th Street, but library officials fear a combined venture will further hinder the plans they have for a big new library near Neuqua Valley High School.
Nonetheless, City Council members asked library officials to come back in 60 days after investigating the feasibility of partnering with the Park District to build a campus on the city's south sCity Council members asked library officials to come back in 60 days after investigating the feasibility of partnering with the Park District to build a campus on the city's south scity's south side.
City Council members said they have reservations about the cost of the facility if the Park District does not agree to use the library.
On Tuesday, the City Council approved the library's proposal for a 93,000 - square - foot facility on Park District - owned land at 95th Street and Cedar Glade near Frontier Park with a budget of $ 18.6 million.
Naperville Library and Park District officials plan to formally discuss using Park District land for the site of the city's newest library.
Naperville leaders agreed Tuesday to negotiate a land purchase that would set the wheels in motion for a community parks and library campus on the south side of the city.
According to city and library officials, the Park Board has not met to discuss any kind of backup option to the loan proposal.
Park District officials also stepped up the design process involved with their building after realizing the programs they wanted to house would not be best utilized in the basement of what is to become the city's third library.
The City Council agreed to hold off until June 20 before deciding whether they will give library officials the requested $ 18.6 million to construct the facility on Park District - owned land on the south side of 95th Street, west of Neuqua Valley High School.
Naperville Library Board members breathed a collective sigh of relief Wednesday, one day after the City Council gave its approval for the library's joint venture with the Park District to build a massive facility on the city's southwest sCity Council gave its approval for the library's joint venture with the Park District to build a massive facility on the city's southwest scity's southwest side.
The City Council's appeal, which called for looking into a possible land swap or lease of nearby Park District land, sent library officials reeling.
At a recent Library Board meeting that drew City Council members, homeowners groups and other city leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facilCity Council members, homeowners groups and other city leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facilcity leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facility.
Library officials plan to place the building, which at 73,000 square feet would be the city's largest library, on land the libraries already own on the south side of 95th Street, west of Book Road.
Boston Public Library — The library is one of the city's most photographed spots, and we totally understand why.
Good habits start young — and affordably — at any of our city's neighborhood library branches; one of our favorites is the gigantic Conrad Sulzer Regional Library, with plenty of sunny nooks, a welcoming children's section and even a spot for your kid to (ahem) school you at chess.
After months of negotiations, Park District and library officials presented the City Council with the latest plan to construct a library and a Park District facility on 13 acres on 95th Street west of Neuqua Valley High School.
Now that the Naperville City Council has given its verbal — and financial — blessing to build the city's third library on the southwest side, library officials are forging ahead with an ambitious time line to open a 93,000 - square - foot recreation campus that it will, at least temporarily, share with the city's Park District by the fall of 2City Council has given its verbal — and financial — blessing to build the city's third library on the southwest side, library officials are forging ahead with an ambitious time line to open a 93,000 - square - foot recreation campus that it will, at least temporarily, share with the city's Park District by the fall of 2city's third library on the southwest side, library officials are forging ahead with an ambitious time line to open a 93,000 - square - foot recreation campus that it will, at least temporarily, share with the city's Park District by the fall of 2city's Park District by the fall of 2002.
The Elmhurst City Council and library board have agreed to the proposal, which transfers control of park property in Wilder Park to the library and determines how land north of Virginia Street is to be used in the future.
For instance, Brissa recently brokered a deal with the city library to build a library and recreation center at Frontier Park on the south side of the city.
Birmingham is a tale of two cities headed up historically by a political leadership historically consumed with the toxic notion of legacy, be that a shiny new library or a fantasy of devolution.
Biviano tied the library financing issue to PR firm Berlin Rosen and by connection, Sikora, Forrest City Ratner, the Brooklyn Public Library and a host of officials.
The $ 52 million deal to redevelop the Brooklyn Heights library into a luxury condo tower, which City Hall awarded to a de Blasio pal who offered less money for the city - owned land than two other bidders, has attracted the attention of federal and city prosecutors, The Post has learCity Hall awarded to a de Blasio pal who offered less money for the city - owned land than two other bidders, has attracted the attention of federal and city prosecutors, The Post has learcity - owned land than two other bidders, has attracted the attention of federal and city prosecutors, The Post has learcity prosecutors, The Post has learned.
Interest overwhelmed the site and 311 shortly after IDNYC officially launched on Monday, and the city is currently taking applications only by appointment at a number of libraries.
Katz's testimony was delivered in the Council Chambers at City Hall during a joint meeting of the Council's Committee on Finance, its Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations and its Subcommittee on Libraries.
An IDNYC card can also be used at all branches of all three of New York City's public library systems and be used to obtain discounts and other benefits at museums and cultural institutions, entertainment venues, pharmacies and fitness centers.
Elsewhere, we are reaching more citizens in need through our expansion of social services» outreach to libraries around the county, everywhere from Grand Island to South Buffalo to Sardinia and all other points countywide, because we know poverty is not just limited to the inner city — it is everywhere.
This June, officials added $ 43 million in funding for New York City's three public library systems to the fiscal year 2016 budget, allowing for expansion of branch operating hours and a return to six - day service for the first time in nearly a decade.
Six libraries in the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System each received 100 new children's picture and story books as a result of the gift from the Brownstone Book Fund, a private organization in New York City that promotes early reading and a love of books, encouraging parents and children to read together.
The Chancellor also announced the continuation of the summer meals program throughout the city, which starts on June 27th and offers free meals to children 18 and under, in participating schools, parks, libraries, and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the ccity, which starts on June 27th and offers free meals to children 18 and under, in participating schools, parks, libraries, and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the cCity Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the citycity.
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