Sheehan Closing; Blocks from ECC City Campus (hint hint)

Well, with the parking, it might actually be a nice place to build a campus around. But with the still-standing North proposal and Poloncarz being invisible the past few months I'm hesitant to put faith in an expanding city campus.

Still, locating a health sciences building anywhere other than close to the BNMC is completely silly. Almost as silly as knocking down Trico#1

I agree. I feel this location may be a better location than the north campus. mainly for its cost feasibility over a new building, as well as it still maintains some proximity to existing facilities.

However, this still doesn't address the importance to feed off the BNMC. Yes, I would still root for the city investment over the north location. But as nice as it is to fill any vacant building in the city, there is still much more potential in developing in a more strategic location by the medical campus.

this site as you write it is just speculative as of now for ECC; but if it came to be a consideration for them.....I guess I can see it being a "fairly" decent idea. Not the best, but I wouldn't oppose.

One new development of interest about institutions of higher learning and the BNMC that was overshadowed by the Trico issue last week was a story published in the latest issue of Business First about D'Youville College. D'youville is opening a satellite campus in the Innovation Center. While the entire story is propriety information for four weeks, the portion of the story available to all states "D’Youville College is set to become the next tenant of the Innovation Center in downtown Buffalo, a move it hopes will better connect its health sciences programs to Buffalo’s growing health-care core.

Next month, the West Side-based college plans to open a satellite campus – its second new satellite operation in less than six months – at the Innovation Center. Officials have signed a three-year lease for 1,600 square feet that will be transformed into three offices and a classroom.

The space, to be called the D’Youville Center for Professional Studies, will initially house certification and continuing education courses for health-care professionals. By fall, D’Youville plans to offer evening classes for registered nurses seeking bachelor’s degrees in nursing." One can only hope that ECC will get with the program before all of the regions colleges have satellite programs at the BNMC.

bingo, wcp.

trico #1, as already mentioned, is perfect for a health sciences expansion.

based on rich tobe's remarks in the paper a few weeks ago i'd say that the poloncarz cabinet is skeptical about the proposal to build at the north campus.

That building houses several different facilities. Is the whole building closing and all of their tenants being forced to move? There are several medical practices, an adult day care program and other programs that are not associated with Sheehan but rather just rent space in the building. I'm curious as to the future of those programs.

Sounds nice, but is probably a pipe dream. The fact that the government and ECC Administration want to build in Amherst is probably too much to overcome. I can't believe that would make such a big mistake and that they have not learned anything from history.

How about that President Quinn?! A ready-made building for ECC's health sciences programs, plus room for additional academic programs as well. Across the street from ECC's existing city campus and just minutes from the BNMC. All the parking you can ask for and just modest renovations needed.

I'm sure we will be hearing another excuse shortly...

Well, it would be a good reuse of the building. The place is actually relatively safe at night (perhaps surprisingly), and there is plenty of parking. But I thought the reason that they were so hellbent on building the thing in the northtowns was that they were trying to keep the people who live in Amherst and the other northtowns from enrolling at NCCC instead. If that is the case, then there is no reason to expect that the availability of Sheehan is going to change anything.
One thing I could see happening to Sheehan is that some sort of speciality that has a profitable procedure behind it (Orthopedic surgeons come to mind) could establish a speciality hospital with no other inpatient or emergency services. I would hope they never do, but it's always a possibility.

It seems the height of lunacy to waste the taxpayer money to build a medical educational facility in Amherst when there is a medical facility within blocks of ECC downtown campus and adjacent to the Life Sciences Campus.

What are the government and politicians and all those patronage appointments doing? Well, the while thing stinks link Muriel Howard stunk at Buffalo State. Nothing good comes from political patronage appointments. They have no loyalty to the city or to the government or its citizens.