>> i would say the three most pressing would be economic development, affordable housing, and high rents. >> talking abouteconomic development, there's not a lot of buildable land in the chelsea, where do you see the problem being? >> well, that's the problem. that's how people are looking at it. but right now, they're taking vacant areas, they're converting it -- we have developments in chelsea, more are coming in, we have another hotel coming in, but i see the problem is space. really don't have the space. >> is it being developed the way you think it should be? >> i think it's being developed -- they have professionals in there doing it, but i feel the city is crumplinged as it is. >> what makes you a good representative for the residents of chelsea in in your view. >> well, in my view, i'm a resident of chelsea, i have served on city council, i have served in a school committee, i have worked with various community organizations in the city of chelsea dealing with issues in chelsea, so i know chelsea, i know some of the problems. i'm a person who likes to get resolutions and solution

. >> beijing allotted $540 billion to tibet's economic development in its 12th five-year plan. massive construction project is also planned along a river that runs south from lhasa. a two-level bridge will run for 3,000 meters to a commercial complex on the other side. the two-year project should be completed in 2014. many of the laborers are from elsewhere in china. so much ethnic chinese have migrated here for work that they are now the primary population. vegetable vendors often wind their way through the streets of lhasa. tibetans once ate vegetables that could be grown at high altitudes such as white radish and chinese cabbage. now they can get all kinds of produce. one tibetan man is trying to get more people to try a traditional tibetan staple called naked barley. tibetan farmers modified regular barley so it could be grown at altitudes up to 4,500 meters. people here take pride in this agriculture accomplishment. local farmers flou now grow watermelons and cucumbers in greenhouses. the naked barley promoter is creating new recipes and offering them at a restaurant he ru

from the small business commission to eco have to capital one to our supervisor and to our economic development office that we keep working with investment in neighborhoods and all the grant programs that our city offers to really flower aisle out more the small businesses i've ouch said it is our small businesses that are the backbone of our economic strength in this city as an examples like this supporting derrick's family of a receipt he'll keep secret for years to come we're delighted in celebrating on this wonderful candy and the history of that is what we find interesting not just what we do but the history of identity it has to the cultural sixth we offer in san francisco so i'm delight to join every one of you to this incredible opportunities but also to know the connective backward with wasn't what we are doing to support more of the efforts coming forgot in outline chrlt centers and also our commercial corridors in the city with that, i want to congratulate everyone and thank them and i'll be interested in what everyone has to say but taste this stuff quickly thank you (clapping.) >>

our economic development strategies take carep of your backyard first. basically tied to supply chain management of an asset mapping of existing companies. most of the cash that weive away is to startup companies, the innovation platform. ours is tax credits, and tax credits are not cash. they are performance-based. so you have to build the project. you have to be profitable, and you only get to use it for a period of time. you can be can't transfer them or sell them. when you see these larger wards, what p pple look at, o oy 50% of it gets used, and, again, it only gets used if they're actually in here doing a project. i think it's a much better way to run incentives than giving cash out the door. >> let's talk about one of the programs out there. sioux city's in the middle of that right now, on the t tle, been approved,d, still tryryg to put the pieces together. a good program to help revitalize parts of the community. >> sioux city brought forth a very competitive application. it's a good application. i will tell you i think from just a diversity of t

mission economic development agency has been in san francisco, since 1973, and the community, and economic development corporation, located in the mission district. and they help the families open, and improve the small businesses and purchase the homes and prevent, foreclosure and both the credit and savings, and access technology and find sustaining jobs and the works improve, the economic, and social conditions for the san francisco low and moderate residents with primarily, latino families as the constituents and the project is located in 69 and the legislation is sponsored by campos. >> do you have any questions. >> any questions on item four? >> okay. we have no budget, analyst report and so we will move on to public comment, does anybody wish to comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues could i have a motion to move this forward. >> we move it forward. >> motioned by supervisor mar and we can take that without objection. >> could you call item five. >> resolution, approving three emergency public works contracts with the services, and alta, and sierra, detenti

mission economic development agency has been in san francisco, since 1973, and the community, and economic development corporation, located in the mission district. and they help the families open, and improve the small businesses and purchase the homes and prevent, foreclosure and both the credit and savings, and access technology and find sustaining jobs and the works improve, the economic, and social conditions for the san francisco low and moderate residents with primarily, latino families as the constituents and the project is located in 69 and the legislation is sponsored by campos. >> do you have any questions. >> any questions on item four? >> okay. we have no budget, analyst report and so we will move on to public comment, does anybody wish to comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues could i have a motion to move this forward. >> we move it forward. >> motioned by supervisor mar and we can take that without objection. >> could you call item five. >> resolution, approving three emergency public works contracts with the services, and alta, and sierra, detenti

