"The highways are congested, the railways are headed that way, the waterways have capacity," said Ernest Perry, the freight development administrator for the Missouri transportation department.
Mr. Appleby, a village trustee during the early 1970's and housing and development administrator for New York City under Mayor Beame and later president of the United Nations Development Corporation, described the project as too big for a small village of only 28,000 people and "out of scale with the surroundings".
"If you have a pizza, you have the dough, a liquid sauce, and then a liquid cheese they're all different consistencies," Phair Tsai, a business development administrator for XYZ Printing, which is demoing one of the world's first consumer 3D food printers at CES, told me.
Michael Chodos, the S.B.A.'s associate administrator for entrepreneurial development, said in a statement that development centers and other counseling groups already received funds earmarked for special purposes, including the sort of classroom instruction the new program hopes to build on.
Richard A. Flanary, senior administrator for leadership development and assessment for the National Association of Secondary School Principals, in Reston, Va., applauded New York's efforts, saying that training programs enable schools to identify talent when veterans begin to retire.
The sale of the lots is expected to generate $500,000 and their redevelopment to bring in $450,000 a year in tax revenue, said Patricia Ballard Fox, the deputy city administrator for economic development.
In Louisiana, Slidell Memorial Hospital will be asking voters to approve a new tax that would generate revenue to pay off the $35 million it needs to borrow for renovations and new equipment, according to Bruce Clement, associate administrator for business development at the hospital.
To avoid such pitfalls, retired people, who are often starting their own venture after stepping away from a structured workplace, can pair up with experienced business people at the events for older entrepreneurs, said Michael Chodos, associate administrator for entrepreneurial development at the Small Business Administration.
"Kindergarten is what first grade used to be," said Telma Bayona, administrator for child development and preschool at Compton Unified School District.
Paul Gilman, the agency's associate administrator for research and development, defended the grants program, noting that last year the National Research Council, the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences, reviewed it positively.
Paul Anastas, the agency's assistant administrator for research and development, cautioned that more testing was needed to study how toxic the dispersants are when mixed with oil.
