Office of Strategic Planning

NEWS

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• Information on the City’s Funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – CDBG-R Funding. Click here for more information.
• Mayor's Proposed Use of CDBG-R Funding and Common Council Approval. CDBG-R Substantial Amendment to the 2008-09 Annual Action Plan.  Click here for more information.
• City of Buffalo's Substantial Consolidated Plan Amendment.  Click here for more information.
• City of Buffalo's Preliminary HPRP Plan.  Click here for more information.
• HUD Audit of Buffalo Community Development Block Grant Program.  Click here for more information.
• City of Buffalo Announces Draft Master Plan Open House for the South Buffalo Brownfield Opportunity Area.
• Sycamore Village featured in New York Real Estate Journal. Click here for more information.
• Shoreline Apartments One for One Replacement.  Click here for more information.
• The American Planning Association (APA) names the Elmwood Village as one of 10 Great Neighborhoods for 2007. Click here for more information.

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The Office of Strategic Planning provides overarching strategic assessment and management of general planning and policy issues that have citywide, inter-jurisdictional and regional significance. The Office of Strategic Planning identifies long term, cross-cutting city-wide issues that broadly affect quality of life and economic vitality.

The Office of Strategic Planning helps to focus direction, identify new opportunities, and deliver priority projects in an integrated and expedited fashion consistent with the approved work program. In this way, important initiatives requiring the rigor of strategic planning to marshal the creative thinking and resources necessary are initiated and completed expeditiously.

The Office of Strategic Planning will provide centralized, broad strategic assessment and management of general planning, economic development, housing and other policy issues having significance to the Mayor's Office, Planning Board, Common Council, Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency Board, Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation Board, and the Buffalo Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation Board, expeditiously utilizing technical information generated by the Office of Strategic Planning for the purpose of facilitating the pursuit of long-term and priority projects.

The following is a description of the new organizational structure for the Office of Strategic Planning, which will allow it to carry out its mission and goals.

The Office of the Executive Director consists of the following sections:

The Executive Team is responsible for managing the daily operation of the Office of Strategic Planning. The Executive Group consists of the Executive Director and Special Assistant to the Executive Director.

The Legal Team is responsible for providing legal advice to the Executive Director and Board members of associated organizations on any matter arising in connection with the exercise of their official powers. Included within this responsibility is the collection of all fines owed to the Office of Strategic Planning, associated organizations or City. The Legal Group is also responsible for the representation of the Office of Strategic Planning, associated organizations and its officers in litigation, the preparation of ordinances for introduction in Common Council, and the negotiation and preparation of Office of Strategic Planning and associated organization's contracts.

The Marketing Team is responsible for developing and implementing the marketing plan for the Office of Strategic Planning and its associated organizations. The Marketing Manager also coordinates with the various division directors and the Mayor's Office to assist in the planning and coordination of grand openings, groundbreakings, and press releases.