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• Commented on 182 nonprofits participate in first annual area give-a-thon
  The problem is a lot of people confuse Buffalo being the third poorest city with the region. Buffalo's poverty rate is almost 3 times the national average (29.9%). Not sure which year or data source you are getting the median...
• Commented on America's Oldest Cities
  You are so right about the smaller cottage or house as a more manageable project than the large house. From personal experience of rehabbing a carriage house, if the main house had not burned, the project would not have been...
• Commented on Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood Selected for EPA Assistance for Sustainable Growth Through the 'Building Blocks' Program
  Recently Buffalo-Niagara was awarded a HUD sustainability grant which came through a joint effort of HUD-DOT-EPA. In the RFP for the grant, grantees were suppose to look at "equitable land use planning" which HUD further clarified by giving a definition...
• Commented on A petition for municipal sidewalk snowplowing in Buffalo
  Not sure about city doing sidewalks. But a better system needs to be in place. Fortunately, my neighbor has a snow blower and does the neighborly thing. and, we pay for the gas he uses. And, if he is unavailable,...
• Commented on Broadway Market's Second Saturday Lecture Series
  Your comment is great. It will take some additional planning, but is doable. The shuttle will be difficult to implement for a volunteer group, but is something to investigate....
• Commented on The Buffalo Belt Line
  This is really worth a feasible study. This should have been looked into when the light rail was first proposed. It could serve as a generator for development in the city's more distressed neighborhoods both on Eastside and Westside. Maybe...
• Commented on A Tale of 2 Cities and Their Markets: Part 2
  Your comparisons of markets don't make sense to me. Eastern Market is both a retail and wholesale market. It is part of a market district in which the city of Detroit invested a ton of resources over the past year...
• Commented on Over 100 Raised Beds... and growing!
  amanda and tom definitely deserve kudos. But this was idea that was bouncing around and recommended to Tom. Tom took the steps to actually implement it. Amanda deserves incredible kudos for making sure it was not a one time project....
• Commented on Beautiful Historic Home Looking for Caring New Owner
  These are all great experience in rehabbing older houses. In my case, not having the skills, I had to go the licensed contractor route. But even so, I was fully aware of the importance of phasing in and focusing first...
• Commented on Beautiful Historic Home Looking for Caring New Owner
  Most likely, if the house given its size and the high probability of it being totally stripped, the cost of rehab would be over $200,000 if done by a licensed contractor. It would be lower if you have the funding...
• Commented on Beautiful Historic Home Looking for Caring New Owner
  MikeN you point to a real need and reality of rehabbing/or restoring properties in buffalo's more distressed neighborhood. I was able to rehab an 1882 carriage house which managed to get saved one-half hour before the demo wrecking ball. The...
• Commented on Construction Watch: Aldi @ 998 Broadway
  Based upon the American Community survey, 40 percent of the households do not have cars, which means 60 percent do have cars. 40 percent of the HHs live in poverty and 60 percent do not. The other issue is Aldis...
• Commented on Honey Wine @ Chateau Buffalo Ciderhouse & Winery
  So glad Chateau Buffalo makes a presence in Broadway Market, six months out of the year. It is great that they chose to relocate to Fillmore for their expansion. Look forward to going to Niagara Food Terminal to visit them....
• Commented on Kung Food!
  They are a great welcome to University Heights. Their menu does not duplicate Mings. Both have special unique specialities. and, because both of them are family owned, they offer you really great freshly prepared food. With Shangos not offering a...
• Commented on Road Trip: Safeway in the Pearl
  DeannerPPX, Moving from Portland to Buffalo, you really made some good points. Not disagreeing with the other commentators, but Portland and Buffalo have been are two evolutionary paths. There are definitely similarities and dissimilarities. There are lessons that can be...
• Commented on Road Trip: Safeway in the Pearl
  To your comment about Portland including suburban areas, you are right. There was pressure in the 1980s for all of the unincorporated areas in East Multnomah County to be either annexed by the City of Portland or Gresham. Which means...
• Commented on Food Access in WNY Roundtable Discussion
  Maybe framing the article in terms of food access actually misses point. The obesity epidemic is far more complicated. It is more than food access. Issues of convenience to availability of healthy food choices, disinvestment in neighborhoods leading to less...
• Commented on Addicted to Demolition, the Making of an Urban Prairie
  are you assuming that just because I live in one of the so-called distressed East Side neighborhoods that I do not know the difference between just old and historic structure??? Too bad you cannot recognize that there are knowledgeable well-informed...
• Commented on Addicted to Demolition, the Making of an Urban Prairie
  Thank you for pointing out the flaws of the current demolition approach. The historic structure of the city has very much been a victim of demolition by neglect. And, thank you for not making over generalizations as much of the...
• Commented on BMHA Chooses National Architect for Choice Neighborhood Design
  Went to the WRT website and reviewed the other HOPE VI projects they have worked on -- look very much like the current Jefferson Avenue projects even if you did not design them. This area already has been dramatically impacted...
• Commented on BMHA Chooses National Architect for Choice Neighborhood Design
  There is not enough information presented to assess the positives or negatives of the proposed Choice neighborhood plan. The City of Buffalo previously was one of the designated Homeownership Zones (HOZO), pretty much in the same geographic boundaries. The plans...
• Commented on Simple Solutions for Better Transit
  You raise several good points. But you also need to look at the diverse population using public transit. I will walk an extra two blocks to the light rail system. And, would appreciate fewer stops during peak travel time. And,...
• Commented on Fillmore Avenue Streetscape Project Planned
  The direction from the Park will be north to East Utica street....
• Commented on Fillmore Avenue Streetscape Project Planned
  The direction will be north from the Park to East Utica street....
• Commented on The day... the music... died.
  I am not really familiar with the Acropolis situation, and have no opinion one way or the other about its music other than there are existing laws on the book in regards to noise pollution, if they are violating them...
• Commented on Lead Is Still a Threat
  Thanks for the informative article. Blackrocklifer made an added good comment about the household vacuum, the recommendation is use a HEPA vacuum cleaner. Another useful practices relates to childhood dietary practices, foods high in iron such as spinach, raisins help...
• Commented on Advocates Halt the Demolition of City-Owned Properties
  Thanks for the informative article and the hard work that went into salvaging the older housing stock. As many of the commenters have pointed out, the lack of strategic plan for demo/and salvaging older homes contributes to a lot of...
• Commented on Buffalo Green Code: Strategies for Vitality
  I live in the area that you propose to totally demolish. My house is a historic carriage house built in 1888. And, I have poured a lot of finances to restore it. And, I am not poorly educated. Am I...
• Commented on Picture-Perfect Portland?
  Must agree with geobuffalo can't always make comparisons unless go beyond the numbers. The State of Oregon encouraged incorporation of rural sections of urbanized areas in the 1990s. And as a graduate student loved the extra work that came from...
• Commented on Aldi Eyes Kmart/Sattler's Site for New Store
  The proposal that was floating around originally is different than what has been reported in Business First. The proposal was to build in the front parcel over the old Statler footprint on a separate parcel from the K-Mart building. But...