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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Photo © Sarah Mechling, courtesy Perkins Eastman Yomo Toro Apartments in New York City, Cedar Crossing in Seattle, and Harrison Plaza Senior Tower in Philadelphia are among the examples conceived as more than just a roof overhead. Rather, they’re designed to cultivate a true sense of community.

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“Buy buttons”, online intermediaries and the marketplace tradeoffs

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A perspective of New York City from Google’s NYC headquarters. It is one thing for an electrical contractor to require some sophisticated safety training, but should the company delivering temporary signage to the job site, where workers drop off and leave materials, require the same certifications?).

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FITWEL may be the Future of Building Sustainability

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Today, still in beta, the Center for Active Design, a nonprofit established by then New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2013, is the operator of FITWEL. The FITWEL Scorecard measures health within 12 overarching sections that impact the design and operations of a site and building interior.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: More Than Just Production And Plating

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It may seem like a tall order when it comes to the time and money a food processor needs to invest in an organic product, but with organic retail sales growing annually, it may be worth it in the end. Teti makes Italian bread products that are sold in supermarkets and restaurants through such retailers as Wegman’s Food Markets and Costco.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: The Process of Food

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And while it may take food processors more time and money to produce the product, with retail sales growing each year, it may be worth it in the end. Just an hour North of New York City begins a great expanse of farmland that extends hundreds of miles to the Pennsylvania border. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3

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John Young to Head Nuclear Lobby Group | ENR: Engineering.

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Search our site: Infrastructure. Safety & Health. its unit that manages environmental cleanup at the Hanford federal nuclear-weapons site in Washington state. EFH owns Texas power generator Luminant Energy, retailer TXU Energy and 80% of transmission and distribution utility Oncor Electric Delivery. Transportation.

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The Process of Food

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And while it may take food processors more time and money to produce the product, with retail sales growing each year, it may be worth it in the end. Just an hour North of New York City begins a great expanse of farmland that extends hundreds of miles to the Pennsylvania border. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3