Mick Cornett Quotes

Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.

We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.

As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.

Mayors, I think, tend to be more no-nonsense, and you look for economic opportunities for your communities.

Empowering communities by leveraging federal and local investments helps improve the federal-local relationship and advance shared priorities.

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.

We need to preserve our neighborhoods, our small business, our local economy.

I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.

I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'.

What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'

We will revive the emergency employment program established by former President Corazon Aquino. This will provide jobs for local communities and will help in the development of their and our economy.

I think the research evidence on the benefits of early childhood programs for the local economy is extremely strong. However, the moral and political choice is still up to us, as citizens and as voters.

If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.

We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

Mobilize population and all partners—the public sector and the private sector. Development is everybody’s business.

As a business owner, I understand the importance of prioritizing your bottom line, but it's equally as important to consider how you can succeed while also thinking about the long-term impact on the community.

I just thought I could broaden my impact and my reach by starting a non-profit and putting investment into our community.

As a Brooklynite, this borough holds a special place in my heart, and I'm excited to represent BSE Global and identify opportunities that elevate our community to new heights.

It's all about the choices we make as a society. We can choose to have poor schools and parks and higher tuition at Rhode Island's colleges. But we should make an active choice.

I will say it loud and clear: at Manchester City, it is all about what you choose to look at. If you look at the money spent on players, you will only ever see that side of City. If you look at the bigger plan, which is investment in the community, facilities, and youth teams, you realise there is heart and soul in this club.

Valvoline's decision to invest in our community sends a message around the world that Lexington is a great place to do business.

City of Los Angeles is my home, and it is my duty to lead by example, contribute all that I can, and help make the world a better place with the tools and resources available to me.

As governor, I'll reverse cuts to the Local Government Fund and will work cooperatively with communities across the state to combat the challenges they face.

We've got to create strategies of our own that ensure that our kids are going to get an education they need, that people are getting connected to skills and that we do more to draw investment into the city of Flint.