Sentences with phrase «plans for more community»

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As Fortune reports here for the first time, Dell's deals reflect a decade or more of meticulous planning, as well as some vital, long - lasting relationships — formed with a serendipitous boost from a Hawaiian vacation community.

Because of the tight credit market, business plans are being more closely scrutinized than ever and banks are looking for specifics before looking at Small Business Administration - backed loans or community bank loans.

The search company is now raising the ante, with plans announced for five more communities.

«We don't know specific plans for Minecraft's future yet but we know that everyone involved wants the community to grow and become even more amazing then it's ever been,» Hill wrote.

He argues that everyone uses money for different purposes — from facilitating adventure to serving their community to supporting their family — yet most financial planning assumes clients have one of two possible goals: preparing for retirement or accumulating more possessions.

Starbucks has dedicated a dozen Military Family Stores, with more planned for the months ahead, to support military communities and local non-profit organizations that help veterans and their families.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

«The living wage can be achieved by employers paying more wages or by policy interventions that reduce expenses for people,» he said, adding a community child care plan similar to Quebec's could help further reduce the living wage by $ 3.22 an hour, making it more affordable for employers.

TORONTO — The public will have to wait until late July to see «initial sketches» of a plan for a proposed high - tech community in the city, while a more detailed proposal is set to be released in October, Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto said Thursday at a consultation meeting that offered scant new information.

The Canadian Labour Congress is hosting town hall meetings in more than 25 communities across the country to address the need for a universal prescription drug plan that covers all Canadians, regardless of their age, income, or where they work or live.

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

But theology's plan for «greening» America and the rest of the earth by play and make - believe signaled little more than its utter estrangement from any coherent community of language and thought.

Regional communities will be the big losers if a planned container deposit tax is introduced, with more than three million Victorian households finding it difficult to travel to a remote deposit centre for a partial refund on their drink containers.

The plan may also include efforts in parts of the world where ingredients are sourced — like Indonesia, a huge source of palm oil for processed food manufacturers — such as providing communities with technology and resources to harvest and utilize local foods more efficiently.

Even if a state's concussion safety law does cover community - based, private sports programs, very few states have enacted laws that cover all aspects of youth sports safety, such as requiring more broad - based safety training for coaches in first - aid, CPR, and the use of an AED, and the development and implementation of an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) to be triggered in case of medical emergencies, such as a cardiac event (e.g. sudden cardiac arrest), asthma attack, allergic reaction to a bee sting, or heat stroke, and environmental emergencies (lighting, tornado, or an excessively high heat index).

Raise Your Hand's director Wendy Katten, who assembled the coalition of 16 parent and community groups to oppose Emanuel's initial 7 1/2 hour school day proposal, said that while the mayor shortened his proposal to 7 hours the group plans to keep pressing for more arts, music and foreign language programs...

PALATINE — A new master plan presented this week to the Salt Creek Rural Park District calls for a second deck at a golf course driving range, handicapped accessibility at two parks, a community park with an indoor fitness center and more activities for senior citizens.

Estimates of the numbers of women booked for home birth but delivering in hospital were even more difficult to obtain because hospital records do not always specify this information accurately and no national estimate exists.1 4 Data collected in this region in 1983 suggested that 35 % of these women changed to hospital based care either before or during labour, and a more detailed prospective study of all planned home births in 1993 found a total transfer rate of 43 %.8 Women were classified as having booked for a home birth when a community midwife had accepted a woman for home delivery and had this arrangement accepted by her manager and supervisor of midwives at any stage in pregnancy, irrespective of any later change of plan.

Although plans for the project are preliminary, officials said it could help change the perception of Wheeling from a blue collar, entry - level community to that of a more upscale town better able to compete with neighboring Arlington Heights and Buffalo Grove.

Park District Director Bill McCollum said a forum scheduled for Thursday at Lions Community Center, 1 W. Manor Drive, will outline the latest plans for a building that would give the Park District more space for a growing population.

«Baroness Smith of Basildon to move that this House regrets that Her Majesty's Government's plans for the introduction of the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment)(No. 2) Order 2014 do not include provisions for a 12 - month review of the impact of the reclassification of khat in view of the highly unusual community focus of its use, for putting a detailed policing strategy in place before a ban takes effect, or for a health strategy to prevent a transfer of addiction to other substances; and do not commit the Department for International Development to do more work with the government of Kenya to alleviate the effect of the reclassification on the Kenyan economy.»

De Blasio's plan to reshape neighborhoods is facing widespread opposition from community leaders and elected officials, setting up a battle for his administration as it seeks to build more affordable housing citywide.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas said, «The Joseph L. Allen Apartments are doing for Hamilton Hill what Governor Cuomo's aggressive plan is doing across the state — providing affordable and supportive housing so more New Yorkers can live independent lives in the communities they love.

After nearly three years of research, community engagement, partnership building and planning by over 5,000 citizens and more than 700 local organizations, One Region Forward will be releasing its Regional Plan for Sustainable Development entitled «A New Way to Plan for Buffalo Niagara»

While concerns about MIH can be easily translated in these meetings, the Council's issues with Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) are far more varied and reflect the opinions raised by community boards and borough presidents last year, when these plans were largely rejected in non-binding votes throughout the city.

