Agenda for 01/24 East Buffalo GNPA Meeting

East Buffalo Good Neighbors Planning Alliance

Agenda for:

Monday, January 24, 2011 from 5:30pm-7:00pm

Hennepin Community Center, 24 Ludington (off Bailey Ave.)

1) Welcome and Introductions

2) Review minutes

3) New Business

• Central Terminal Strategic Plan update (Yuri Hreshchyshyn)
• 2011 Livable Communities Grant Initiative Application is Available

4) Implementation Updates

Implementation Related to Neighborhood Planning, from published reports and ongoing initiatives:

–  Seneca Babcock

• NYS DEC Fact Sheet for cleanup plan for the Former Buffalo China site

–  Clinton Bailey

–  Broadway Fillmore

• Wilson Street Urban Farm (Mark/Janice Stevens)
• Lower East Side Weed & Seed update
• Broadway Market and vicinity
• Broadway Fillmore Community Meeting held 12/18

–  Emerson

• Hope Gardens Update (Matt Urban Center)

–  Lovejoy

• Lovejoy Village Initiative 2015

–  Kaisertown Coalition Update

5) Old Business

• Buffalo Green Code
• Project Know
• Community Gardens Task Force Update
• Update from Matt Urban Center
• Problem Property Priorities
• Status of Monitoring of Planning Board, Preservation Board, Zoning Board & Council meetings

6) Next meeting(s) dates and topics

7) Upcoming event(s) or announcements (Suggest yours by contacting bparke@city-buffalo.com)

HomeFront’s FREE Homebuyer Orientation Seminar!  Wed. Feb. 9, 2011, 5:30pm to 6:30pm, Guest Speaker: Bank of America, Location: 560 Delaware Ave., Suite 101, Buffalo, Information About:

•           $8,000 Closing Cost Grant,

•           New Closing Cost and Rehabilitation Grant – up to $22,000.

•           Closing cost program for purchase in the City of Buffalo – up to $5,000 “

“Welcome Matt Tours” at the Matt Urban Center scheduled for February-March: See http://www.urbanctr.org/images/Newsletter_V1_Issue1.pdf

Forgotten Buffalo Tours: 04/29/11, Pride of Polonia (Eastside), 5:30p, ON SALE NOW; visit http://www.forgottenbuffalo.com/departureboard.html

The East Buffalo GNPA includes the following neighborhoods; Babcock, Broadway Fillmore, Emerson, Kaisertown & Lovejoy. East Buffalo GNPA is a neighborhood-based planning organization that seeks to actively involve citizens in the creation of action plans for their communities.