Congrats to a very well-prepared group, and their most excellent trainers. I got to know many of these docents during training this year, and can attest that they are a very savvy and dedicated bunch indeed. Buffalo Tours training gives docents who take the process seriously (and they all did), essentially the equivalent of a college course. But docents become well versed not just in Buffalo’s architectural and cultural heritage, and how to interpret it for tour groups, but also - by spending a couple of months learning from some of the leaders of the preservation community - in how to be advocates for its preservation.