Sentences with phrase «of economic development officials»

Steve Hyde is one of those economic development officials.

Lawmakers disagree with the rosy assessment of economic development officials.

Following reports Monday of the resignation of the economic development official, members of the administration released complimentary statements about Hoyt.

Not exact matches

But city officials met behind closed doors Tuesday with company CEO David Tran and representatives of Gov. Jerry Brown's Business and Economic Development Office.

Chinese and Canadian officials meeting at a seminar on asset management and economic development in the central and western regions of China, feel that the Chinese government's preferential policies for the introduction of foreign investment in the region, along with an abundance of natural resources and the booming infrastructure development, offer opportunities for economic cooperation between...

That's how an economic development official in Tucson, Ariz., the governor of Delaware and the mayor of Detroit, respectively, are vying for position in a crowded race to attract Amazon's second headquarters in what one site selection consultant describes as a «once in a generation opportunity.»

Speaking on the sidelines of an official trip to Jakarta, Yau, the city's secretary for commerce and economic development, said: «We will continue to be a voice of the multilateral rule - based free trade system... and a valued partner of all participants in the system, including the US.»

With a loose set of requirements like proximity to an airport and walkability, the e-commerce behemoth has set officials on a journey to sell their towns, with the aim of getting in on what some are calling one of the largest economic development deals of the century.

Anirban Basu, the chairman of the Maryland Economic Development Commission, said he would like to see officials push harder to reduce taxes and regulations.

Michael Sullivan, a spokesman for the Utah governor's Office of Economic Development, said Gov. Herbert received a call from Boeing officials Thursday afternoon and has begun preliminary discussions with Boeing leaders on the 777X line.

Baum also pays more attention that Burgess does to economic developments, to official statements by socialist parties, and to those church Leaders who quote from Marxist sources or speak of learning from Marxist insights.

High degree» will be held on March 20 — 22, 2014 in Exhibition Hall of Odessa Sea Commercial Port Official support to projects is provided by: • Assembly of European wine producing regions; • Association of cultural and tourist exchange (ACTE), in collaboration with Council of Europe; • Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; • Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine; • Antitrust Committee of Ukraine; • State Agriculture Inspectorate of Ukraine; • Ukrainian corporation on viticulture and wine producing «Ukrvinprom»; • Odessa Regional State Administration.

The I - 80 Corporate Consortium is group of business leaders, political representatives, economic development professionals and local officials who joined forces about two and a half years ago to help each other and create «one voice» to promote economic development in the corridor, Wright said.

In Cuomo's administration, a former economic development official, Sam Hoyt, left office after he was accused of sexual harassment.

We've seen tremendous improvement in the economy and at the social level since 1992, the Rawlings regime and that of Kufour all contributed immensely to the growth we seeing, the Mahama administration has added value to what he inherited.The infrastructure development recorded under this government is the highest after Nkrumah, the improvement in the health and education sector can not be downplayed.Policies rolled out by the regime to close the yawning gap between the toiling but highly productive rural folks and city officials is commendable.The IMF director Christie Lagarde was right when she described what we called economic success between 2005 - 2008 as mediocre growth.The base of the economy was still shattered and now being built to restore the confidence of the people.

The councils consist of business and higher education officials as well as state lawmakers and have been tasked with developing economic development strategies for a region.

«As the Mayor of Rochester, I can see every day what's happening to our great state: government services have stopped working, economic development has stalled, and too many of our public officials have forgotten the reason they hold office — to work for you,» Duffy wrote.

The governor recently let go a top economic development official, Sam Hoyt, after Hoyt personally paid a woman $ 50,000 after she accused him of harassing her.

Public radio reporter Karen DeWitt (who is employed by WXXI News) asked the Democratic governor whether he was considering new policies in light of the national attention on sexual misconduct, as well as the recent resignation of a state economic development official who was under investigation for harassment.

This week, New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik led a delegation of North Country officials to Ottawa, Canada to discuss economic development ties.

He is a respected local official with a wide range of knowledge and contacts along the Canal Corridor, and will serve Governor Cuomo and the Canal Corporation well in maintaining and promoting this unique state asset as a source of tourism and economic development across Upstate.»

The comptroller also found a lack of oversight of the Excelsior jobs program, saying economic development officials could not verify whether companies actually create the number of jobs they promised, and in some cases could not justify why businesses were granted the tax breaks in the first place.

The SIAT are the official judges of the two enormous state competitions for local economic development aid and business subsidies.

