PWC to honor Bloomberg at annual event.On Tuesday evening, March 15, Professional Women in Construction (PWC) will host its annual Awards Reception honoring New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg with the Design/Construction Leadership Award and AvalonBay Chrystie Place with a Special Recognition Award for Public-Private Partnership Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3. . It will also celebrate 100 years of service of the Staten Island Ferry The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry operated by the New York City Department of Transportation between Whitehall Street at the southernmost tip of Manhattan near Battery Park (South Ferry) and St. Terminal by granting the Public Project Recognition Award to the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Department of Transportation (the Terminal's operator), the NYC Economic Development Corp. (the owner's representative), and the design/construction teams behind the current renovations. The recently rehabilitated Whitehall Terminal in Manhattan and the St. George Terminal on Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. , currently completing its renovation, serve over 65,000 travelers a day. PWC will recognize the mayor for his 10-year capital plan to rebuild lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North , improve public properties, and restructure the City's skyline, and will salute his efforts to encourage the participation of small & nontraditional businesses. AvalonBay Chrystie Place, a project initiated by Mayor Bloomberg and developed by AvalonBay Communities, will occupy the entire south side of East Houston Street and include 361 mixed-income rental apartments. The project is part of the administration's plan to provide more than 65,000 homes and apartments for over 200,000 City residents through 2008. "We are undertaking the most aggressive efforts to build and preserve affordable housing for more New Yorkers," said Mayor Bloomberg recently. The PWC Awards Reception will be held from 5:30 to 8 pm at Club 101,101 Park Avenue in New York City. Tickets are $225. For reservations call PWC at 212.486.7745 or contact pwcusa1@aol.com or visit http://www.pwcusa.org/. |
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