mission economic development agency has been in san francisco, since 1973, and the community, and economic development corporation, located in the mission district. and they help the families open, and improve the small businesses and purchase the homes and prevent, foreclosure and both the credit and savings, and access technology and find sustaining jobs and the works improve, the economic, and social conditions for the san francisco low and moderate residents with primarily, latino families as the constituents and the project is located in 69 and the legislation is sponsored by campos. >> do you have any questions. >> any questions on item four? >> okay. we have no budget, analyst report and so we will move on to public comment, does anybody wish to comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues could i have a motion to move this forward. >> we move it forward. >> motioned by supervisor mar and we can take that without objection. >> could you call item five. >> resolution, approving three emergency public works contracts with the services, and alta, and sierra, detenti

they will talk about the world economic situation, the economic developers, the respective economies and the economic policies. it is very important on the macro level that the two countries have more coordination of their policies. but let me point out that since the outbreak of the financial crisis seven years ago people have all worked very hard to revive the world economy. it is not as far as people have expected, but that does not mean that we should not continue our good efforts and china has done its part. we are no longer having double-digit growth rates. it's just like a high jumper, the higher you go, the more difficult to raise the level. on the other hand, we still have a handsome 7% growth rate here in china. of course, china is not free from its own set of challenges and problems on the economic front. of course, there have been some ups and downs in the stock exchange market, but given china's economic development, given the fact that china is a developing country, some movements on the stock exchange in china should not equal the whole picture of the chinese economy. b

one of them is dallas, which has expanded light rail by luring economic development around new tracks and stations. but ridership is low, with less than 2% of dallas residents regularly using the system. our signature segment tonight looks at transit-oriented development in texas as part of our ongoing series on how cities are taking innovative steps to solve problems, make life better for residents and serve as a model for other cities. special correspondent karla murthy reports in this installment of "urban ideas." >> reporter: well before dawn, adriuanna hughes is starting her commute to work from a suburb south of dallas, texas. >> there's always a bit of congestion here. >> reporter: hughes loves her car, but the rush hour commute in dallas, even this early, can be painful. on a bad day, it can take her two hours each way, so she's changed how she gets to work. she parks here on the outskirts of downtown dallas and boards a train. >> when i did drive, i was a nervous wreck because of traffic. my commute varied too much. just some days it'd be really easy and really short, some da

mission economic development agency has been in san francisco, since 1973, and the community, and economic development corporation, located in the mission district. and they help the families open, and improve the small businesses and purchase the homes and prevent, foreclosure and both the credit and savings, and access technology and find sustaining jobs and the works improve, the economic, and social conditions for the san francisco low and moderate residents with primarily, latino families as the constituents and the project is located in 69 and the legislation is sponsored by campos. >> do you have any questions. >> any questions on item four? >> okay. we have no budget, analyst report and so we will move on to public comment, does anybody wish to comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues could i have a motion to move this forward. >> we move it forward. >> motioned by supervisor mar and we can take that without objection. >> could you call item five. >> resolution, approving three emergency public works contracts with the services, and alta, and sierra, detenti

the question is whether it's a good deal for puerto rico, and does it generate any economic development? >> the incentives have attracted some of wall street's wealthiest. >> this is our main lobby bar it's called vanderbuilt court this is fahad ghaffar, a partner at paulson & co., a hedge fund that has purchased this 5-star hotel, and several others. >> and that's our other hotel, la concha. there's a beautiful restaurant right on the beach. there's a big ocean, right over there. >> that's yours too? >> yeah. >> wow. >> and if you go through this gate, you walk right through the park and you end up at a humongous beach, which is in front of la concha, but there's a set up over there for vanderbilt guests and their butler, and they have their butler service right on the beach. >> they have a butler service on the beach? >> yeah, on the beach. >> that's our spa, 6k square feet. 5k square foot gym. it's got the only hammam in all of puerto rico. >> oh, really? >> so this is the tower? >> this is the suite tower. correct. >> wow, great view! >> so here you can get a great perspective of th

they will talk about the world economic situation, the economic developers, the respective economies d the economic policies. it is very important on the macro level that the two countries have more coordination of their policies. but let me point out that since the outbreak of the financial crisis seven years ago people have all worked very hard to revive the world economy. it is not as far as people have expected, but that does not mean that we should not continue our good efforts and china has done its part. we are no longer having double-digit growth rates. just like a high jumper, the higher you go, the more difficult to raise the level. on the other hand, we still have a handsome 7% growth rate here in china. of course, china is not free from its own set of challenges and problems on the economic front. of course, there have been some ups and downs in the stock exchange market, but given china's economic development, given the fact that china is a developing country, some movements on the stock exchange in china should not equal the whole picture of the chinese economy. betty: w

