(by Bryan Meyer – Maki Becker, Buffalo News) An urban farm may take root after all in the heart of Buffalo’s Broadway- Fillmore neighborhood.
City officials have renewed their offer to let Mark and Janice Stevens lease the land on Wilson Street for their produce farm and signaled that they’re also willing to be flexible on some terms.
City Hall’s softening stance on the Stevenses’ proposal comes after The Buffalo News showcased the plans by the East Side family to start a farm on an empty two-acre plot of land on Wilson Street — and City Hall’s resistance to the farm. City real estate officials had balked at the idea of selling the land to the family, saying that they wanted to reserve the land for future development.
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