Sentences with phrase «year of the new city»

On government consolation, the Consensus report anticipates a referendum to be held in 2017, a transition year to take place in 2018 and the first year of the new city - county and regional council to begin in 2019.

The Consensus report anticipates a referendum to be held in 2017, a transition year to take place in 2018 and the first year of the new city - county and regional council to begin in 2019.

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Though the Harper government has been maligned for paring the CTC's budget to $ 58 million a year — less than that of New York City — it did negotiate Approved Destination Status with China prior to the 2010 Olympics.

«I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main characters of our lives,» Dias said at Forbes» Women Summit in New York City last year.

After a successful 32 - year investment banking career, Bill Henson, a decade ago, made the transition to inner city education, initially joining the board of Cristo Rey New York High School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all faiths.

Capital spending ballooned to $ 7.3 billion from $ 2.5 billion a year earlier, although that included the one - time, $ 2.4 billion purchase of the Chelsea Market building in New York City.

Two years ago, Tom Cat Bakery in Queens, N.Y., was known for supplying artisanal breads to some of the most exclusive restaurants in New York City.

This program, now in its third year, is unique to the New York City council of Girl Scouts.

Andrew Yang is the founder and CEO of Venture for America, a New York City - based nonprofit organization focused on placing top - college graduates in startups for two years in emerging U.S. cities to generate job growth and train the next generation of entrepreneurs.

One of the liveliest cities in Europe, Barcelona's streets are filled with locals and tourists singing and drinking in the hours before and after the New Year.

The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission a few years ago released a fascinating set of data, listing 1.1 billion separate taxi trips taken from 2009 through 2015.

Sydney has the advantage of being the first major city to enter the new year.

Stephanie Oh fought for a few years in her early 20s to break into the music industry in New York City, but last year grew disenchanted with her stagnant career in administration of music - talent management firm.

Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump and 10 - year - old son Barron plan to remain in New York City at least until the end of the school year.

New York City — which, through the Bloomberg years put outsized emphasis on boosting the startup ecosystem, and finding solutions to a dearth of programmers — has been quick to show support for The Flatiron School.

The 42 - year - old is the son of a computer operator at Harvey Electronics, one of New York City's premier dealers in fancy audio - visual equipment.

Let me tell you about Craig Howe, a young musician I know who started the Williamsburg School of Music in New York City's borough of Brooklyn about four years ago.

Tourism icon The Fremantle Markets could receive a makeover if a proposal before the site's owner, City of Fremantle, to provide the current lessee with a new 21 - year lease worth at least $ 1 million gets the go ahead.

The arrival of a clutch of new international brands in coming years has the potential to rejuvenate the city retail sector, which has been hit by softer spending and the extended shopping hours at suburban centres.

Consider the case of New Ordos, a city the government of Inner Mongolia built from scratch in just five years to house 100,000 people.

The app launched in six new markets on Tuesday which means it's now available in 28 cities across the U.S., and its user base has increased five-fold since the beginning of this year.

Four years after Mark Zuckerberg made his $ 100 million donation to help the Newark, New Jersey, school system, most of the money is gone and critics say the city has not turned into the «symbol of educational excellence» he had hoped for.

For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

And that's good enough for Linda Heidinger, owner and founder of New York City's much - loved Alphabets, the tiny retailer that started out 30 years ago in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan.

In London, it has fended off attempts by drivers of the city's famous black cabs to have the app ruled illegal, and transport bosses decided earlier this year not to impose tough new rules on the app.

After 29 years of running a successful restaurant in New York City, David Bouley is taking a little «me» time.

As Andrew Coté, co-founder of New York City Beekeepers, told me years ago, «Asking to explain what causes CCD is like asking what causes poverty.»

Because of its proximity to the International Date Line, Sydney is one of the first cities to welcome in the New Year.

Last year New York City - based Adafruit did a booming $ 10 million trade in sales of DIY open - source electronic hardware kits, so - called because project designs are free and publicly accessible, and customers are encouraged to modify or «hack» the final product.

