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Home > Leadership > Mayor > Archive Press Releases > 2006 Archives > April 2006

April 2006

ADDITIONAL NEW HOMES ADDED TO COLD SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD
Mayor Byron Brown today helped cut the ribbon on the next phase of the redevelopment of the Cold Springs neighborhood on Buffalo’s East Side. The project, headed by the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Bethel Community ...
BUFFALO CITY HALL GETTING A FACE LIFT
Mayor Byron Brown this week announced that Buffalo City Hall is undergoing the first phase of construction to repair, rehabilitate, and restore the exterior masonry. The $3.9 million dollar project will restore ...
Buffalo Goes Orange For Animals
The City of Buffalo will be joining the cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, and countless other communities in celebrating the 140th anniversary of the founding of the American Society for the ...
City of Buffalo Receives State Grant
The City of Buffalo, in conjunction with Keep Western New York Beautiful, has been awarded a $20,000 state grant for the city’s Urban Forest Master Plan and for the reforestation of Buffalo. The city will work with several ...
Mayor Brown Addresses WNY Hotel/Motel Association
At a luncheon sponsored by the Western New York Hotel/Motel association, Mayor Byron Brown discussed his goals for the City of Buffalo and his first 100 days in office....
Mayor Brown Announces Plan For a Buffalo Urban Arts Center
Mayor Byron W. Brown announced he is asking for $500,000 from the federal government to fund his plans for a new cultural arts center for Buffalo, to be located on Michigan Avenue in the cultural corridor. “Buffalo possesses a ...
MAYOR BROWN PARTICIPATES IN CLEANING UP GRANT/FERRY STREETS
Mayor Byron Brown today joined volunteers with the efforts to clean up the Grant/Ferry Street neighborhood. The clean up effort, coinciding with ongoing activities currently underway to reinvigorate the Grant Street business district, is ...
MAYOR BROWN PRESENTS "SAFE HAVEN" FUNDS TO COMMUNITY AGENCIES
Ten community service agencies will be the recipients of funding from Mayor Byron W. Brown’s Buffalo Weed and Seed initiative, which is a program run through the Mayor’s Office of Citizens Services. The Mayor awarded a total ...
Mayor Brown Presents "Safe Haven" Funds To Community Agencies
Ten community service agencies will be the recipients of funding from Mayor Byron W. Brown’s Buffalo Weed and Seed initiative, which is a program run through the Mayor’s Office of Citizens Services. The Mayor awarded a total ...
MAYOR BROWN WELCOMES "GUITARS FOR HOPE" TO CITY HALL
The “Guitars for Hope” campaign kicks off today in Buffalo and Mayor Byron Brown welcomed a hand-painted artwork in the shape of a guitar entitled “Electric Avenue” by local artist Carolyn McNamara. “This is a wonderful way to ...
MAYOR, COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES NARCOTICS/HOMICIDE TIP-LINE
Mayor Byron W. Brown and Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson today announced a new Police Department tip-line that will enable citizens to confidentially submit information on all illicit narcotics activities ...
Multi-Million Dollar Improvements Announced For Buffalo's Water Treatment Facility
Mayor Byron Brown, Public Works Commissioner Joseph Giambra and representatives of American Water today broke ground on a major renovation project for the Colonel Ward Treatment Complex located at the foot of Porter Avenue. The project, which will ...
MAYOR BROWN TO JOIN MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND BOSTON MAYOR MENINO FOR FIRST NATIONAL SUMMIT ON ILLEGAL GUN
Mayor Byron Brown today will travel to New York City for a National Summit on Illegal Guns hosted by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. The Gun Summit – to be held at Gracie Mansion in New York City on ...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG, BOSTON MAYOR MENINO, MAYORS FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES STAND UP TOGETHER IN THE
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino today hosted the first-ever Mayors’ Summit on Illegal Guns. The Summit, held in New York City at Gracie Mansion, brought together 15 mayors from around the country to discuss the ...
KUCHARSKI NAMED VICE PRESIDENT OF BERC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Kucharski, President and CEO of the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, was recently named Vice President of the Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation (BERC) Board of Directors. Mr. Kucharski has been a member of the BERC board since May 2001.
FERGUSON AVENUE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD
In an ongoing effort to rebuild Buffalo’s neighborhoods, ground was broken today on three new home building projects on Ferguson Avenue on the city’s West Side. The home building is being made possible by the City of Buffalo, the Ferguson Avenue ...
MAYOR BROWN AND BUFFALO'S SISTER CITIES HOST
Mayor Byron W. Brown and the Presidents of Buffalo’s Sister Cities will host the Eighth Annual Sister Cities Dinner and Cabaret on Friday, May 5, 2006 from 6-9 PM at St. Stanislaus Social Center, 389 Peckham Street, Buffalo. “We’ll be ...