You are invited to attend the next Lower East Side Weed & Seed Neighborhood Restoration meeting, to be held 10/16/2010, 10 am in the former KeyBank office at the Broadway Market (note new date).
A preliminary agenda is below. If you have items to suggest for the agenda, please contact me.
Also, please invite others to the meeting you think may find these topics of interest. A map of the Lower East Side Weed & Seed target area is attached.
See you at the meeting, and thank you!
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
LOWER EAST SIDE WEED & SEED – NEIGHBORHOOD RESTORATION (NR) COMMITTEE
PRELIMINARY AGENDA (As of 9/28/2010)
10/16/2010 MEETING AT BROADWAY MARKET’S FORMER KEYBANK OFFICE (NOTE NEW DATE)
A. Welcome
B. Receive Report on 9/16/2010 Steering Committee Meeting
C. Review Minutes from 4/10/2010 and 6/12/2010 NR Meetings
D. Announcements
E. Discuss Neighborhood Restoration Objectives:
- Implement a housing redevelopment strategy that focuses on owner occupancy and building around schools
- Reduce predatory lending and real estate flipping
- Explore strategies for responsible stewardship of land, green spaces, and urban natural resources
- Increase/retain neighborhood businesses that provide a range of services that build Broadway Market strengths
F. Set Next Meeting Date
Hey I’m just wondering, can there be a follow up of this meeting. Like an “Items of Interest” post? I’m going to be out of town that weekend or else, I would go.
Secondly, has there been a thought of rewording the original plan for the Olmsted parkway by adding fillmore with Elm trees? Nowadays there are elm trees that are much less susceptible to Dutch Elm Disease. One in particular is called, Valley Forge. I think a restoration of greenery really adds to any neighborhood, especially elm trees.
Restoring not rewarding*