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Posts tagged with "Canalside"
Interesting News Clips from the week thus far!
May. 16 | City owned Webster Block, currently a parking lot across the street from the First Niagara Stadium, is on the market. A Request for Proposals was sent out a few weeks ago, due back in in June. The question is… Is there any relationship between that...
Bass Pro money re-purposed for replica canals at Canalside-Buffalo NY
Mar. 28 | From the Buffalo News: Project to build replica canals will go forward By Tom Precious NEWS ALBANY BUREAU Published:March 28, 2012, 1:35 PM Updated: March 28, 2012, 1:35 PM ALBANY — The Canalside project to build replica canals this summer...
Envisioning a Canal Side with Intelligent Development Principles/Canal Side Community Alliance meeting rescheduled!
Mar. 15 | Not everyone dreams of development principles and their impact. But for a moment lets close our eyes and picture what our waterfront would look like if public dollars were more wisely spent on creating a vibrant waterfront with family sustaining jobs,...
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation Board Meeting and Canal Side Alliance open meeting
Mar. 6 | On Monday, March 12th at 10:30am, the ECHDC will have their monthly board meeting at their offices-95 Perry on the 5th floor. The ECHDC is a public authority which means that they are subject to open meetings law, which means anyone and everyone is allowed...
Larry Quinn on Sabres, Canalside, HSBC
Mar. 4 | Posted in Q & ASelf-portrait, Larry Quinn To quote Frank Sinatra, Larry Quinn has “been up and down and over and out,” perhaps moreso than any public figure in Buffalo over the past generation. He’s been a boy wonder city development whiz under...
Canal Side Community Alliance Responds to Levy Resignation from ECHDC Board
Mar. 1 | The resignation of Jordan Levy as the chairman of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) board creates a new opportunity for Buffalo waterfront development that benefits the entire community.
ECHDC OKs Canals
Jan. 10 | The Erie County Harbor Development Corporation on Monday approved a plan to amend its existing design and extend canals to the former site of Memorial Auditorium. The ECHDC has approved a contract to create a cultural master plan for Canalside, hoping...
The Living Wage Debate Continues….
Jan. 3 | For Canal Side Community Alliance members, the idea that subsidized businesses should pay living wages continues to be an imperative. Not only a moral imperative in that a job should lift an individual out of poverty, not keep them in it, but one that...
Letter to the Editor on Local Business and Canalside!
Dec. 6 | Below is the letter to editor written by Jeanenne Petri of West Side Stories. Jeanenne and West Side Stories are members of Buffalo First! a powerful partner in the Canal Side Community Alliance. Thanks Jeanenne for your powerful works on the need for...
5 Key Rules of Thumb for a “Good Deal”
Nov. 29 | Madeline Janis, co-founder and current director of LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy), shares her thoughts on the 5 key criteria for publicly subsidized economic development projects in her latest blog post. LAANE has won tremendous victories...
Some interesting clips from the Buffalo News
Sep. 12 | Good Morning! Another week, another challenging piece of news. The Buffalo News released a story on Friday describing the challenges African Americans are facing in the current economic crisis and found that twice as many blacks were unemployed as whites....
ECHDC survey-What do YOU want to see on the waterfront
Aug. 31 | Our apologies here at the Canal Side Community Alliance for not blogging more often. The bulk of our efforts have been dedicated to consistent education to Alliance members and elected officials, and negotiating the actual Community Benefits Agreement. Several...
Canal Side Community Alliance Goes to Washington DC!
Aug. 12 | Representatives from the Canal Side Community Alliance returned late on Sunday night after an intense 3 days in Washington, DC where they presented at and participated in the National Jobs with Justice Conference. The days were long, packed with workshops,...
An Open Letter to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation
Jul. 25 | RE: Open Letter to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation As leaders in the WNY community, we are writing to express our support for creating quality jobs for the residents in Buffalo. In particular, we call on the Erie Canal Harbor Development...
Women and Minority Business Enterprise at Canal Side
Jun. 28 | We are so close to a Community Benefits Agreement. A few more negotiations between the ECHDC and the Canal Side Community Alliance and we will have successfully crafted a document that will improve the project and give Buffalo the waterfront we deserve! Imperative...
Want a waterfront for ALL? Here’s what you can do!
Jun. 3 | I am looking out my office window at a clear beautiful sky, and a peaceful stunning Lake Erie. I am excited, like most of Buffalo, for the summer, for the opportunity to get outside, regenerate after a long winter and take advantage of all the incredible...