Sentences with phrase «smaller interest communities»

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The hike to interest rates has had a big impact in the small business community.

Every few years, some interests on the left or right become frustrated that most Americans care deeply about the small - business community — and that concern gets in the way of those interests» policy objectives.

I've become a member of a small community of people with a shared interest and a shared purpose.

With the online landscape shifting to a much more collaborative and community - based environment, there are opportunities waiting online for the small business owner to get their message out to individuals and groups interested in the expertise, knowledge and competitive value.

Increasing the ease of financing new start - ups by streamlining regulations on community banks and credits unions, letting small business entrepreneurs defer student loan payments interest - free while they're getting their business started; and expanding SBA financing programs

Additionally, Bernie helped pass the Small Business Jobs Act, which gave low interest loans to small businesses and supported the small community banks through which the loans were disbuSmall Business Jobs Act, which gave low interest loans to small businesses and supported the small community banks through which the loans were disbusmall businesses and supported the small community banks through which the loans were disbusmall community banks through which the loans were disbursed.

Amy Tierce, regional vice president for Wintrust Mortgage in Needham, Mass., says some small community banks reset their interest rates on Tuesdays.

Our local wealth managers (mortgage brokers and financial advisers) are small business owners with a vested interest in their local community.

A: One interesting thing has been the increase in optimism within the small business community.

The truth is, you should be more interested in a small, highly engaged community than a large follower or fan count.

While small business owners gain prestige and influence by contributing to community improvement, corporate managers garner status by advancing the company's interest, even at the expense of the community.

In the Jewish community, surprisingly enough, there is very little that commands attention beyond small circles of Jewish interest.

«A Foundation for Theological Education» (AFTE) is a small private fund, based largely in Texas, with a predominantly United Methodist constituency and a special interest in the renewal and transvaluation of the Wesleyan tradition — not «for Methodists only» but for the Christian community at large.

Commit to building genuine community with a small group of people who are interested in learning the truth rather than doing thing the way they have always been done.

The New Testament is the work of a relatively small community with highly selective interests, whereas the Old is the product of a whole nation's wider issues and situations.

I was interested to know what that has taught a guy who grew up in a modest home during the Great Depression, in a hard - working, small - town community, who himself lived paycheck - to - paycheck for most of his working years.

It's been so interesting to see the sort of community spirit that prevails around the small country towns and our visit to the famous Barossa Valley farmer's markets was truly a wonderful experience.

Whether your interest is local food, community - focussed small enterprises, honest labelling, therapeutic baking, or simply tasty toast, everyone is invited to become a Campaign supporter.

(NEW YORK)-- The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that New York City will now be part of a community - based initiative to help reduce beverage calories consumed by 20 percent per person by 2025 in neighborhoods where there has been less interest in or access to lower - calorie and smaller - portion beverages.

This national effort includes a «Community Initiative» that calls for a focused, aggressive, multi-pronged approach in neighborhoods within select cities where for a variety of reasons there has been less consumer interest in — and thus less access to — bottled water, lower - calorie and smaller - portion beverage choices.

The People's Food Plan is an initiative of the AFSA, an organisation created to represent the interests of farmers, small - to medium - sized food businesses, food social enterprises, community food systems actors and the eaters of Australia.

Beyond gaming, Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures is now active in hospitality, printing, marketing, waste management, and several smaller enterprises that provide needed services to our local communities and help diversify our business interests.

I graduated from a small high school, where the principal was very much interested in the poor and the hungry, and in public policy; he taught us how to be an advocate for the helpless people in our community and in our state.»

Which is one reason that campaigns tend to focus on the big venues like Facebook and Twitter and ignore the plethora of smaller networks unless they meet a particular need (for instance, connecting with an ethnic - or interest - based community).

Creates a $ 25 million small business revolving loan program; the state would make low interest loans available to «community based financial institutions» which would make loans of up to $ 125,000 to businesses with one hundred or fewer in - state employers.

There is a need for such oversight, they said, because conflicts of interest are often an issue in small communities where nepotism can run rampant in government hiring.

