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Home > Leadership > Mayor > Archive Press Releases > 2008 Archives > July 2008 > Mayor Brown Announces West Side Neighborhood Beautification

Mayor Brown Announces West Side Neighborhood Beautification

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Office of the Mayor
Peter K. Cutler
Director of Communications
716-851-4841

$121,000 in City Bond Funds to be Used for Clean-Up of Former Massachusetts Avenue Project Site

Massachusetts Avenue Project Additional Landscaping

Mayor Byron W. Brown today announced that the City of Buffalo will invest $121,000 in City Bond Funds to clean-up the former Massachusetts Avenue Project site on the city’s West Side.

“This is an investment in the neighborhood that will improve the quality of life for the residents that live around the former Massachusetts Avenue Project site,” said Mayor Brown. “This redevelopment of the vacant lot will provide a more park-like environment and expand green space for the residents.”

The former Massachusetts Avenue Project building was destroyed by a fire and was subsequently demolished by the city at a cost of $86,000.

The redevelopment of the vacant site includes: 4 ADA Picnic Tables, 2 park benches, new bushes along the fence line,10 new trees, landscape grading, topsoil & seed, a new parking area with parking bumpers and striping, and bollards along new parking area.

“This is the type of redevelopment my Administration is committed to, where we can make this type of investment to beautify a site that has been vacant and make a positive contribution to the health of our city’s neighborhoods,” said Mayor Brown. “More needs to be done throughout the city and working with the appropriate city departments and community-based organizations, we will continue to make the smart, targeted investments that will contribute to neighborhood strength and stability.”