Sentences with phrase «term business and community»

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SBA CDC / 504 Lending is a long - term financing tool designed to encourage economic development within under - served communities and among minority - owned businesses.

«The 30 % Club is really taking a business - based approach to this, and enlisting the business community itself to perform better in terms of getting women onto boards and in positions of leadership, really for its own self - interest,» Trenowden explains.

Third, the business community must approach these efforts with the same long - term investor mindset and management rigor they apply in their own companies, making data - driven investments and evaluating, learning, and adjusting as they go.

Building a long - term partnership with a nonprofit can be great for your business and the community but a lasting, meaningful alliance can't be bought with a large check.

For a long time, non-profits sat back and let the business community dictate the terms of its philanthropy, which often amounts to no more than a sly PR campaign.

Backers are encouraged to invest in ventures that won't just turn quick profits but will benefit their communities over the long term by creating jobs, supporting other local businesses and the fostering local food chain.

Ever since Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen first proposed his theory of disruptive innovation in 1995, the term has been widely co-opted and misappropriated by the business coBusiness School professor Clayton Christensen first proposed his theory of disruptive innovation in 1995, the term has been widely co-opted and misappropriated by the business cobusiness community.

I wanted to document an unprecedented milestone in the tireless campaign for gender parity, and to also explain the long - term benefits to the business community that would come from a woman winning the top job in the world.

«This forward - thinking initiative is expected to draw innovators, entrepreneurs and business startups from around the world to St. Louis and to provide us with important insights and technologies to deliver long - term value to our customers and the communities we serve.

«Through this increased investment and connections with community lending organizations, we are making meaningful strides toward increasing access to capital for small businesses, as well as helping more business owners get the coaching and educational resources they need to succeed financially long - term.»

Local franchisees simply do a better job of serving their clients and building long - term trust — local business owners like to do business with other businesses in their community.

«We considered the impact Starbucks can have in this community, and whether it is a viable site in terms of driving business for us and being profitable,» Hines said.

They believe UTXO has much more in scalability terms for business functions by having limiting information and «Proof of Consensus» model, and they wanted to build something that could act as the ether for those who were hard at work mining in the bitcoin UTXO community.

The advisory review committee invited and reviewed commentary from those within the Haskayne School of Business and from the external community, and reviewed a submission from Dr. Dewald highlighting major accomplishments attained in his first term to date as dean, along with an examination of a proposed vision for a second term.

With a few exceptions, our business community is behind the curve in terms of taking advantage of Belt and Road opportunities — opportunities that extend well beyond physical infrastructure to the development of key social infrastructure projects, including education and the provision of medical, legal, financial, and other social and professional services.

In contrast, Public Banks empower small businesses, students, homeowners, city and state governments, and community banks to prosper and thrive by banking for the common good over the long term, and making low - cost credit available where it is needed in the real economy.

The Rix Award for Engaged Corporate Citizenship is presented to an enterprise that demonstrates, both in policy and practice, the highest standards of stewardship towards the long - term well - being of customers, employees, owners, business partners, the environment and the broader community.

We called on you to divest your money from Trojan Horse businesses with no regard to community — to us the long - term residents and businesses of New York City.

There are specialized 7 (a) program options for exporting companies, those in underserved communities, those with military ties (such as a veteran business owner or businesses owned by the spouse of an active service member), and those with cyclical or seasonal businesses that need help with short - term financial needs.

It reflects the government's understanding that small businesses comprise 98 % + of all businesses in B.C., and that B.C.'s small business community is typically # 1 or # 2 in Canada in terms of its (your!)

There are now plenty of great co-working spaces in Budapest — some part of international chains or backed by a significant amount of investor funding — competing for business and doing a very good job in terms of design and community.

Buyer's use of digital and social communities will continue to evolve and businesses must find out what that means in terms of how they construct engagements with buyers.

The long - term vision is a country in which citizens, specialists, professionals, academics, community groups and even businesses can work together, developing innovative information access and visualization tools, better decision - making models, and more tools responsive to the needs of the citizens.

The progress made by General Mills in 2017 demonstrates the company's long - term commitment to protect and restore the resources upon which its business and communities depend, with an increased focus on improving the resiliency of its supply chain.

They are more likely to be concerned for the long - term health and reputation of their business and to understand that these are improved by good relations with employees and the community.

The goal is not to give a temporary handout, but to move the community toward real transformation and the local businesses toward long - term sustainability for women.

Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess; once we begin to think of our faith in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or procedural transparency or proper leadership roles or managerial responsibilities and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or current and accurate and relevant identity / purpose / vision / mission statements or strategic and tactical plans or valid and useful performance metrics — at that point, we have become money changers and temple authorities, we have deformed from a community into an industry that requires exclusionary individualism.

Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess or in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or managerial transparency or proper leadership roles and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or a current and accurate vision statement — at that point, we have become the money changers — we have lost our faith and deserve to be driven away for we are neither living nor sharing the Good News.

Our business is built on long - term relationships with Certified Organic and Fair Trade co-operatives as well as conventional farms that focus on improving their communities, their families, and their environment.

From a mobile operation that started 32 years ago to feed the biking community of upstate New York, to the eight - restaurant operation it is today, it's clear that Dinosaur Bar - B - Que plans to stay in business for the long term — and not just in New York.

«California's vintners and growers have embraced our program for the long - term viability of their family businesses and local communities,» said Wine Institute President and CEO Robert P. (Bobby) Koch.

At present Australia ranks the lowest across OECD countries in terms of collaboration between industry and research.63 Only a small proportion of Australian F&A businesses have a strong awareness of the breadth of capabilities that lie within the research community and even fewer have structures in place to take advantage of them.

We are creating a true shared win for our franchisees, their clients and Towne Park by providing new and existing entrepreneurs with a great business, a Towne Park franchise, to build long - term value for themselves, their families and their communities.

«We find it very encouraging news that 88 % of North Bay residents think wineries have a positive impact on the quality of life in their county and that 84 % think the wine business is important in terms of economic impact in our communities,» said Patsy McGaughy, Communications Director Napa Valley Vintners.

We are committed to the highest standards of business and ethical behaviour, to fulfilling our responsibilities to the communities which we serve and to the creation of long - term value for all stakeholders on a socially and environmentally sustainable basis.

«Our LEED Platinum building reflects Clif Bar's ongoing commitment to long term sustainability for our business, brands, people, community and the planet.»

The project proposes the exchange of knowledge and professional training to bring about business structures that work for people, families, and the community in terms of managing their own business endeavors — helping them to become successful.

On one page of the journal that she started in the early days of Smoke Signals, she wrote: Long - term goal: Use my business for social justice, community organizing, and individual empowerment.

Now more than ever, communities, businesses and public services need confidence in our long - term planning and this can only be achieved through open, transparent decision - making.

Good public transport connects communities supports businesses and strengthens the UK economy Go - Ahead is one of the UK's largest transport companies with more than a billion journeys made on our buses and trains each year Running our business sustainably is vital to our long term success for Customers Our People Investors Society

The Canandaigua Republican said Wednesday he's been asked by party leaders, other elected officials and members of the business community to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who will likely seek a third term next year.

We will contiinue to provide leadership, facilitation, and technical assistance to businesses and communities primarily in the Corning area, with expectations that we will participate in Southern Tier regional activities, to improve the atmosphere for business development, and help bring about long - term sustainability for the communities.

My administration has sought to assist our business community's growth and expansion, as the long - term health of our financial sector directly affects the economic security of all New Yorkers.»

Every business I have ever spoken to that has made that kind of investment has found it has paid dividends in terms of a lower turnover of staff, greater staff loyalty and enhanced brand loyalty in the community.

Last year, the Coalition for Queens worked with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's New York City Regional Economic Development Council to incorporate Queens tech companies and the area's start - up community into the state's long - term planning, and the group is urging Cuomo to make the borough the site of a business incubator and an Innovation Hot Spot.

The governor in his first term has cast himself as a pro-business chief executive and pursued measures friendly toward the state's business community, including a self - imposed spending cap in the state budget, a limit on annual property tax increases and a revamped economic development program called START - UP NY.

The Treasury and the DTI have continually sought to ensure that environmental objectives are watered down to avoid any conflict with the short - term needs of the business community.

Similarly, Cuomo has wooed the business community and other fiscal moderates for his entire first term, resisting a millionaire's tax while cutting public services.

He's beginning his second term with a slew of new aides, after winning re-election with the support of the business community and agita from unions and liberal activists.

I have managed change and leveraged opportunities related to business expansion while staying mindful of the environmental impact of these actions, and this balance is critical to ensure our community's long - term economic and environmental sustainability.