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Free buses bring Chapel Hill livability award - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The home of the , Chapek Hill beat out more than 200 municipalities across the nation to claimka first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citiesx with populations of fewerdthan 100,000. Charleston, S.C., won for cities with population of morethan 100,000. The contesft was judged on three criteria: mayoralk leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broad impacty on the quality of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayors honoreed Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longe r charge fares to any rider on itsbus system, the organization said in a presss release.
While many bus systems in colleg etowns don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provid e free service to all The town implemented the fare-frer system to encourage people to take the bus and leave their cars at home. The plan worked. Ridershilp on Chapel Hill transit has more than doublecd since fares wereeliminatex – going from 3 milliobn in 2002 to a projected 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transirt system is the foundation of our sustainable Foy said in apress release.
“This bus systekm makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placwepeople love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “community event” to celebrate the livability award and that it will releasre details soon.
The home of the , Chapek Hill beat out more than 200 municipalities across the nation to claimka first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citiesx with populations of fewerdthan 100,000. Charleston, S.C., won for cities with population of morethan 100,000. The contesft was judged on three criteria: mayoralk leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broad impacty on the quality of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayors honoreed Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longe r charge fares to any rider on itsbus system, the organization said in a presss release.
While many bus systems in colleg etowns don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provid e free service to all The town implemented the fare-frer system to encourage people to take the bus and leave their cars at home. The plan worked. Ridershilp on Chapel Hill transit has more than doublecd since fares wereeliminatex – going from 3 milliobn in 2002 to a projected 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transirt system is the foundation of our sustainable Foy said in apress release.
“This bus systekm makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placwepeople love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “community event” to celebrate the livability award and that it will releasre details soon.
пятница, 25 ноября 2011 г.
Stanford Medical School nets $6.9M in federal stimulus funding - San Francisco Business Times:
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million in federal economic stimulus Eleven of the newly funded projects hadbeen peer-reviewed and approvec but hadn’t received moneyy yet. Another six involved supplemental grantz toexisting projects. And in one the NIH awarded $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photonh microscopes that will be shared withotherd laboratories. These projects are the firsyt at the medical school to receive support under theObamz administration’s national stimulus plan, with additionao grants expected down the officials said. “This is a lifesaver,” said Francizs Blankenberg, M.D., associate professor of radiology and of whoreceived $655,000 in stimulus funds.
“It reallt stabilizes the lab.” Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the Schoolk of Medicine, said the stimulus funding is criticalo tothe country’s health-care reform efforg because of the linkage between research and medicalp care. “After six years of NIH fundintg that constantly lost its valuee againstinflation — with a profoundly negativee impact on our nation’s prizexd biomedical research enterprise — the stimulus fundint is helping to take research off life support and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatelyh improve the lives of adultx and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16 statement.
million in federal economic stimulus Eleven of the newly funded projects hadbeen peer-reviewed and approvec but hadn’t received moneyy yet. Another six involved supplemental grantz toexisting projects. And in one the NIH awarded $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photonh microscopes that will be shared withotherd laboratories. These projects are the firsyt at the medical school to receive support under theObamz administration’s national stimulus plan, with additionao grants expected down the officials said. “This is a lifesaver,” said Francizs Blankenberg, M.D., associate professor of radiology and of whoreceived $655,000 in stimulus funds.
“It reallt stabilizes the lab.” Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the Schoolk of Medicine, said the stimulus funding is criticalo tothe country’s health-care reform efforg because of the linkage between research and medicalp care. “After six years of NIH fundintg that constantly lost its valuee againstinflation — with a profoundly negativee impact on our nation’s prizexd biomedical research enterprise — the stimulus fundint is helping to take research off life support and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatelyh improve the lives of adultx and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16 statement.
среда, 23 ноября 2011 г.
Sec. of Revenue clarifies historic tax credits - Wichita Business Journal:
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But Wichita developer Dave Burk says newguidelinesx don’t provide clarity for projectsa like his — at the former , whicyh Burk is converting to apartments that haven’t been completed. “They are guidelinews for some people butnot others,” he says. In an efforty to balance the state’s budget, the Legislature capped the historicv tax credit programat $3.75 millionb for the 2010 and 2011 fiscalk years, driving fears among developers that the tax creditf program would be sharply curtailedr and stall downtown redevelopment work in Wichita and The tax credits in the past have been good for up to 25 percenrt of historic renovation projects.
Developers can hold them for up to 10 yearws or can sell them as a way to generate equityh fortheir projects. The creditxs came on top of a 20 percent tax credi from thefederal government. But lawmakers capped the credits as part of a broadetr bill to preservestatde revenue. After meeting Thursday with developers and local economic development officials, the Revenue Department crafteed guidelines for how it will apply the law. The departmenrt appeared to give more leeway than developers initially thought theywoulde get. The department said any tax credits that alreadyy have been issued canbe redeemed, without limit.