Both the larger plan and this abbreviated summary incorporate three years of research, community engagement, partnership building and planning and offer a basic framework for moving the region toward a more sustainable, resilient, prosperous and opportunity - rich future.

Cuomo in July designated 102 New York Rising communities combined eligible to receive more than $ 750 million for storm recovery and rebuilding plans.

But on Saturday morning, as dozens of community members packed into a classroom to hear a presentation from the New Suffolk Waterfront Fund about the nonprofit's hotly contested plans for the relocation and renovation of the Galley Ho restaurant, the mood was more combative than cheerful.

Among other projects, the lost work allegedly includes the $ 40 million replacement for the Ellicott - Goodrich Garage on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, the $ 20 million Explore & More Children's Museum planned for Canalside and the $ 22 million STEM building on Erie Community College's North Campus.

Buffalo Public Schools are buying more and more computers for students, as the district works on a $ 56 million technology plan to get one laptop or tablet to every student and install WiFi antennas on the growing network of community schools to serve the surrounding communities.

Reginald Brown, community leader for VOCAL - NY, announces plans to stay at the Capitol until the New York State budget includes more money to fight HIV / AIDS.

Countywide planning will involve more communities, allow for «bigger picture» thinking, and will bring better coordination of resources to bear on development projects.

Council Member King, who reviewed his 12 - Point Plan for the 12TH Council District with more than 700 Bronx residents, friends and special guests in attendance, discussed upcoming and future projects, which include affording housing for working families through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, the renovation of Agnes Haywood Park, capital funding to schools in the 12th Council District, expense funding to community - based organizations, funding for NYCHA developments and youth programs as well as DOT and DSNY needs in the 12th Council District.

Stone plans to push for more skilled based programs for the North Country community to utilize in the workforce.

If built, the Family Community Life Center — a mixed - use project that has been in the planning stages for more than 25 years — would include an Olympic - size indoor swimming pool, a 25 - seat theater and media center, 24 - hour day care facilities, an indoor walking track, gymnasium, fitness center, classroom space, and 132 affordable apartment units intended as «workforce housing» for the area.

Under his plans, people out of work for over three years or more will be forced to take on community work, visit job centres every day, undergo mandatory training and therapy sessions, or face losing their benefits.

We, as well, seek to know how a mining lease and mining right can be granted when no Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Environmental Management Plan has been made publicly available for comments, and more so, when the communities likely to be affected by the activities had not been engaged.»

The Long Island Power Authority is mulling a plan that would bring more transparency to utility policy while also having communities pay for the costs of buried lines.

«The White House fiscal blueprint for 2019 is more like a battle plan of attack on seniors, students and communities,» Higgins said.

The county planned to sell 19 Third St., the site of the county's current Troy Area Senior Services Center, for $ 575,000 to local real - estate developer David Bryce, then purchase the Italian Community Center at 1450 Fifth Ave. («a much more modern facility») for $ 685,000, according to the resolution included in the meeting agenda packet.

McCord to serve as newly created Director of Planning and Community Development MAYVILLE, N.Y.: — Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello has announced appointments for two key senior posts in his administration in an effort to begin a... [Read more...]

Spring Semester Kick - Off Event — Community Congress Get a first look at «A New Way to Plan for Buffalo Niagara» the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, which explores ideas and potential strategies to align our actions to our values, providing a basic framework for moving the region towards a more sustainable, resilient, prosperous and opportunity - rich future.

On topic questions included: what defines a «community school», whether community schools are only located in low - income neighborhoods, whether there is a plan to extend universal pre-K to three year olds, how much more expensive community schools are to operate than «regular» schools, why was the UFT not at this announcement, whether academic gains are expected from community schools and how will such gains be measured, what programs are added to «regular» schools as they are converted into «community» schools, potential changes to the admissions process for specialized high schools and whether the seats announced today are new programs or new spaces.

Woolwich — Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro joined with local officials, educators and others today in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Kingsway Regional School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

«It is a frightening prospect that anyone would try to upend the entire waste management plan, a plan that so many of us worked for years to make more equitable to communities of color,» he said in a statement released Monday afternoon.

Bridgeton — Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assemblyman John Burzichelli joined with local officials, educators and others in a community forum to mark the increase in school funding for the Bridgeton School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»

Their obvious shortcomings may be used to bolster the case for a different model and for a more direct connection between community - based and local planning.

The plan would also create smaller sections of R5 and R6 zoning, which allow for any type of development, whereas that type of zoning is currently more widespread in the community.

Education advocacy groups are giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo bad grades when it comes to spending on education in his proposed 2014 budget, as Syracuse parents and community members believe the state needs to come through with substantially more money for schools in the spending plan.

On Saturday, February 11, VID put together a solid group of supporters for the Rally Opposing the NYU2031 Plan, NYU's aggressive, tower - heavy 20 - year construction proposal to jam our low - rise community with structures of inappropriate size, height and bulk (including a huge hotel), which will mean the takeover of public space and the influx of a concentration of more thousands of students, staff and faculty.