Sentences with phrase «revitalizing cities»

At the end of the day, as Professor Arza Churchman noted, there is no single magic bullet for revitalizing cities.

(Cuomo pushed through a bill he hoped would encourage local government consolidation; Schneiderman has made himself the king of revitalizing cities with land banks.)

Both Williams and Maturi hope it's the first real, tangible step in the right direction to revitalize the city.

Michael Smith discusses his New Orleans upbringing and how to revitalize the city through sports.

What can $ 10 million do to revitalize a city's downtown?

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, when it finally closes up shop, has a chance to leave a lasting legacy that other agencies across the country could look to should they be charged with rebuilding and revitalizing a city and community.

The state's top economic development official says a plan in Congress to eliminate the historic tax credit program would harm efforts to revitalize cities in New York.

One year after entering office with a mandate for change, Mayor Shayne Gallo has pushed ahead with an agenda centered on revitalizing the city by battling blight, forming partnerships with state, federal and county government and ending what he calls a «culture of entitlement» at the highest levels of municipal government.

He's a big fan of the the land bank approach to revitalizing city neighborhoods by buying tax delinquent properties and either demolishing or selling them.

New York City Councilman Joe Borelli, a Republican, also praised Molinaro's time in office as the Dutchess county executive, crediting him with revitalizing the city of Poughkeepsie.

The four candidates each seek to extend development out from downtown to revitalize the city's neighborhoods.

The candidate is also calling for housing reform and infrastructure needs and plans to introduce a nine - year housing incentive for «young, tax - paying men and women who are looking to revitalize the city... and promote local wealth,» in January 2018.

The decision upholds a March ruling from a lower court, and is a blow to the Bloomberg administration's attempts to revitalize the city's education system by shutting down failing schools.

The initial Buffalo Billion program, touted by Cuomo as a major success in revitalizing that city despite the scandal, poured the bulk of the $ 1 billion in funds into a controversial solar panel factory, while Buffalo Billion II investments are diverse and largely infrastructural, including the development of waterfront and rail access, tourism, and job training initiatives.

Gupta credited Tony Karman, EXPO Chicago's director since 2011, with helping revitalize the city's art scene.

This too is Los Angeles and Oakland, Detroit and New Orleans, the revitalized city and the tenants of the last several decades who have been forced into decline.

Recognizing its potential for revitalizing the city, officials began encouraging development along the river.

There are significant efforts being made to revitalize the city and bring back jobs, and those efforts are really beginning to pay off.

Recent re-investment in the downtown area has revitalized the city.

Determined policies of economic diversification have worked steadily to revitalize the city from a period of economic stagnation.

The «Circle of Development» series of projects was proposed by Mayor Greco to revitalize the city, which was once famous for its cigar factories but in recent decades had become a symbol of Florida's relentless urban sprawl.

Could you elaborate on what they're trying to do to revitalize the city?

They are really trying to revitalize the city.

For example, in Mount Vernon, N.Y., the city and developers are hoping to revitalize the city's downtown as part of a redevelopment effort that includes «luxury workforce housing,» with amenities such as a gym, cinema room, children's playroom and rooftop terrace.

Julie Hyman offers a possible solution to this (maybe far - off, maybe not - so - distant) threat in her self - published book, Universal Housing: How to Revitalize Cities and Rebuild the American Dream.

Not exact matches

-- Lisa Skeete Tatum, cofounder of Landit, a New York City - based company offering a career platform for women looking to revitalize or advance their careers.

Since Katrina happened I think the city has been revitalized in a lot of ways.

It closed in 1996 and held a few more events in 2010 and 2011 in an effort to revitalize interest in the space, but the local city council backed out of allocating funds to reopen it.

It remains to be seen how the staggering population loss will affect Bing's plans to revitalize the Motor City by shrinking city finances and infrastructure in line with Detroit's new sCity by shrinking city finances and infrastructure in line with Detroit's new scity finances and infrastructure in line with Detroit's new size.

The city's 2012 draft plan to revitalize the local economy, «A Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs,» concluded that the city's future rests on its ability to compete with other regions around the globe.

In the 1980s, New York City Mayor Ed Koch tried again to revitalize the space with the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation.

McClendon worked on revitalizing Oklahoma City over the last decade, helping bring the NBA team to the city from Seattle in 2City over the last decade, helping bring the NBA team to the city from Seattle in 2city from Seattle in 2008.

«While leaders on the ground in Michigan and the city's creditors understand that they must find a solution to Detroit's serious financial challenge, we remain committed to continuing our strong partnership with Detroit as it works to recover and revitalize and maintain its status as one of America's great cities.»

In Edmonton, the arena is a cornerstone to Mayor Steven Mandel's vision of revitalizing the capital city's breezy downtown.

Katz contends the Oilers need a new facility to remain a viable franchise in Edmonton, while city council hopes the project will help revitalize the downtown.

The Queen City is the crown jewel in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's multibillion - dollar business - development strategy to revitalize economically depressed Upstate New York by turning it into a 21st - century manufacturing powerhouse.

The news is an encouraging milestone in an ongoing effort by JPMorgan Chase, the country's biggest bank, to steer more of its corporate philanthropy toward revitalizing inner cities — particularly in Detroit, where the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund is part of a $ 150 million, five - year commitment by the bank.

Tax credits aimed at revitalizing abandoned, polluted or blighted areas can encourage development that eventually expands a city's tax base.

Spending millions to revitalize a struggling portion of the city might seem like a good bet, but the current effort led by a billionaire CEO is facing major challenges.

Urban and regional planners develop land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.

Like any major city, there is a focus on trying to revitalize the downtown area and develop more incubators and co-work spaces where entrepreneurs can collaborate in the city center, while the long term plan is to help find ways to foster the startup culture in other areas of the city area as well.

Christianity revitalized life in Greco - Roman cities by providing new norms and new kinds of social relationships able to cope with many urgent urban problems.

However halting, despite the hiccoughs and errors, it's hard not to be strangely warmed that many churches aspire to replicate the work of the early church, stunningly summarized by Rodney Stark in one of my favorite quotations: «Christianity revitalized life in Greco - Roman cities by providing new norms and new kinds of social relationships able to cope with many urgent urban problems.

Two of the largest wine and food festivals in the United States are spicing things up this year by revitalizing fan - favorite events and hosting new ones that are sure to entice both regular and first - time attendees.The South Beach and New York City Wine and Food Festivals are four - day star - studded gatherings that showcase the talents of the world's most renowned wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities while raising money for education and to help fight hunger.

These include major metropolitan areas from New York, Boston and Ohio to smaller cities with revitalizing downtown areas like Berkeley, Austin and Fayetteville.

One of the many threads woven in to the story of Leicester City's incredible Premier League winning campaign is that they revitalized the careers of a number of players unwanted by other Premier League clubs.

The Grand Summit Hotel's renowned spa and holistic wellness center, naturespa, offers guests treatments that revitalize after challenging nature's wilds, or enduring the ravages of city life.

Park District officials urged the City Council late Tuesday to push ahead with a multimillion - dollar proposal to revitalize the Waukegan Municipal Beach.

So catering to families is a critical part of the overall strategy to revitalize the central area of Lake County's largest city, association President Mary Walker said Friday at a meeting to discuss the beach proposal.

WAUKEGAN — Park District officials urged the City Council late Tuesday to push ahead with a multimillion - dollar proposal to revitalize the Waukegan Municipal Beach.