Manuel Moroun Quotes

The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama administration's economic recovery strategy for the nation.

I hear over and over again from local leaders and business owners that one of the best ways we can revitalize our cities and towns is to support brownfields cleanup efforts.

I'll be a president that will turn our inner cities around and will give strength to people and will give economics to people and will bring jobs back.

Everything needs to work at the same time. But what keeps society vibrant permanently is jobs, industry, business, and stuff like that. It pays for everything else. If you just build affordable housing, and those people don't have jobs, it'll no longer be affordable soon. So you really have to build around the business community.

As someone who started a small business from scratch, I know how important it is for families and for communities to have strong job creation.

The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.

The casinos brought lots of revenue and jobs to our community. We've seen lots of benefits from those tax dollars.

You know where entrepreneurship in my opinion has to go? Into the inner city.

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses.

In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community.

I think one of the strengths of Wisconsin's economy is it's diversity - and in making sure that we're doing everything we can to have a state government that's responsive to that and being here and encouraging people to expand their businesses here.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

I know that there are many on the Space Coast who are already attempting to address job creation and I intend to support them in every way possible. I will be a hands-on participant.

The key to truly rebuilding our central city on a vital and sustainable foundation is people.

As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation.

It would be nice if areas could be revitalised - like places in the U.S. such as Pittsburgh, for example, which have been transformed through shale. There you have shiny cars in a shiny city because of the development of shale in an old industrial heartland.

We need someone in Washington who knows how to build jobs from the ground up.

All across America, through the promotion of the arts, neighborhoods create job growth and development.

Let's put Illinois back on the road to prosperity.

My take on gentrification and change is it's usually always a better thing, because when you see all these businesses open and flourishing, that means there are more jobs.

Infrastructure is the backbone of economic growth. It improves access to basic services such as clean water and electricity, creates jobs and boosts business.

Especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted tribal communities, we must invest in infrastructure in order to advance economic recovery and create much-needed jobs.

Politicos talk a big game about bringing jobs to devastated cities like Detroit, but rarely succeed.