Sentences with phrase «town roots as»

Shaped out of the historical farming communities of Newtown, Shakerag, Ocee and Warsaw, Georgia's 10th largest city is a community that embraces the small - town roots as the foundation for shaping the future.

My food is influenced by my small town roots as well as my many travels around the world.

My food is influenced by my small town roots as well as my many travels around the world.

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Offering customers a sense that their town has real roots is Foltos's favorite aspect of his job — especially as Batavia has morphed into a bedroom community.

The NFL estimates as much as half of the Raiders» stadium here will be filled with out - of - town fans coming for a Sin City weekend and to root for their teams.

Buffalo Grove may lack the character of some other towns with 19th Century roots, such as Geneva or Hinsdale, but it doesn't lack for family facilities and programs.

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.

«This is a grass roots effort,» Gargiulo, 59, who also has Republican and Independence Party backing, said as he campaigned at Babylon Town's Spangle Drive Senior Center on Wednesday.

DUNKIRK — As the banking market in the Buffalo Niagara region continues to shake out from the Key Bank - First Niagara deal, Lake Shore Savings Bank is stressing its local roots — and some rivals» out - of - town background.

Ryan is described by Democrats as a «grass roots» organizer — a contrast to Terry, a longtime Democratic operative who consulted on candidates for town office, for Congress, and district court judge.

With roots as an agricultural town out of The Grapes of Wrath, Fresno has gangs, high poverty rates and a downtown that is frequently voted the worst in the state.

Kristen Stewart stars as Amy Cole, a young woman who joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small town roots.

Last season's TV shows are arriving in droves as the new season, and perhaps the most engaging of these is the surprise hit «Once Upon a Time: Season One,» a small town melodrama with roots in the classic tales of magic, heroes, witches, and curses.

Henry's fears, nosy neighbors and Adele's small town bank present obstacles, but as we all know, true love must inevitably find a wayâ $» and these fetching performances make us root for it!

The source of that odor becomes clear after Joey learns that his father, known as «the Garbage Man» around town, is, in fact, a grave robber who relies on deeply rooted traditions and a network that stretches across the country.

It is rooted in my experience as a twelve - year - old boy living through the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 when our family was the only one in town who actually had a full - scale bomb shelter built beneath our house.

Dealing with race relations, family secrets, and internal struggles may not sound uplifting, but the story is richly told, and you find yourself rooting for all the family members and the town citizens as they come to grips with new realities.

With its original roots as a military garrison and then a gritty lumber town, Fort Bragg skirted under the radar of most visitors.

Speaking of growing cities, Playa del Carmen's roots are as a sleepy, bohemian beach town on the Riviera Maya, about one hour south of Cancun.

First, Atelier Lydie returned to the roots of having a single town as a hub for events with you only leaving to go to dungeons.

Examples include Patio Taller, a performance space and grass - roots educational center in the industrial zone of San Antón that organizes a «theater of the oppressed» to address issues affecting their community; the collective transformation of the hillside town of El Cerro, Naranjito into a living mural that is socially and artistically charged; intergenerational workshops known as Escuelas Oficios (Trade Schools) that are recuperating artisanal traditions threatened by modernization and colonialism, such as weaving, lace making, and basketry; the revitalization of blighted properties and neighborhoods through participatory urban design of community centers, public parks, urban gardens, and food cooperatives; and the aesthetic and physical reclaiming of public space through movement by artist Noemí Segarra.

Mullarkey revokes the grid as a modernist invention rededicating it to its «ancient» roots in «town planning.»

She returned to Saskatchewan and her small - town roots in Yorkton in 2012, drawn by the community's excellence as a place to raise a family.

Two towns were joined together in 1967, with the older section of Port Alberni containing areas such as China Creek, which has traditional houses reflecting its early 20th century roots.

This Oklahoma city traces its roots back to the Western expansion, first as a cattle town and later as the «Oil Capital of the World.»

The town is an idyllic New England nautical community; as former Bostonian's we used to day trip to the «Head» for picnics to escape the city — we always considered ourselves as tried - and - true urbanites but after a out - of - state transfer and subsequent relocation back to the Boston - area, we could not think of a better place to set up roots.

One block off Main Street in a small, picturesque Georgia town (you might recognize it as the backdrop for the likes of movie classics like Fried Green Tomatoes and Driving Miss Daisy), Lauren and Chad Crouch discovered the perfect lot to put down roots for their growing family (daughter Aria, 4, and son Collier, 3).