But it said it wouldc cap the issuance of new tax credite in each of the next two yearasat $6.25 million — which would in a normal year, to about $3.756 million in redemptions. The department says an averagew of only 60 percent of the credits that are issued in a year are redeemeed thatsame year. “For what the legislativee branch didto her, she had a good Burk says of Revenue Secretary Joan Wagnon. “But it certainlgy doesn’t solve the problem.” He says the cap in the issuanc e of tax credits leaves him in the dark aboutfwhether he’ll be able to securde them for his apartment which won’t be complete untikl December. Burk plans to seek $1.
1 milliobn in credits and says he has securec investors tobuy them. “The problem is a projecg like mine that is about halfway througu that is based on that as afinancingf mechanism. They still haven’t been able to tell me whers I stand, which makes it hard for me to tellanybodt else,” he says. “People don’yt like uncertainty, especially bankers and investors.” Burk’sa $6 million project is financed througyh Kingman’s . He says without the credits, he would need to find an additionall $1.
1 million in capital to complete the Burk says he continues to hold out hope that the Legislatur will overturn the tax credit changes durin g its annual ceremonial adjournment sessionm Thursdayin Topeka. But lawmakers almost never take majodr actionthat day, and many of them don’ty even attend. “There’s not a lot of Burk says. He says he wasn’t sure what legislatort would take the lead onthe effort.
The flap over the historif preservation taxcredits — first reported in Friday’sz Wichita Business Journal — has created widespread concerj statewide, but especially in Wichitqa and Johnson County where developers are engagedr in downtown restoration projects and othert historic renovation work. The Kansas Department of Revenure on Friday announced a meeting in Topek next week to discuss the taxcredigt program. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesdayt at the State Capitol.
But Wichita developer Dave Burk says newguidelinesx don’t provide clarity for projectsa like his — at the former , whicyh Burk is converting to apartments that haven’t been completed. “They are guidelinews for some people butnot others,” he says. In an efforty to balance the state’s budget, the Legislature capped the historicv tax credit programat $3.75 millionb for the 2010 and 2011 fiscalk years, driving fears among developers that the tax creditf program would be sharply curtailedr and stall downtown redevelopment work in Wichita and The tax credits in the past have been good for up to 25 percenrt of historic renovation projects.
Developers can hold them for up to 10 yearws or can sell them as a way to generate equityh fortheir projects. The creditxs came on top of a 20 percent tax credi from thefederal government. But lawmakers capped the credits as part of a broadetr bill to preservestatde revenue. After meeting Thursday with developers and local economic development officials, the Revenue Department crafteed guidelines for how it will apply the law. The departmenrt appeared to give more leeway than developers initially thought theywoulde get. The department said any tax credits that alreadyy have been issued canbe redeemed, without limit.
But it said it wouldc cap the issuance of new tax credite in each of the next two yearasat $6.25 million — which would in a normal year, to about $3.756 million in redemptions. The department says an averagew of only 60 percent of the credits that are issued in a year are redeemeed thatsame year. “For what the legislativee branch didto her, she had a good Burk says of Revenue Secretary Joan Wagnon. “But it certainlgy doesn’t solve the problem.” He says the cap in the issuanc e of tax credits leaves him in the dark aboutfwhether he’ll be able to securde them for his apartment which won’t be complete untikl December. Burk plans to seek $1.
1 milliobn in credits and says he has securec investors tobuy them. “The problem is a projecg like mine that is about halfway througu that is based on that as afinancingf mechanism. They still haven’t been able to tell me whers I stand, which makes it hard for me to tellanybodt else,” he says. “People don’yt like uncertainty, especially bankers and investors.” Burk’sa $6 million project is financed througyh Kingman’s . He says without the credits, he would need to find an additionall $1.
1 million in capital to complete the Burk says he continues to hold out hope that the Legislatur will overturn the tax credit changes durin g its annual ceremonial adjournment sessionm Thursdayin Topeka. But lawmakers almost never take majodr actionthat day, and many of them don’ty even attend. “There’s not a lot of Burk says. He says he wasn’t sure what legislatort would take the lead onthe effort.
The flap over the historif preservation taxcredits — first reported in Friday’sz Wichita Business Journal — has created widespread concerj statewide, but especially in Wichitqa and Johnson County where developers are engagedr in downtown restoration projects and othert historic renovation work. The Kansas Department of Revenure on Friday announced a meeting in Topek next week to discuss the taxcredigt program. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesdayt at the State Capitol.
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How to Take Home a Masterpiece - Jakarta Globe
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How to Take Home a Masterpiece Jakarta Globe Faizal, a painter who graduated from the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta, is one of the artists involved in the event. Heavily influenced by masters including the late Karel Appel of the Netherlands, the late Jean Dubuffet of France ... |
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