Sentences with phrase «says community meeting»

After frustrated homeowner cut down tree home to peacocks, city says community meeting will help decide what to do about the birds

Terry Porter, the Park District's director of parks and recreation, said community meetings have suggested that most people want the building saved.

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«We thought we had community backing — we had these meetings once a month,» Foster said.

So the possibility remains, Carle said, that the Russians used the meeting with Kushner to distract the intelligence community and the public from potentially more incriminating relationships between the campaign and Moscow.

«Where we need innovation and where I think we are going to finally see social entrepreneurs spend more and more time is the public sector, because the big challenge that is facing every community on the planet is that government and public policy are not moving at the pace of technology or even meeting expectations of constituents,» says Blumenthal.

Republicans in the House of Representatives were told at a Monday night meeting that the stop - gap measure would extend funding through March 23, along with a year of defense funding and two years of funding for community health centers, lawmakers said.

Fung said Airtasker has also developed an AI robot, called Alan, who «has learned from tasks that have been posted before, can predict what isn't going to meet our community guidelines, and pulls down stuff that's not appropriate.»

But Mayor Irving said while the resolution to the Clayoquot controversy held promise, that wasn't met for his community.

«From the moment we met Rachel, we were completely inspired by the work she has done to support her community,» said Kathryn Pentz, Starbucks program manager, Retail Branded Partnerships.

Deena Scott said the man she met all those years back has always been focused on giving back to the community, whether volunteering at their church, mentoring others or helping fold socks at a relief center.

«The company's founding values are based on humanity and inclusion,» said Executive Chairman Howard Schultz, who was also in Philadelphia to meet with community leaders and Starbucks employees, the company said.

Top Starbucks executives and about 40 Philadelphia clergy and community leaders met in what local leaders say was the beginning of an effort to push the coffee company to play a leading role in addressing racial injustice.

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.

«While we commend the Prime Minister for his commitment to assert leadership and convene this meeting, which was called for by business and community associations across the country, the situation has worsened,» said Val Litwin, President and CEO, BC Chamber of Commerce.

But even after telling media that his approach to these cuts would be to «look people in the eyes and talk to them about why it's necessary,» Transportation Minister Todd Stone failed to show up to a single meeting with affected communities,» said Trevena.

In June, Scott Heiferman, chief executive of Meetup.com, the site that helps communities organize in - person meetup groups, said he was surprised to see Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announce his intentions to help people who use Facebook groups meet up in person.

«Reducing food waste benefits communities by sending less food to landfill, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the resources required to meet food demand, and enhancing food security,» said Kathleen McLaughlin, chief sustainability officer, Wal - Mart Stores, Inc., and president of the Walmart Foundation.

Despite telling media when announcing the cuts that his approach would be to «look people in the eyes and talk to them about why it's necessary,» Transportation Minister Todd Stone failed to show up to a single meeting with affected communities, said Trevena.

The report acknowledged «the undoubted financial strength and acumen of the CBA, its global standing, and its avowed commitment of staff to servicing customers, but said it needs to translate its financial strength and good intent into better meeting the community's needs and the standards expected of a systemically important bank in Australia».

«The companies are using social media technologies primarily to help producers with lead generation and community building,» said Todd A. Silverhart during a packed break - out session at LIMRA's annual meeting...

After one such meeting in June of 1957, the NY Times quoted a top Vatican official, saying the Church had opened «a new chapter» toward the Jewish community.

«Our military neglected, out of ignorance, long - established correct procedures for handling religious materials,» said Lavoy, «even as we were fighting to help the Afghan people secure and govern their country, we as the military did not meet our obligations to the Muslim community.»

In a post, he said the meeting was enlightening: «[It] helped me understand just how important community is, and how we're all just looking for something we can trust.

Speaking earlier today, Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said: «As we all reflect upon what happened my thoughts, and those of all of us in the Met, are with those who lost their loved ones, their homes and a community that is in mourning.

In thanking the Archbishop for visiting Israel, Rivlin said «I hope many more in your community, will follow your example, and come and visit Israel, not just to see the Holy Land, but to meets its people.

