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Percentage of sales will fund child care and early education resources for children, families in the Westside and South Bay areas. Santa Monica, California (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Leading book and entertainment retailer Barnes and Noble will host a fundraising bookfair on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take place at their Third Street Promenade store, located at 1201 3rd St. in Santa Monica. A percentage of net sales from the charity event will be donated to Santa...
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Philip Tegeler, executive director of the Policy & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC), posted a Huffington Post blog that recites the heartening changes experienced by four women and their children after moving from housing projects in Baltimore to higher opportunity communities in the suburbs. The setting for his blog post is a Fair Housing Month celebration hosted by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. At the ceremony, four women...
MANCHESTER, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent analysis of Census data by the popular cycling website, Bikes.org.uk [http://www.bikes.org.uk ] has highlighted some dramatic changes in how we travel to work. The number of people who travel to work in England and Wales has surpassed 25 million for the first time. This is a staggering 12,000 million commutes per year(1). The total population of England and Wales increased by +7% in the past decade but the rate...
Jamboree Housing Corporation, one of California’s leading community development organizations specializing in affordable housing, broke ground on the second phase of Doria Apartment Homes in Irvine. Designed for families who earn 30% to 60% of area median income (AMI), the second phase of Doria encompasses 74 apartments, is Jamboree’s second workforce housing development in partnership with the Irvine Community Land Trust, and includes 10 homes that will be set-aside for residents who...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) today applauded many of the recommendations of the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission, which issued a report proposing a national housing policy that seeks to further the nation's economic recovery and meet the housing needs of America's most vulnerable households. Philip Tegeler, PRRAC's president, said his organization welcomed many of the Commission's...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mardi Gras is coming up in a couple of weeks, to be celebrated in several countries around the globe. The Carnival of Venice belongs to the classiest festivals with its spectacular masquerade galas annually held in splendid Venetian palaces. Lavish balls, a rich program, distinct and elaborate costumes and masks, a unique historic setting--just to name a few--attract millions of visitors to the Carnival in Venice yearly. A one-of-a-kind...
NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Urban Land Institute recently bestowed the Workforce Housing Model of Excellence Award on a Bronx-based green, affordable housing development constructed by Lettire Construction Corporation - one of only three projects nationwide to receive this prestigious honor. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121128/PH20210 ) Via Verde, a 222-unit, eco-friendly affordable housing development co-developed by Jonathan Rose Companies and...
NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This Thanksgiving, 24-hour preschool television channel Sprout(®) takes to the streets of New York City with its new float in the 86(th) Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(®). Rolling down the streets on Thursday, November 22, the new Sprout float will feature one of preschool television's most beloved characters, Chica the Chicken, along with her Sprout friends who will entertain millions of kids on Turkey Day. (Photo:...
MIAMI, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent decades, criminal bands in Medellin and Rio de Janeiro have tried to impose a rule of terror supported by a constant influx of dollars from one of the most profitable businesses in the world: illegal drug trafficking. Due to the great demand for narcotics - a market generating billions of dollars each year - drug trafficking has been a force powerful enough to create parallel governments in these important Latin American cities. Against...
COLLEGE POINT, N.Y., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In many big cities--including cities throughout New York--there is a desperate need for urban renewal, and more and more citizens are beginning to make demands for it. Mascon Restoration answers that call with a variety of construction services. No matter how great a city is, it cannot sustain its beauty or its cleanliness all on its own, at least not forever. Eventually, the need for urban renovation projects always emerges. The...