John Bacheller, a retired deputy commissioner at Empire State Development, the state economic development agency, said state officials launched the Empire Zones program out of an earnest, if misguided, effort to revive the long - suffering Rust Belt economy of UpstatDevelopment, the state economic development agency, said state officials launched the Empire Zones program out of an earnest, if misguided, effort to revive the long - suffering Rust Belt economy of Upstatdevelopment agency, said state officials launched the Empire Zones program out of an earnest, if misguided, effort to revive the long - suffering Rust Belt economy of Upstate New York.

Striving for something more formal than the current system — in which individual companies negotiate with state Empire State Development Corporation officials — Cuomo said each of the 10 regional economic councils will develop a comprehensive plan and submit it to the state by November.

It's a good thing CNY won the money before Mayor Stephanie Miner filed a lawsuit to block the city's biggest economic development project, out of frustration with Onondaga County officials.

While there are a lot of similarities in the Amazon and Apple projects, economic development officials in upstate say you're likely to hear much less about Apple's search moving forward.

The Niagara Gazette reports the Giacomo Hotel, a Niagara Falls property owner by the Buffalo businessman and failed 2010 gubernatorial candidate, will be one of the stops along a so - called Business Familiarization Tour local economic development officials are planning for Sept. 22.

Lawmakers also questioned how economic development officials were calculating the success of the program.

The training workshops are open to local economic development officials, municipalities, non-profits, businesses and members of the public.

Former Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, who had worked as an economic development official in the Cuomo administration, was fired after he was accused of sexual harassment late last year.

The New York State Attorney General's Office said a judge should dismiss a federal lawsuit against the state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D - NY, connected to accusations of sexual harassment against a former high - ranking economic development official.

Capital Region elected officials and business leaders acknowledged concerns over the possibility of more casinos, but said it is a bet worth taking for the potential economic development return.

A senior official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ishaq Salihu, has told a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt that a former Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Robert Obuoha, offered him a bribe of N150, 000 and told him to use the money in buying recharge cards.

Howard Zemsky, who as CEO of Empire State Development is Cuomo's top economic development official, took over SUNY Poly's construction portfolio after Kaloyeros&raqDevelopment is Cuomo's top economic development official, took over SUNY Poly's construction portfolio after Kaloyeros&raqdevelopment official, took over SUNY Poly's construction portfolio after Kaloyeros» arrest.

A group of 12 officials wrote to Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week to urge the city Economic Development Corp. to use the former Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital to provide nursing and care for seniors, rather than turn it into a hotel.

Work out to $ 2.4 million per job — an «astronomical» figure in the words of one local economic development official.

Federal corruption charges were announced on Thursday against two former close aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a senior state official and six other people, in a blow to the governor's innermost circle and a repudiation of the way his prized upstate economic development programs were managed.

Onondaga County officials said the planned dredging operation will help spur continued economic development of the harbor, a once - vacant tract where hotels, apartments and office buildings are being built.

«The records — obtained by the Day through the state Freedom of Information Act — show that, at least as early as the fall of 1997, Pfizer executives and state economic development officials were discussing the company's plans, not just for a new research facility, but for the surrounding neighborhood as well.»

I don't know that we're much better off than we've been, other than construction,» said James Allen, executive director of the Amherst Industrial Development Agency, one of the region's largest prominent economic developmentDevelopment Agency, one of the region's largest prominent economic developmentdevelopment officials.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the success of the state's sixth regional sustainability conference, which brought together community development experts, local elected officials and business leaders to share successful economic growth strategies in the Finger Lakes Region.

Queens» local businesses, non-profit organizations, municipalities, economic development officials and members of the public are encouraged to participate.

Officials say it's a reflection of a broader trend of economic development in upstate New York.

Holmquist said the process of a few elected officials choosing an amphitheater over another economic development project was «just absurd.»

Meanwhile, a source said Lehane visited City Hall to speak with two of de Blasio's top officials: Alicia Glen, deputy mayor for housing and economic development, and Emma Wolfe, director of intergovernmental affairs.

There is no legal limit on the use of Wisconsin's recently quadrupled historic - preservation tax credit, but a top economic development official can protect state coffers by single - handedly rejecting projects.

On Tuesday, August 19, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., New York State Department of Labor Commissioner Peter Rivera and Marlene Cintron, president of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC), will join numerous elected officials and community and business leaders to celebrate the opening of New York Works, the State Department of Labor's Division of Business Services» satellite office at BOEDC.

«In addition to working with state and local officials on legislative matters and issues of critical importance to American and the airline industry, Towns oversees American's interactions with municipal, public policy and economic development organizations in New York, Boston and elsewhere,» American Airlines stated.

Then, just last month, city officials said county economic development director Julie Cerio ordered the city's economic development staff out of the office it shares with the county's economic development staff because the city had not immediately agreed to the county's demand that it pay half of the $ 10,000 - a-month rent on the office.