A living inner-city demonstration classroom that features habitat restoration, native plants, and sustainable site development/construction while explaining the benefits of bio-diversity is planned for three acres of unused property at the front door of the Central Terminal. The Buffalo Urban Habitat Project and Classroom is seen as a Buffalo first and a model that can be repeated elsewhere as greening and urban farming gain favor in a shrinking city.
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For a project such as this to be implemented and sustained, there is need to be community buy in and trust. As was pointed out on Facebook recently, there is a lot of concern with CUFF’s current projects. Erie Count Department of Health recently checked out CUFF’s compost pile on Lombard near Peckham and concluded it was in violation of Erie County Public Health laws. The City as the property owner was fined. To date, CUFF has taken no action to make the compost pile rodent proof.
Questions raised about this particular project have to do also with steps to be taken to control the growth of rodents, vermin, and other potential diseased animals for protection of neighborhood youth and senior citizens.
It seems before CUFF undertake any other projects in the neighborhood, they need to show they can handle what they have already undertaken. The corner of Lombard and Peckham currently looks more blighted than prior to CUFF’s undertaken their community garden project. Their Clark Street Blues project also needs substantial improvement, plus a commitment to respect city ordinances such as signs are posted on utility poles and flyers distributed in U.S. postal service mailboxes.
This neighborhood is in need of investment. But the investment should respect the urban space in which it is taking place.
This explains what is going on Peckham. My daughter and I have been wondering who put in the god awful, and I use the term loosely, artwork on the street. It looks bad.
Why does Dave Franczyk and the city let this go on? Does this project have their stamp of approval or do they care at all? How did CUFF acquire the land? Who monitors the project from the city?
Reading the article I was confused. Does the city own the land at the Terminal they want to use or is it the Terminal’s? Why would the city give them more land when they can’t even properly manage the land they have?