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Hans India
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Meeting on good governance today
Vijayawada: The TDP-led NDA government in Andhra Pradesh will hold a special meeting on Monday to mark the completion of first year in office. The meeting, titled 'First Step towards Good Governance', will be held behind the Secretariat. It will review good governance practices implemented in the past year and outline future plans for state's development. Initially planned for June 12, the meeting was postponed due to a tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad. The Monday's meeting will see broad participation from key figures, including Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, state ministers, various department secretaries, heads of departments, district collectors, Superintendents of Police (SPs), and coalition leaders such as MPs, MLAs, and MLCs. The primary focus of the discussion, led by the Chief Minister, will be a thorough review of the development achieved over the past year and a comprehensive discussion on future action plans. Additionally, the 'Swarnandhra 2047' Vision Plan will be a key topic of deliberation. Arrangements for the evening event are complete. On Sunday, S Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary of the State Municipal Administration Department, along with Guntur District Collector Nagalakshmi, inspected the preparations. They reviewed the main stage, seating arrangements in the meeting hall, lighting, and parking facilities. This meeting will deviate from regular conferences. The entire meeting complex has been specially set up with round tables. At these tables, public representatives and officials from different districts, corresponding to their assembly constituencies, will sit together. They will engage in extensive discussions on the development achieved in their respective constituencies over the past year and plan forfuture development and welfare schemes. Furthermore, discussions will also cover the government's plans for the comprehensive development of thestate through the implementation of 'Swarnandhra 2047' Vision Plan, as part of 'Vikasit Bharat' (Developed India). Following the meeting, the Chief Minister will join all attendees for dinner.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pioneer Park revitalization will feature year-round farmer's market
SALT LAKE CITY () — In a major step to revitalize downtown, the Downtown Alliance announced a new partnership with the city on Thursday morning, focused on giving Pioneer Park a makeover. Their freshly signed 'Memorandum of Understanding', between the Downtown Alliance and Salt Lake City, aims to breathe new life into Pioneer Park — an area that's long been plagued by low visitation rates — by creating an all-year-round public market building. 'Now, let's be honest. Pioneer Park has a bad reputation,' Dee Brewer, executive director of Downtown Alliance, said at the annual meeting in the Gallivan Center. 'Last year, the average daily park visitation was less than 170 people a day.' The Downtown Alliance saw a solution to this problem in the park's farmers market, which has proven to be a magnet for the community's foot traffic. Pioneer Park will get a facelift in 2025 – Here's what Salt Lake City is adding According to Brewer, 65% of park visits occurred on just 21 days, all of those being when the farmers' market was open. The new public building aims to keep this momentum going all year round. Preliminary plans include a beverage bar, clean restrooms, a large hall, and a community gathering space that would become home to an all-year-round farmer's market, according to Carly Gillespie, director of Urban Food Connections of Utah. 'We want to continue to create social and economic prosperity in the neighborhood and in downtown Salt Lake,' Gillespie said. The Downtown Alliance's proposed building would also provide a permanent space for the Downtown Ambassadors, offering a visible presence in the park to create a stronger sense of safety. Salt Lake City said that the Public Lands Department collected feedback from over 2,800 people and worked with community groups to choose the planned amenities. The park is also seeking a SITES certification — a framework that recognizes sustainability and resilience in design, development, and management. The alliance said in a press release that they are looking to actively conduct public outreach and feasibility assessment throughout this year. A clearer timeline of completion is expected once those steps are finished. 'We look forward to the results of the feasibility study, which the Downtown Alliance will begin leading this summer,' said Blake Thomas, Senior Advisor on Real Estate and Capital Projects. 'This study, along with the efforts our Public Lands team has undertaken, has the potential to transform this park into a year-round destination and serve as a model for public-private partnerships to enhance our City assets.' The project complements the Pioneer Park Vision Plan, which was developed in 2021 to revitalize the area, following the City Council's approval of $3.44 million in 2019. In 2022, $10 million in funding through the City's $67.5 million Sales Tax Bond was approved for the project. In 2024, an additional $.96 million was allocated for the Vision Plan, allowing the city to begin implementation. 'Pioneer Park is a cornerstone of our downtown heritage, and it has long been full of untapped potential,' said Mayor Mendenhall. 'This public-private partnership with the Downtown Alliance paves the way for positive change and increased public safety — while working in concert with the long-planned park improvements Salt Lakers have asked for.' GOP campaign arm tells Republicans to 'go on offense' messaging Trump agenda bill Crimson Cliffs wins 4A soccer title over Dixie, 3-0 Pioneer Park revitalization will feature year-round farmer's market Israeli Embassy suspect charged with murder of a foreign official Bodycam footage released from officer-involved shooting near Lake Powell Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
What's next for the revitalization of downtown Ames?
AMES, Iowa — The Ames Mainstreet organization has presented a vision for downtown Ames to improve the area as one of the city's neighborhoods. Ames Mainstreet hired the firm Bolton & Menk to conduct a study. Meetings were held along with surveys to find out more about the Ames downtown area. The survey covered the community from north of the railroad tracks to seventh street, and from Grand to Duff. Last week the group presented their study to the Ames City Council. 'The Vision Plan for downtown Ames is really a reimagining of what this area looks like for the next 10 or 15 years,' said Travis Toliver, The Ames Main Street Director. 'We're taking a look at different ideas regarding the public space opportunities, for new development opportunities, for development with existing buildings which are already in place.' Toliver said they hope to connect Ames with different parts of the city. Also there are some new amenities coming online soon, the Schainker Plaza, by City Hall, and the new Fitch Family Aquatic Center just west of downtown along Lincoln Way. How to buy tickets to Indiana Fever game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena 'This is really visioning of the future of downtown, aesthetically, urban-living wise, connecting the downtown with other areas of the community, connecting with ISU more,' said Toliver. 'I'm just trying to find ways that we can better enhance the downtown area so that it's a true destination for visitors and citizens alike.' Ames is known for its historic downtown, and unique shops. The study showed that more housing is needed, and possibly a new hotel. One hotel is on the drawing boards for just south of downtown on Lincoln Way. 'Statistically on a national average is about 5% of your full-time population should be living downtown and we certainly don't have that in Ames,' said Toliver. 'This plan represents opportunities where developers could come in and provide more housing to support all the infrastructure of the businesses that we have already existing in downtown.' Efforts to support Main Street could include businesses which want to locate here. Brittni Reifschneider, of Main Street Family Wellness chose to locate her business from Des Moines to downtown Ames. She and her group do mental health counseling and medication management for children. 'We wanted to come to Ames to help serve the Ames community just because they're lacking some mental health opportunities for care,' said Reifschneider. 'We just love how personable the downtown feel is. It's just like being in a small town.' The idea of the new downtown study is to see projects being developed in and around Ames downtown. Iowa News: What's next for the revitalization of downtown Ames? How to buy tickets to Indiana Fever game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena 'Picture of perseverance': Marshalltown man's legacy lives on 100+ years later in historically African-American school Iowa bill removing gender identity from Civil Rights Act advances WHO 13 Farm Report: Monday, February 24 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