>> well, you know, i say it's -- it has the potential to be the most exciting, most economic development buying project in the city. it will ignite the site at st. elizabeth. what we know about development in economic growth in any community is you have to have that spark. there has to be something that will ignite a site and we believe -- i believe, the mayor believes, the wizards facility and the home field for the mystics will be just what we need to ignite a site that's been dormant for decades. >> there those who feel -- there are those who feel that the city is paying more than -- >> i understand that. why are we letting him pay too much, are we giving him too much ownership so i think there are people on both sides of it. you know, as the leader in ward 8 absolutely i want to make sure that taxpayer dollars are being used efficiently and very well and so i think this deal, a partnership with the city, events d.c. and monument will be a good deal for ward 8. >> what else do you want to see happen in congress heights? >> i live in congress heights so i'm vested in making sure that c

we are seeing a large amount of economic development. we have to be careful about what the impact may be and the impact. there is crime and trying to reduce. that the opiates. the increased use of eniates opiates. heroin. and lastly, consistently improving city services in the city of chelsea. all that while balancing the tax burden that we put upon our commercial and residential owners. >> why do you think you would be a good representatives for chelsea in. >> i'm a chelsea kid, grown up and has a lot of experience as i mentioned. side but also in private. and i believe that all of that experience gives me the opportunity to come up with some great ideas of how we can improve service in the city of chelsea. but more than anything else, it is my dedication... my city. >> you mentioned city services. what, if anything, are you planning to do to make city hall more proactive in providing city services? >> that is more of a mind-set as city councilor. i have always been proactive. i spent most of my time as a city councilor coming up with i

so far the building is only home to a handulf of economic development staffers. "unfortunately it just continued to escalate and we got to a point where we weren't able to continue that conversation and we had to just move to the legal action," said welch. the vermillion area chamber and developmt company, also known as vcdc took an initiative to boost the economic conditions of the city by building a technology center worth 4.2 million dollars and creating an incentive package with eagle creek services software in order to produce up to 200 new jobs. but that project would never take off as anticipated. "the initial plans for the building were to be able to build it specifically for a company. unfortunately, they decided not to be able fulfill that agreement and unfortunately we're just in a situation where we're working through that in the legal system," said welch. the vermillion technology centete was completed d may of 2014 and vcvc did not receive a ase payment from eagle creek until august of that same year. after that, payments just stopped coming.. and a

you speak quite openly about economic development, but what about education, and what kind of commitment to education do you think it will take in order for these initiatives to be prosperous and for the economic development of these regions to be able to sustain a quality of life for the majority of their people? howard: that is a great question. my dad always told me, stay in your circle of competence, which is very small. i don't know much about health. i don't know much about education. emmanuel might have a comment. i can tell you that the initiatives we started in rwanda, the very first thing we've done this year is written a check for $22 million to one university to make sure we've got 200 at a grid -- undergraduates. we are going to try to build a research facility. we have an agreement with 25-50 masters for and phd's. education in terms of trying to build agriculture is absolutely critical. in africa, the most important thing is it's a practical application of education. you don't need a whole bunch of people who can sit and theorize and do research plots that don't have any a

in terms of economic development, i thi iis pnto lk about. we need to pay attention to what is going on in our city today and the perception that we ve in ouci. our schools are failing. we have an increase in crime. we have a heroin epidemic. we need to tackle those t isss o city before anything significant is going to happen. families are moving. businesses are not coming in. we need a man who is going to tackle those issues and bring resoluon wh wldod e eti? msci onkeg mayor, the school board and the board of mayor and aldermen are not working together. there needs to be a relationship so they understand what the city needs to do to move education forward. under the mayor' s lp have lost the school districts of hooksett, candia and i' ll burn it we' ve lost $9.8 million that came into our schoo stct we had a contract with the schools through 2023. under the mayor' s leadership, he allowed them to leave those contracts. they had complained that our classes were too high and we education. the same issues parents in manchester, i have three ki

