Buffalo Rising Online

It is no secret that Buffalo has seen better days. Sometimes it seems like if we could just catch a break, we might be given the opportunity to force through whatever it is that is keeping us back. The B-Team, a group who believes that the city is turning a corner, is a loose network of individuals united under the single most powerful force Buffalo has at its disposal—resilient people. They are not looking to be given anything, they are looking to take back Buffalo by the horns and engage civilians in civic activity.

Matt Carlucci and Joe Malczewski, two of the group’s founders took time between jobs, football practice—both play on a semi-competitive flag football team—new families, volunteer projects and events to tell us a little about what the B-Team stands for.

Carlucci offers this analogy: “It’s the fourth quarter and we’re down by 6. The starting quarterback goes down with a terrible cramp. Who steps in? The backup quarterback, the captain of “the B-team”. …