Community Extravaganza
Don't miss the Community Extravaganza Sunday, July 20 from 2PM to 6PM. This event is sponsored by Heart of the City Neighborhoods Inc. Heart of the City is a not-for-profit Community Development Corporation.
The Community Extravaganza is being held in celebration of Heart of the City's 10th anniversary and their rehabilitation of Plymouth Avenue and the Kleinhans neighborhood. "Heart of the City works to stabilize Buffalo's core communities bounded by Michigan Avenue to the east, Lake Erie to the south, the Niagara River to the west, and Porter Avenue to the north, through redevelopment, neighborhood stabilization, and affordable housing development," Fred Schrock of Heart of the City said.
In celebration of the group's efforts David Rivera and other celebrity grillers will be serving up hot dogs, hamburgers, and vegetarian fare. A Buffalo zoomobile will be available for children to pet zoo animals and Haley the Clown will be in attendance for balloon animals and facepaiting. "There will also be live music with several artists playing thoughout the afternoon and alternating ever half hour. Kenny Maggs a DJ who often appears at Nietzsche's and Ann Philippone, a classically trained pianist and vocalist are just two of the artists you can expect to see at this extravaganza," Schrock said.
Additionally, the highlight of the event will be a tour of Richard Waite architecture. The one hour tour will begin at Kleinhans on Symphony Circle and stop at Waite's home, White Brothers Livery Stable, and three other homes designed by Waite in the Lower West Side.
Buffalonians should attend this extravaganza because, according to Schrock, "It's the perfect summertime family event, the entire city is invited, and it's completely free." The event will be located on the block of Plymouth Avenue between Hudson and Pennsylvania Street.
The schedule is as follows:
2:00-4:00 PM - Guests can explore a Buffalo Fire Department truck
2:30-4:30 PM - Haley the Clown
3:30-4:30 PM - Richard Waite tour begins
5:00-6:00 PM - Zoomobile
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RaChaCha
Looks like an awesome event, Fred! I became a fan of HOCN's work in 2006 after hearing about them - and touring one of their rehabbed houses - during a Kleinhans Neighborhood event.
Celebrating HOCN's work is especially timely in light of this week's Buffalo News series about vacant housing. HOCN has worked to preserve the West Side's rich architectural fabric by rehabbing homes and partnering on neighborhood revitalization. We need more of that in our urban areas all over upstate!
Anyone who's missed the series in the News can check it out here: http://www.buffalonews.com/433/index.html
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TomServo0
Thanks, Alan! Yes, it would be great if the News did a part IV on neighborhood revitalization projects. Heart of the City is a very small organization but it currently has three more housing projects in the pipeline. If you haven't seen the area before, July 20th will be the perfect time!
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RaChaCha
Tom, good to hear from you, and glad to hear we're on the same page about the News coverage. Especially in light of your 10th anniversary event, IMHO you should seriously attempt to get the News to follow up with coverage of HOCN and other organizations that are tackling the housing stock/neighborhood revitalization equation by rehabbing houses and getting people into them. I think that was a part of the picture given relatively short shrift in the News' recent series - except to leave the impression that only My Fair City is doing that - and if they're serious about taking a comprehensive look at the issue they should be willing to take a closer look at what you and other groups are doing along those lines in Buffalo.
Of course, if their idea behind the series was mainly to serve as buildup to support their subsequent editorial in favor of the land bank...then they may have moved on to other issues at this point...
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