Buffalo LISC is thrilled to receive a grant for $25,000 from the Western New York Foundation to be used towards our Building Sustainable Communities Initiative this upcoming year.

Our work in the next year will be targeted to communities on the Upper and Lower West Sides and in the Kensington-Bailey neighborhood, through the Buffalo Promise Neighborhood program.

The Western New York Foundation supports sustainable organizations that improve the quality of life in Western New York.

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Earlier this month, People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) broke ground on its latest housing development project , Massachusetts Avenue Sustainable Homes (MASH).  The project involves the development of five high quality affordable rental apartments within PUSH’s Green Development Zone (GDZ) on the West Side of Buffalo.

The project will preserve and transform two long vacant historic homes and build a new home on a large vacant lot.

The project aligns with Buffalo LISC’s Building Sustainable Communities Initiative and will not only create sustainable, affordable housing, but neighborhood employment as well.

Pictured: MIke Clarke, Buffalo LISC Executive Director, discusses Buffalo LISC's ongoing support of PUSH Buffalo at the MASH Groundbreaking.  Directly Above: Members of PUSH Buffalo along with State Senator Tim Kennedy, Council Member David Rivera, and Assistant Corporation Council Peter J. Savage III break ground on PUSH's MASH Project. Images courtesy of PUSH Buffalo.

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Heart of the City Neighborhoods is a local non-profit that is dedicated to supporting housing and neighborhood development on Buffalo’s Lower West Side.

Since being founded in 1998, HOCN’s rehabilitation efforts represent over $2 million of development invested in the Lower West Side neighborhood. Between 1998 and 2013, HOCN coordinated 61 units of minor home repair, renovated 19 vacant units and one 6-unit rental property, and constructed 8 rental units.

Working together with residents and neighborhood organizations, local leaders, financial institutions and real estate professionals, HOCN works to stabilize and create integrated, mixed income neighborhoods where individuals and families of all incomes will have a better quality of life and take pride in their property, their street, and their community.

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Buffalo LISC partner, The Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) has been named as recipients of the 2013 Junior League/Buffalo News Decorators’ Show House Funds.  The award, totaling $300,000 will be used towards MAP’s new Community Food Training & Resource Center.

The Community Food Training & Resource Center will provide food and agriculture-based education, resources and volunteer opportunities to Buffalo residents, schools, community gardeners and organizations.

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