Buffalo Rising

Living in a four season city such as Buffalo, we are all readily aware that when the snow melts in springtime, it’s not exactly a pretty sight. Trash and litter that was once buried under the snow turns into mounds of rubbish along the roadways.

When Jonathan Foreman and his wife Tara Rowe-Foreman moved to Buffalo 13 years ago, they set their intentions. First, they bought a house on the West Side.

<a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button">There’s Still Tomorrow (C’è Ancora Domani) ★★★★ (out of 4 stars)</a> Who Controls the Lipstick? The children stand and leave the room, Grandpa bangs his cane on the floor from the bed of his closed bedroom, Delia backs away from her seething husband Ivano.

The closing of Everything Elmwood recently, was a serious blow to Buffalo’s retail scene. Fortunately, within days of closing, signs announcing the arrival of Rustic Buffalo Artisan Market were displayed in the storefront windows.

A BioBlitz is when citizen-scientists, naturalists, and volunteers get outdoors and document as many species of flora and fauna as possible in a natural environment over a set period of time. With that in mind, Zoar Valley is asking people that care about plants and animals that inhabit one of Western New York’s last wilderness areas to help document the biodiversity inventory at the 3,014-acre – mostly forested – Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area (MUA).

Site provides local stakeholders and residents opportunity to provide comments on projects across the city; interactive map provides real time updates  The Buffalo Sewer Authority (Buffalo Sewer) is launching a number of projects and programs to help alleviate raw sewage from entering into our waterways after major storms (due to outdated systems that can not handle combined sewer overflows). Two significant parts of the Queen City Clean Waters initiative are as follows: - The Edison-Martha offline storage tank project where an underground concrete tank capable of storing up to 2.61 million gallons of combined sewage flow to reduce overflows to Scajaquada Creek will be installed.  - The Breckenridge Street Combined Sewer Overflow Control Project which will reduce the amount of nutrients flowing into the Black Rock Canal during storm events and improve water quality.

I am constantly amazed at not only the number of classes and workshops underway at Read It & Eat Bookshop (https://lnkd.in/geZTzqpB), but the breadth of the programming. Read It & Eat has turned out to be one of the more fascinating culinary inspired businesses to emerge in recent years.

A 284 sq.ft. tiny house is proposed for a rear yard at 188 Rounds Avenue.

Historic Tax Credit Workshop: Homeowner Webinar If you own a historic home and are planning repairs or restorations, you may qualify for the Historic Homeownership Tax Credit. Join Preservation Buffalo Niagara’s free webinar to learn about eligibility, the application process, and what types of repairs may be eligible.

“It is hereby found and declared that the city [of Buffalo] is in a state of fiscal crisis, and that the welfare of the inhabitants of the city is seriously threatened.  The city budget must be balanced and economic recovery enhanced.”  — NYS Public Authorities Law, 2003 A consensus exists in Buffalo City Hall.  The acting mayor, members of the Common Council, and the City Comptroller all agree the city’s budgetary problems have reached a crisis stage.  What to do about the crisis is the $40-60 million question. The Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority (aka BFSA, the Control Board) is a state government agency established to oversee the finances of Buffalo.  City taxpayers pay for the operations of the Authority; $936,165 in the current fiscal year.  They work out of rented space in the Ellicott Square Building with a staff of five.