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i hear it is power plant that has only one waste product: hummus.

Apple store is my guess...there's a big one at the Galleria, but a botique would fit in nicely next to Spot!

I called the EVA offices and from the sounds of it- this is a really big deal. I tried to get them to spill the beans but even as the first executive director, I could not get them to tell me.

It feel like Christmas Eve and you want to know what's inside that really big box under the tree.

Anxiously waiting,

Tom Cooney

is the EV seceding from buffalo? i guess it was just a matter of time. . .

Just so you know...I now know what the secret is and it is AWESOME and no, no one had to tell me. I just dug deep and found out. Maybe I should become and P.I.

This is really great news for Elmwood!!!! Brilliant, excellent, super, cool, wonderful, and yes...Awesome!

By the way...where the heck is Sally? I can't wait to see what she has to say about this!!!

What's H&M?

It can't be a national retailer because City Hall is uber-excited about national retailers and would be in on it. Elmwood Village Association would not be this excited about a national retailer because they know such entities are a proven money suck out of a local economy. The idea is to develop national retailers and become their HQ, not to be a location!

There was a possibility of an exciting development at Stuyvesant Plaza a few years ago. With the unfortunate, but predictable failure of Latina Foods, one can only hope that it is now a reality, in which case EV would have reason to celebrate so.

From some internet sleuthing, and verbal clues from Justin's comments, I was able to find out as well.

Congratulations to the current and past boards & directors of Forever Elmwood/Elmwood Village Association. This is great news!

can someone explain the tangible benefit(s) of this award/designation? I was incredibly excited about the BIG NEWS and frankly I'm less-than overwhelmed if this is it. I know it's a good place to live, that's why I live there!

can someone explain the tangible benefit(s) of this award/designation? I was incredibly excited about the BIG NEWS and frankly I'm less-than overwhelmed if this is it. I know it's a good place to live, that's why I live there!

can someone explain the tangible benefit(s) of this award/designation? I was incredibly excited about the BIG NEWS and frankly I'm less-than overwhelmed if this is it. I know it's a good place to live, that's why I live there!

I think you might have smoething there MikeJW. It would be a great honor to get all hot and bothered about but then again its just having your name on a list. Its great to get the recognition but next week when Forbes or whoever else makes lists decides to make one all the sudden it might not be there anymore. These lists are never consistent and so far I havent seen a huge upside to being listed on them other than feeling good. When big companies start relocating workers by the boatload to Buffalo because of a positive ranking then I'll view this as a huge thing.

Ya so what if the EV was choosen by a national organization of American Planners and recognized for it's excellence-

COME ON PEOPLE WAKE UP!!! This is AWESOME NEWS!!! I knew that once this was posted many of you would be nay sayers. Let's discard this great news because hey...it's not the Gap.

Those of you who say "big deal" shame on you. This is a tremendous honor and I, for one, am thrilled. I want to thank everyone who gets off their ass to help make this one of the greatest neighborhoods in the USA!!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

With the East Side think you need to first kick some people in the ass in the neighborhoods, second try to create an environment where companies and entrepreneurs would feel comfortable risking investment dollars and life. This would include updating beat up infrastructure and again kicking some ass if these investments are defaced by gangland graffiti. The East Side needs some community pride, not more of the same bullshit excuse for urban culture thats going on there now. Theres no urban culture in a community with abandoned homes, burned out buildings, drug dealers, hustlers, bars on the windows.

Well, it's not the hard development news you'd like to have, and acclaim has but a limited number of calories to serve the starved civic psyche. Yet, this is is good news indeed, and should validate everyone who has sought to say that Buffalo should be focusing on the quality of its urban environments.

EV is the only place that has succeeded thus far (with a possible wink to Hertel) and it has done so on the back of civic dedication, not municipal support. That is telling.

If we get to the point where most of neighborhood commercial districts are able to be acknowledged thus, we can devalue the honor, but until then, congratulations to the Elmwood Village and all those who support it through thick and thin. More than that, we should acknowledge what's working in EV and insist that the same approach be duplicated across our great city.

Thank you, EV.

Ummm... jerkface...

If you are an urban planner, as Justin is, this IS a huge deal. This is their national association. This is the equivalent of national recognition for Justin, Bob Franke and Tom Cooney.

How many other naysayers writing today have won national awards from their trade organizations with a side benefit of heralding the region? Let them enjoy it.

I want to ask those that have posted negative comments to enlighten the rest of us as to your contributions you have personally made to the betterment of the Elmwood Village. Are you a volunteer? Do you own a business? Do you pick up litter? Do you tend to one of the community gardens? Do you assist at the Farmers Market? Do you help to retain small businesses? Do you market the area?

Please tell those of us that think this is great news just what you have contributed to make the Elmwood Village one of the 10 great American neighborhoods. Ya, that's what I thought.