The Small Business Revolving Loan Fund will provide low - interest loan capital to alternative lenders — community development financial institutions, credit unions, and small business lending consortia — to address the small business credit crisis and get millions of dollars into the hands of small businesses quiSmall Business Revolving Loan Fund will provide low - interest loan capital to alternative lenders — community development financial institutions, credit unions, and small business lending consortia — to address the small business credit crisis and get millions of dollars into the hands of small businesses quismall business lending consortia — to address the small business credit crisis and get millions of dollars into the hands of small businesses quismall business credit crisis and get millions of dollars into the hands of small businesses quismall businesses quickly.

«I have always been interested in sports medicine, but I did not consider practicing in small communities before going through the program because I didn't think they could sustain a specialty like that.

While most concentrating solar power facilities throughout the world are large, Sandia engineer Cliff Ho says India is interested in developing 1 megawatt or smaller facilities that could provide the appropriate amount of power for a small village or community.

It's so interesting - because I live in such a big city, and a relatively impersonal one full of expats, things like fall fairs don't really happen and I never think of them as being something we could look at doing anymore, whereas growing up in a smaller community, they (and all the associated fair food) were a regular part of life.

Wireclub is an exciting network of small communities that together create one of the most interesting places to hang out and chat.

The cowboy lifestyle isn't just some unachievable fairy tale you heard about as a small child, instead it means taking initiative and joining communities where your potential love interest hangs out.

In a small community like this it's not always easy finding people with the same sort of interests.

Interested in dating beyond the small community around you?

From a small town, I am particularly interested in making friends in the LGBTQ + community, but I really do not know where to sta

For those in smaller communities where the resources may not be as comprehensive, try talking to the owners of local shops you frequent to buy hobby - related materials and ask if they know of others to speak with regarding starting a group, or if you can post notices looking for other interested participants.

However, even though BDSM Date has nearly all the popular fetishes covered, some of us would still be interested in joining a smaller community of members who share our specific kink.

Talking to other singles who have similar interests A Ukranian dating Web site has been set up to address a specific issue: In a country where the Jewish community is relatively small and sometimes scattered

In the meantime, Ringwald began to develop an interest in acting: she was four when she started hanging around the local community theater and five when she started getting small parts, including the role of a preacher's child in Truman Capote's The Grass Harp.

The National Center of Education and the Economy, through its Center on International Education Benchmarking, is working to build a community of researchers interested in investigating how a small set of countries and states have managed to build and sustain educational systems that manage routinely to produce higher and more equitable outcomes for children and youth.

At the institute, small working groups allowed participants an opportunity to discuss topics particularly relevant to their interest or communities.

Over the course of this grant, FOI: (1) is producing professional development materials to help staff representing multiple state agencies better understand the basic science of child development generally and the promotion of executive function and self - regulation skills more specifically; (2) is supporting the creation of small learning communities, building on existing relationships at the site and policy level and connecting to other learning communities across North America; (3) is supporting the Washington cross-agency working group to sustain its current gains and momentum during the upcoming executive branch transition in January and to share lessons learned with the broader national FOI community of states and Canadian provinces; and (4) is beginning conversations with stakeholders at the community level to explore mutual interests and is beginning to chart a path toward enhanced collaboration within the state.

Ayers supports smaller schools that would be more sensitive to the strengths and weaknesses of local communities, believing they offer the best prospect for addressing «the inequitable distribution of educational resources» and «the capacity of a range of self - interested bureaucracies to work against the common good.»

But many rural educators see consolidation as a disaster: Since schools are often the heart of small communities, there are devastating social implications when they are closed, including that parents and town leaders lose control and interest.

Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban parents, progressive educators, and school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).

Specific trends include: personalized learning; large - scale initiatives such as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and 1:1, makerspaces; digital badging / microcredentials as a move toward competency based learning; a redefinition of learning spaces; and the integration of academies and smaller learning communities (schools within a school) to provide more rigorous pathways that cater to the diverse interests of students.

She saw the find as an opportunity to interest students in paleontology and to provide a small museum of sorts to the community.

The education research community, which is predominantly comprised of academics, is not interested in such atheoretical, small - bore questions.

Some of the most interesting programs are going heavily into different kinds of academies, smaller learning communities and career - oriented pathways.

Students who would be interested in Brashier Middle College Charter High School are those who want a small learning community with individualized learning plans.