Deputy Erie County Executive Lisa Chimera Child & Family Services Director of Victim Services Tiffany Pavone, Director, Family Violence & Women’s Rights Clinic, UB School of Law Family Violence & Women’s Rights Clinic Director Judith Olin, Gina Gramaglia from the District Attorney’s Office, Jara Traina of the NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, RAHAMA Executive Director Nancy Abdelhaq and others to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the opening of the Tribute Garden WNY, located in Isle View Park in Tonawanda.
The Tribute Garden was opened September 26, 2015 by Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, members of the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, Chairman of the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Fund Standing Committee Alan J. Bozer, members of the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, WNY domestic violence agencies and community partners, victims of domestic violence and their families, and community members committed to ending domestic violence.
Located in an Erie County park and overlooking the Niagara River, the Tribute Garden is believed to be the first permanent Garden of its kind located on public land in the United States. To learn more, visit www3.erie.gov/csw/tribute-garden-wny.
