We know that the promise of places like DeSoto and projects like the creation of a modern electricity grid mean a continuation of that long march of progress in this country.
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Spain's debt - as we now know - arose from the vanity projects of places like Valencia, the ghost airports, the savings banks run by local politicians and a wild housing boom.
French oil giant Total has in recent years moved aggressively to gather up a portfolio of new projects in places like the Canadian oil sands, Angola, Nigeria, Australia, Russia and the Gulf of Mexico.
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But its main projects, in stable places like the United States, Canada and Chile, never seemed that risky in the first place.
It is hoped that exciting projects such as Magna can put places such as Rotherham on the national and international tourist trail.
Projects outlined on the site include a map of places that need sand-bagging, ways for people to sign up and help, and after-storm parties, set up to raise money.
In London alone, Reynolds has led dozens of covert digs with hundreds of flower-empowered followers to transform derelict dirt on street corners, roadways and roundabouts into places of rediscovered horticultural beauty -- one of his favorite projects, Reynolds says, is a lavender field planted in a once-barren median on Westminster Bridge Road.
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You work on projects, learn new skills and ideas, visit new places, love and understand yourself and others.
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Martin Yardley, chief executive of the LEP, said local companies were "crying out" for investment and the Growing Places grants also required the firms to source private investment for their projects.
Dover was one of the first places to receive money through the Sea Change scheme, a government initiative to fund cultural projects in coastal towns to aid their regeneration.
It is also backing "tech hubs" in places like Nairobi, Kenya, that offer space for coders to work on startups and community projects.
This program identifies, assesses, trains, and places community members, including military veterans, into careers in transportation and mixed-use development projects, which, in turn, grows the local workforce and strengthens the economy.
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