but as they start moving up the economic development curve they want to get there kids' education with health care and get a house with access to energy so they're not careful about their outdoor environment. that is the great united states developed we had a lot more pollution in rivers and streams and the air and then said they really don't like this so we spend more money on regulation. and ben and billy through the transition and regulating since the '70s on average the pollutants are down between 60 and 70% above the amount of miles has doubled the economy has doubled but the air is a lot cleaner this is the trend that the wealthy people can do in the future. >> to'' your editor we will publish her book and make some money but i want to tell you if you predict the end of the world would have made a mistake. >> unfortunately. those who make a living by scaring people. therein is dave beecher that pays more attention to bad news more than a good news and he said it is simple back into the plains of africa hundreds of thousands of years ago there are two types of people that is just

this transfer allows the pueblos to expand their current economic development plans for the region, which creates jobs, expands educational and cultural opportunities while continuing to generate revenue for the new mexico pueblos. i urge my colleagues to support this noncontroversial legislation which, as you've heard, has the support of the entire new mexico delegation and would benefit the new mexico 19 pueblos. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from the northern mariana islands is recognized. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, we have no further speakers and we yield back our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. newhouse: thank you, mr. speaker. i would urge my colleagues to support s. 986 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 986. those in favor say aye. those oppose

it is a big economic development. remember this, all of the people we are talking about, they are my friends they love the keystone xl pipeline, right? it is imminent domain. they are building the pipeline without eminem domain. >> you were involved in a case like this --. >> it was economic development. >> in atlantic city you had your hotel and you wanted to build a parking lot and a woman had her house and the question is, why do you need to take her house for a parking lot? >> i have a hotel and to, expand the hotel and add 2,000 rooms i would have had -- the 2,000 rooms would have provided 2,500 jobs. i offered a lot of money, and i did not do it. it saved me a last money because atlantic city i had the good sense to leave. that would have been a good case because you would provide thousands of jobs and this is a woman that could not care less about the houses she warned money. >> something you said on friday stirred up controversy about george bush and the twin towers. >> the world trade center came down during

providing the reason to pass through the corridor and better reason to stay office of economic workforce development work to support the economic vital of all of san francisco we have 3 distinctions workforce and neighborhood investment i work in the tenderloin that has been the focus resulting in tax chgsz and 9 arts group totally around 2 hundred thousand square feet of office space as fits great as it's moved forward it is some of the place businesses engaged for the people that have living there for a long time and people that are coming into to work in the the item you have before you companies and the affordable housing in general people want a safe and clean community they see did changed coming is excited for every. >> oewd proits provides permits progress resulting in the growth of mid businesses hocking beggar has doubled in size. >> when we were just getting started we were a new business people never saturday a small business owner and been in the bike industry a long needed help in finding at space and sxug the that is a oewd and others agencies were a huge helped walked us through the

on mayor ed lee's shop and dine in the 49 that presentation by mary ann thomas of the economic & workforce development and then we'll also have a presentation and discussion on the small business saturday presentations by lynn of women impacting the public policy and the saturdays coalition. >> okay sound good okay. >> we do work i guess i'm short. >> good afternoon, commissioners regina thank you for having us here on behalf of myself we're here to present shop and dine in the 49. >> so here we go perfect so just by ggsd as many of you may know you know last year in november we did a small pilot program called shop and dine in the 49 and quickly created a website and we went out and partnered with local merchant and corridors we did a lot of outreach social media and one by one in the corridors to get people to shop and dine in the 49 to enjoy what was local in san francisco the pilot did incredibly well probably better than expected so we're back because is now going to become a year-round program in the economic & workforce development we're launching a citywide campaign it goes without saying the

mission economic development agency has been in san francisco, since 1973, and the community, and economicelopment corporation, located in the mission district. and they help the families open, and improve the small businesses and purchase the homes and prevent, foreclosure and both the credit and savings, and access technology and find sustaining jobs and the works improve, the economic, and social conditions for the san francisco low and moderate residents with primarily, latino families as the constituents and the project is located in 69 and the legislation is sponsored by campos. >> do you have any questions. >> any questions on item four? >> okay. we have no budget, analyst report and so we will move on to public comment, does anybody wish to comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues could i have a motion to move this forward. >> we move it forward. >> motioned by supervisor mar and we can take that without objection. >> could you call item five. >> resolution, approving three emergency public works contracts with the services, and alta, and sierra, detentions