You are invited to help connect places in…
Broadway-Fillmore, Broadway Market Village, Historic Polonia, The Terminal District.
Do you want to turn this area around?
However you define it, this area is one of Buffalo-Niagara’s more challenged neighborhoods from a residential perspective, but also one of
its most attractive, culturally.
If you care about the opportunity to strengthen this area by making
connections among its cultural and business resources, please come to
this meeting!
If you have a PASSION for this neighborhood, come join us in a public
meeting convened by Broadway Market, Corpus Christi, Dave Franczyk, City of Buffalo, Central Terminal Restoration Corporation, St. Stanislaus
Bishop and Martyr Church, Lower East Side Weed & Seed, Adam Mickiewicz Library, Broadway Fillmore Alive, Dyngus Day Buffalo, Forgotten Buffalo, East Buffalo GNPA, Lombard St. Block Club, Matt Urban Center and Broadway Fillmore NHS.
Lunch is available by reservation only. Reserve your lunch by September
29th by calling 851-4296.
Download the flyer for this event
MEETING DATE/TIME/PLACE: Saturday, October 3, 2009. 9:00am to 4:00 pm. at Central Terminal.
Please plan to attend and share this meeting notice with others you
think may find it of interest.
Rgds,
Bill
Bill Parke, AICP
Community Planner
Office of Strategic Planning
City of Buffalo
920 City Hall
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: 716-851-5123
bparke@city-buffalo.com
www.city-buffalo.com
Can’t attend, but shouldn’t Habitat for Humanity be part of this? The vacant homes/properties on the streets directly adjacent to the Broadway Market project a very sad image. Rehabbing them or, regrettably, demolishing some of them would seem to be a high priority to make the Market a more attractive destination.
I’d ask the Market to strongly consider putting an international beer garden (no hard liquor, just beer and wine) in there. The only places in Buffalo to sample many beers from Eastern Europe is in private clubs. It would give a choice of diversions, shopping or relaxing, to folks with differing priorities. A guy could do a good deed and take an elderly relative to the Market for shopping and he could savor a couple of beers that would be hard to find elsewhere. In doing so, he may also become a market shopper, picking up his meats for his BBQ’s and returning to the beer garden to enjoy other beverages. Keep the libation selection internationally exotic (Asia, African, Caribbean, European), somewhat pricey and keep the tv out so you don’t impact the neighborhood bars too much. If a guy wants a shot and a cheap draft whiles he watches the game or just wants to get hammered, this WOULDN’T be that place. A retail outlet for these beverages might be part of the mix. I know the Markets in Hamilton, Toronto, and Philly don’t have these and there may be good reasons for not doing so, liability insurance for one, but the Broadway Market has to do something to build traffic and make it more of a destination.
Consider reviving Wingstock and holding at the Terminal. It was the beloved LOCAL wing festival that used to be held on the pedestrian mall downtown until the National Wingfest eclipsed it. There’s certainly enough appetite for more than one wing event. I have a contact who knows the person holding the rights to Wingstock name.
I think a Ribfest would be great at the Terminal as well. Or a barbeque “seminar” put on by some of our local rib / BBQ experts could be a fun event too.
Bringing different folks into the area with different reasons for being there will create a tide that lifts all boats. Yeah, I know, cliche.:)