There has been significant progress in establishing the Urban Habitat Project (UHP) on the grounds of the Buffalo Central Terminal. Project lead Dave Majewski has confirmation from Paul Hogan of the Oishei Foundation that their board has approved a $15,000 grant for the UHP. The project also is receiving $10,000 from the Buffalo Green Fund and another $10,000 in in-kind services from Dore Landscaping and Wendel Companies. UHP is a component of the master development plan and vision recently unveiled by the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC).
The Town of West Seneca is donating 700 cubic yards of compost valued at over $21,000. An additional $5,000 is coming from the Vogt Family Foundation and Katie Schneider. Mark Mistretta from Wendel architecture and engineering donated the required site survey by the firm’s engineers valued around $3,500 that was completed last week (right). To date, the total of in-kind products and services is over $80,000 – and growing.
This is a major step forward for the project which aims to establish a living inner-city demonstration classroom that features habitat restoration, native plants, and sustainable site development/construction while explaining the benefits of bio-diversity. It will encompass three acres of land on the Central Terminal site. Dave Majewski and his team are on a mission to complete the project this year and have been busy meeting with potential supporters for the past few months.