Since that time, the Washington, D.C. - based company has opened five new stores in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, with plans to open two more New York stores before the end of the yenew stores in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, with plans to open two more New York stores before the end of the yeNew York City, Boston and Philadelphia, with plans to open two more New York stores before the end of the yeNew York stores before the end of the year.

After living in New York City for the past three years, I've figured out how to navigate the city on the cheap, but I've also shelled out more than I'm proud of on omelettes and mimoCity for the past three years, I've figured out how to navigate the city on the cheap, but I've also shelled out more than I'm proud of on omelettes and mimocity on the cheap, but I've also shelled out more than I'm proud of on omelettes and mimosas.

There are no statistics to show whether texting played a role in any of the fatalities, but «when you keep records for 40 years and see two consecutive years with the back - to - back largest, that tells me there was a game changer,» said Richard Retting, a former traffic safety commissioner for the New York City Department of Transportation who worked on the report.

Berger spoke yesterday at the first in a series of interactive and educational events happening this year at Major League Baseball's New York City event space the MLB Fan Cave.

A new $ 32.1 million bus - only bridge will be built in the CBD to ease congestion and get buses out of the city faster, with construction set to begin early next year.

She has clearly mastered the art of image, and it has served her well, both in selling herself and in moving real estate during her 23 years at the top of her New York City brokerage, Corcoran Group.

The two - year - old New York City - based mattress maker gained notoriety after videos of customers «unboxing» their mattresses began proliferating online.

The next year, it «overspent,» as Russell says, and signed Outkast, Vampire Weekend, and Jack White — and helped reunite the Strokes, one of New York City's most sacred bands.

It brought him back to years earlier when, as a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, he served as a first responder on September 11, crawling through the giant blocks of brick and mortar that had collapsed hours earlier.

Seattle's City Council on Friday released new draft legislation that would tax large employers in order to raise $ 75 million next year to counter the effects of rising rents and house prices.

Lyft launches in 10 new cities, completing a plan to expand its service into 100 new markets this year nine months ahead of schedule.

The number of smartphones reported stolen has decreased in the last year, particularly in major cities like New York, San Francisco, and London.

In mid-March, as part of a world tour to promote the company's new menu of «experiences,» Chesky stopped in on New York City for a sit down interview in front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business wornew menu of «experiences,» Chesky stopped in on New York City for a sit down interview in front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business worNew York City for a sit down interview in front of the Economic Club of New York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business worNew York, the 110 - year - old organization whose membership spans the top leaders from across the business world.

New York City will be the first municipality affected, and restaurants there will be required to raise their minimum hourly wages to $ 10.50 by December 31 of this year, and then $ 12 by the end of 2016.

«You almost want to see the founder cry,» says David Tisch, a 30 - year - old angel investor and the managing director of the New York program of TechStars, a business incubator that is now in five cities.

Bloomberg maintained high approval ratings for nearly all of his 12 years as New York City's mayor (2002 - 14), winning his first reelection by a 20 - point margin, the largest ever for a Republican in the heavily Democratic cCity's mayor (2002 - 14), winning his first reelection by a 20 - point margin, the largest ever for a Republican in the heavily Democratic citycity.

New York City bar owner Michael Sinensky wrote on the Huffington Post last week that «the cancellation of next year's NFL season would be the final knockout punch for many small businesses like mine.»

A few years ago, I got asked by one of my friends who is in PR, Heather West, to do some social - media consulting for Ramona Singer, a star from the Bravo TV show, The Real Housewives of New York City.

This year at the advice of my employees, I organized a holiday shopping trip to New York City (a three - and - a-half-hour drive).

Take some tips from Charles Bonello, cofounder of Grand Central Tech, a community of startups and partners that breaks from the traditional accelerator model by providing accepted companies free office space in New York City for a year without requiring equity.

The 29 - year - old founder of Hater, a dating app that connects people based on mutual dislikes, recently took something of a risk: His company created an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin caressing a pregnant Donald Trump and projected it on buildings throughout New York City.