Sentences with phrase «roots in the rural community»

With his roots in the rural community, he is well placed to speak for us on the environment agriculture and rural affairs.

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The Park Board bought the farm near Schoolhouse and LaPorte Roads in 1997 for $ 3.2 million to develop a large community park while preserving part of the farm as an example of the town's rural roots.

Pernell is a history teacher at York Comprehensive High School in York, S.C., a rural, socially conservative, tight - knit community with roots in the mining industry.

Watson - Blagden says the concept of place - based education has taken root over the past ten to twenty years, fueled, in part, by Annenberg Rural Challenge grants, launched in 1995 to improve rural schools by linking them more with their communiRural Challenge grants, launched in 1995 to improve rural schools by linking them more with their communirural schools by linking them more with their communities.

City Government: Rooted in the rural landscape of east Pasco County, the community of Wesley Chapel has, in recent years, established itself as a desirable place to live, work, shop and play.

After a decade of grass - roots rural community angst from being ridden over roughshod by multi-national energy companies aided by state and federal governments eager to be seen to be «doing something» about climate change, while ignoring the basic human right to enjoy rest and repose in their own home, the issue of health impacts will now get the hearing it deserves.

Having lived here my whole life, I have deep roots in this community and understand the joys and struggles of living in a rural town.

«Darilyn and I have strong rural roots in the community and share the same core values of hard work, dedication and ethics,» says Johnson.

Miller is a big proponent of the rural housing program, because it helps make home ownership a reality for people looking to lay down roots in one of Madison's outlying communities.

With a population of 2,493, Fredericktown Ohio is strong community identity rooted in a rich rural history.