Tag: June BRM
thursday june 26th 2008
Acts of Intentional Kindness: Hananiah Lutheran
If you've lived in Buffalo for very long, you've probably met our friend Reverend Kenyatta Cobb, Sr. through a news bite on a local television news broadcast. Our first memory of Rev. Cobb was through a television interview where he stood beside a family whose son had just been shot during a spree of gang violence. This is a man who has often stood in that place, fighting for life in the midst of violence and death. Although he has been there far too often, death has not beaten down the spirit of this man. To be with Rev. Cobb is to be with a visionary filled with hope and passion. In fact, his aura is contagious.
Rev. Cobb’s is currently pastor of Hananiah Lutheran Church, 900 Genesee. The building they own is one of so many Buffalo buildings that have stood dormant for decades. In this case, it was even worse because the building was used for illegal drug manufacturing. You would not recognize it today, as it is coming back to life.
But Rev. Cobb’s true passion is not to…
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wednesday june 18th 2008
Real Estate Presence
MJ Peterson Real Estate has been around since 1930, but their presence in the City of Buffalo has grown tremendously in the last two years. "We're firing on all cylinders," Realtor Joe Suppa said. We opened this office because we saw what was happening in the city, and we wanted to be part of it—on the ground floor." The New Buffalo City office has is already out preformed some of the other suburban branches, with sales in the first qutarter of this year topping $12 million.
Sales Associate Kelly Barbus added, "We all live and work in the city." Barbus herself went from living in the Elmwood Village area to Parkside, and says that there was a period of adjustment. "Parkside is almost like a suburb within the city, and suburbanites want in. Go to any open house, and they're mostly people from the suburbs."
Susie Lenahan, a top listing and selling broker for the last 11 yea…
wednesday june 11th 2008
Juneteenth Freedom Fest
The Juneteenth Festival is not unique to Buffalo, any more than it is to African Americans. The fifth largest Juneteenth celebration nationwide, Buffalo's chapter celebrates emancipation of African Americans and others from slavery, but more importantly it signifies freedom for all people, as set forth in the of the Declaration of Independence that is celebrated every Fourth of July.
Juneteenth, however, celebrates June 19, 1865, the day Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army rode into Galveston, Texas in final execution of the Emancipation Proclamation. It is the oldest known observance of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Marcus Brown President of the Board of Directors of Juneteenth, Inc., says, "It took a whole rainbow of people to make freedom happen, and Juneteenth is an opportunity to celebrate that together as a community."
Brown points out that ma…
sunday june 8th 2008
Living it up at Forest Lawn
Buffalo is laden with a vast array of cultural and natural wonders. Western New York parks, art galleries, trees, wildlife sanctuaries, architectural sites, colorful personalities, water features and pastoral places of peace and quiet are found throughout the region. All of these favorites exist in one place called Forest Lawn. And it's the perfect place to celebrate a life.
Forest Lawn Cemetery is 269 acres of art, nature, history and beauty located in the very heart and soul of the City of Buffalo. With its winding roads, undulating topography and variety of magnificent monuments, one could spend weeks playing a game of "eye spy" that includes the art and architecture, while drinking in the breathtaking beauty of the grounds. Forest Lawn Cemetery has become an enduring chronicle of local history and a cultural landmark to local accomplishment. It is truly worthy of its de…