«I have yet to meet a Jewish person who hasn't heard about this,» says Troy, who served as a Bush administration liaison to the Jewish community and was a former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Jewish community «believes that Benedict's desire to continue dialogue is sincere,» said Lisa Palmieri - Billig, the American Jewish Committee's liaison to the Holy See, just before the January 2010 meeting.

For the purposes of this «catechetical instruction» collections of Sayings of the Lord were compiled, in which His words were translated out of their original Aramaic into Greek, and arranged, sometimes with explanatory additions, to meet the changing needs of different communities.

«The International Association of Genocide Scholars, over 200 members of Congress, and over 70 human rights experts and organizations, spanning the nation's religious and political spectrum, have raised their voices that the treatment of these communities by ISIS meets even the strictest definition of genocide under international law, and must be treated as such,» said Kirsten Evans, executive director of In Defense of Christians (IDC).

Not good, why neglect things which are edifying to the christian life, that would be an unhealthy focus on evangelism in the place of discipleship, just do both I say What if, instead of starting Christian Coffee Houses, Christian Work - Out Centers, and Christian Bridge Clubs, we started just going to these places that were already in our community and meeting the people who go there?

They — or perhaps I should say we, since I am one of them — are in some ways like a church: there is a commitment to meeting regularly, repeated resolution of differences, a strong desire to spread the good news and a determination to point the community in the direction of genuine hope.

In smaller communities with few other public facilities, churches are a vital resource in that they provide a meeting (dare I say congregating) place for the locals.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Well actually, this guy, if you really knew your history, there were HUGE fights after the death of Jesus, (who, curiously enough NEVER called himself «the Christ»), between the Jerusalem community, (which had many EYE WITNESSES in it), and Paul, (who NEVER met, nor heard Jesus say anything), about what was the meaning of those events.

She meets my eyes and says, «I think that's what community is supposed to do.

«I often say to Christian leaders, «listen, you're in every community, whether you meet in a pub or at home or a building or a school - the Church is there».

For us, it must start with the vision of a peaceful world, where gradually the production and distribution of armaments gives way to the production and distribution of goods and services that benefit the human race instead of threatening to destroy it, a vision of the rule of law rather than of economic domination, a vision of democracy where people are able to have a real say in what their own future will be, a vision of smallness and community involvement, a vision of cultural pluralism and a diversity of ideas, a vision of leisure spent meeting human needs.

It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

As we have said, the present position is an encounter.32 When persons or human communities meet, there arises a need to communicate.

As long as the Muslim community center meets the zoning requirements of New York City (which it did), why do people like you have the right to say something shouldn't be built on private property many miles away from your home.

«No - one wants animals to suffer and it's in everybody's interest that community expectations around animal welfare are met,» he said.

In the Australian retail sector, it is new entrants to the market like ALDI — which is used to meeting European standards and community expectation — that are driving innovation, from putting doors on fridges to reduce energy waste, to being the first Australian organisation to introduce carbon reduction labelling,» he says.

Tressa Eaton from Serious Eats says, «Urban fruit - harvesting engages a community, makes community members aware of their own local (and often organic) food resources, provides an opportunity for neighbors to meet over the boughs of fruit trees, and brings up important questions about public space.

The 7,500 - square - foot facility received significant community input, including a surveyand three planning meetings attended by about 65 people, said Jim Eby, director of planning and development for the Batavia Park District.

In neighboring communities, seniors have sections of park buildings devoted to them, with rooms for pool tables, card playing, exercise, eating and even woodworking, said Ralph Petersen, one of the seniors who has been meeting with staff about the space issue.

Sworn in at the beginning of Tuesday's meeting, Lepper said he applied for the job «to see what I could do to help in my community.»

JULIE: So, um, I have a business, we call it, Herself Moms, and it's a group of professionals that have come together and we just tried to create a place where prenatal moms and postpartum families can come and either get support or have some educational needs met or some lactation services and overall I'd say, within all of that, the biggest part is the development of community.

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Schyman said the park district has an award - winning marketing and communications department in addition to its regular public meetings and community surveys.

As the borders of Orland Park and Tinley Park meet at La Grange Road, developments in both communities are serving as economic engines for each other, Zabrocki said.