But theyll be ushered in. Good afternoon and welcome to the Aspen Institute. On behalf of the Strategy Group and the Rural Development Innovation Group, i want to thank you for joining us for this lunchtime dialogue series. Americas rural opportunity. I want to thank all the people in the room here, in washington, d. C. , with us, as well as the hundreds of the people Live Streaming and those of you watching on cspan3. So i am i wonder how many there are. Im janet topolsky. Im executive director of the Aspen Institute strategies group. What we do here at aspen usg is we do a lot of work out in the country equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions. And to advance those living on the economic margins while they do that. Since 1985, aspen csg has focused most of its work in Rural America. And through our experience over those years, we have learned full well that Rural America is not flyover country. Rural america, rather, is livein, workin, start a business in, and raise a
Test test test. Test test test. With us from the South Carolina association for Economic Development. Bernie . Thank you and welcome. I bring you greetings from warmer climates where there are Smiling Faces and beautiful places. [ laughter ] South Carolina is a great place to be. We have urban and rural areas that definitely have slight differences. In South Carolina, the Unemployment Rate in our 11 most distressed and rural count iies averages 12 , this is twice that of the more developed and you are urbanized counties. Our three most prosperous counties is home to 40 of the states Bank Deposits. What that translates into is thats where capital largely resides. Whereas the Rural Communities, the 11 most rural and distressed count geez home to 4 of the states Bank Deposits. At the same time, South Carolina rich in land assets or 65 of our state is considered rural as far as landmass. Now, some may say that that is a challenge but we see that as an area of great opportunity and innovati
Good morning, im colien, im the Deputy Director of the department of Public Health and dr. Garcia cant be here. She has the flu that seems to be going around, so ill sit in for her today. Commissions, we have one item on your special calendar for case number 2012043. W the Medical Center annual compliance statement. This is informational presentation. Good morning, president chow and hillis, commissioners, im elizabeth pearl, Planning Department staff. The item before you today is an informational presentation on california pacific Medical Center compliance with the Development Agreement for the 2015 recording period. This is our third annual reporting period. Todays presentation, youll hear from city staff on compliance with key components of the da that are relevant for the 2015 reporting period and the updates on the projected compliance in 2016. Following this hearing, the directors of planning and Public Health will determine whether ctmc is in compliance with their 2015 obligatio
Department of Public Health and dr. Garcia cant be here. She has the flu that seems to be going around, so ill sit in for her today. Commissions, we have one item on your special calendar for case number 2012043. W the Medical Center annual compliance statement. This is informational presentation. Good morning, president chow and hillis, commissioners, im elizabeth pearl, Planning Department staff. The item before you today is an informational presentation on california pacific Medical Center compliance with the Development Agreement for the 2015 recording period. This is our third annual reporting period. Todays presentation, youll hear from city staff on compliance with key components of the da that are relevant for the 2015 reporting period and the updates on the projected compliance in 2016. Following this hearing, the directors of planning and Public Health will determine whether ctmc is in compliance with their 2015 obligations and issue findings to that affect. A Third Party Mon
Its not the burgers, shakes and fries they object to. Laura anthony is there live for us tonight. Reporter the proposed site for the in n out burger is just across the street there and a local developer already ownsa property, its already zoned for a restaurant. What theyre trying to do is get a conditional use permit for a drive through. But theres already a lot of cars here its not in n out that dan angus and his neighbors object to, its all of the traffic that goes in and out of the popular burger restaurant, and having all that just a few yards from their quiet residential neighborhood. Right now theyre planning on putting a combined in n out plus a starbucks. Reporter that in addition to the fact that there are already five other fast food restaurants within a quartermile radius of the proposed in n out location. Sandra myers, walnut creeks community and Economic Development director. Myers says the public will have several opportunities to voice their concerns. In this case, this