Brush Up Buffalo's West Side
This June, hundreds of volunteers from across the city will grab their paintbrushes and head to the West Side. Brush Up Buffalo announced yesterday that their annual day of painting on Saturday, June 16 will transform 10 low-income homes in the neighborhood of Plymouth Avenue and Hudson Street.
“This is the first time in Brush Up Buffalo’s 11-year history that we’re coming to the West Side,” said Roseann Scibilia, president of Brush Up Buffalo. “The neighborhood we’re painting is a true gem – it’s a mixed income street with some houses in good shape and others needing some love. Our goal is to see entire streets transformed.”
The organization has teamed up with Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc. as part of the ongoing Plymouth Avenue Reclamation Project, which recently rehabbed and reclaimed two houses on the street. This year will be different than the past, said Brush Up Vice President Tracey Drury, because they’re tackling a neighborhood with larger, more intricate homes.
Organizers are calling for more than 700 volunteers to sign up for the day-long event, during which they plan to include extra gardening and clean-up, in addition to the exterior painting, to truly make an impact on the neighborhood. Volunteers and groups of all sizes are encouraged to sign up (you can do so here), and sponsors are needed to help defray the costs. Find out more by emailing or calling the organizers at 250-3353.
“It takes a little bit of everyone to pull this event off,” Drury said. “The satisfaction this work provides and the results it displays are immediate and really do make a difference in these neighborhoods.”
Since the event began in 1996, Brush Up Buffalo has painted more than 200 homes in 10 neighborhoods throughout the city. In just five hours last year, more than 600 volunteers painted 18 homes in the Lovejoy District.
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sbrof
I have volunteered for this group in the past and had a great time doing it. The people are fun, the work is relaxing and you really can see the impact from one day's worth of work on the streets. I look forward to doing it again this year!
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skeptical1
I did Brush up Buffalo the past 5 years and had an absolute blast every time! I still drive through the neighborhoods and say "that was our house", it really makes a difference! Thanks Brush up Buffalo, you are making a positive difference for Buffalo!
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