WestSide Business and TaxPayers Association

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The West Side Business and Taxpayers Association Also Recognized as WSBTA was established in 1903. We are a Nonprofit, community based, volunteer operated organization that's members consist of community members, Business owners and others interested in the growth and development of the West Side Community and City of Buffalo. WSBTA is the oldest continuously operating organization in Buffalo, NY.

Thanks to the The Buffalo News for the coverage of Peace, Love & Grant Street!
12/12/2017

Thanks to the The Buffalo News for the coverage of Peace, Love & Grant Street!

Smiles at Peace, Love and Grant Street

Thanks so much to Buffalo Rising for the write-up about this Thursday's event!
12/05/2017

Thanks so much to Buffalo Rising for the write-up about this Thursday's event!

Each holiday season, Grant Street invites people to come explore the commercial neighborhood during the holiday season. It’s all part of the reawakening that the street, as well as the ongoin…

Everyone loved the Galbani cooking show with chef Marco!!
07/17/2017

Everyone loved the Galbani cooking show with chef Marco!!

Everyone enjoyed themselves at the Italian Festival hope you did!!!
07/17/2017

Everyone enjoyed themselves at the Italian Festival hope you did!!!

I hope everyone had the chance to get out to the Italian Festival at the Outer Harbor!! It was a great success!!!
07/17/2017

I hope everyone had the chance to get out to the Italian Festival at the Outer Harbor!! It was a great success!!!

07/14/2017

The festival is in a new place this year and offers so much promise!! Come check it out! There are many old favorites as well as a lot of new comers that will will surely be a favorite!!!

One of Buffalo’s greatest summertime traditions, The Galbani® Italian Heritage Festival will be held on Saturday, July 18 & Sunday, July 19, 2019. It will be located on Niagara Square & run along Delaware Avenue to Huron Street in downtown Buffalo!

Anyone interested or able please call. This opportunity is great for the kids in this neighborhood and have been alive f...
05/23/2017

Anyone interested or able please call. This opportunity is great for the kids in this neighborhood and have been alive for years!!!

04/25/2017

WSBTA Annual Scholarship, awarding three $1,000 scholarships, is taking applications now!

All applications must meet the below criteria and attach the following:

-Students must be a current high school student and have an average of a (B) or better.
-Field of study must be a business related field, e.g. Business Administration, Human Resources, etc.
-A copy of high school transcripts.
-A letter of college acceptance
-A completed essay (500 words minimum) on why you have chosen your career or field of study.
-Documentation showing residency on the west side of Buffalo and/or documentation showing significant community service for residents of the Buffalo’s west side.

Please mail applications to:
Barbara Rowe, WSBTA Board Secretary
9 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14213

or email:
[email protected]

Join us for a great night!!
04/04/2017

Join us for a great night!!

"The Richardson Center Corporation (RCC) has announced that Hotel Henry and 100 Acres will open April 30, and the Archit...
02/18/2017

"The Richardson Center Corporation (RCC) has announced that Hotel Henry and 100 Acres will open April 30, and the Architecture Center will open later in 2017."

Construction of a vast segment of the Richardson-Olmsted Complex is complete, which means that finishing touches to the interiors will commence. Three buildings have been converted into hotel, rest…

02/17/2017

"Best Chef nominations are extended to chefs with at least five years experience who have set new or consistent standards of excellence in their respective regions."

Buffalo can stick another feather in its culinary cap. Ellen and Steven Gedra, the wife and husband team behind The Black Sheep, have been put forth as semifinalists for a coveted James Beard Award…

Niagara Street continues to come alive!
12/06/2016

Niagara Street continues to come alive!

It’s not often that a restaurant transitions to a new space at the top of its game. But that’s what happened at Martin Cooks, when owner Martin Danilowicz pulled the plug on the operati…

Another successful peace love and grant st!!
12/02/2016

Another successful peace love and grant st!!

11/10/2016
11/09/2016

(Rich Sampson submitted a piece published by Buffalo Rising in 2012 on prospects for commuter or regional rail routes in Western New York. It provides useful background on how new rail transit opti…

11/08/2016

When the Elmwood Bidwell Market winds down, the Horsefeathers Winter Market gets going. On Saturdays, November 5th through the first week in May, the Winter Market at 346 Connecticut Street will be…

11/07/2016

If there’s an organization that has undeniably changed the landscape of Buffalo for the better, it’s Grassroots Gardens (GG). GG has transformed derelict urban lots all over the West Si…

We would like to thank our board member Judy Porto for all her work and dedication to our organization.  Congratulations...
11/06/2016

We would like to thank our board member Judy Porto for all her work and dedication to our organization. Congratulations on your 2016 workhorse award!!!

Check out the new business on Niagara Street!
10/23/2016

Check out the new business on Niagara Street!

Niagara Street continues to impress. A new sports bar has opened up called Sports City Pizza Pub. Mike Rizzo and his son, Michael Rizzo II, formerly owned a pizza joint in Kenmore, but when they st…

08/17/2016

8/17 at 6:30 214 Grant St in the Buffalo state academic center we will be having our monthly meeting. Please join us from 6:30 to 7:30 for our general body meeting/social hour. Refreshments will be served.

This week starts the Italian Fest. Come check it out.  Discover your Italian heritage!! 🇮🇹
07/11/2016

This week starts the Italian Fest. Come check it out. Discover your Italian heritage!! 🇮🇹

The latest crazy is Pokemon Go!! The Gypsy Parlor at 375 Grant street is not only a member of the WSBTA but the parlor i...
07/11/2016

The latest crazy is Pokemon Go!! The Gypsy Parlor at 375 Grant street is not only a member of the WSBTA but the parlor is also a poke' gym!! Many other businesses on the west side are poke' stops and gyms come down and check it out!!!!

More big development happening on the West Side!!
06/29/2016

More big development happening on the West Side!!

Regan Development Corporation purchased the former Buffalo Milk Company Dairy building at 885 Niagara Street today to begin its plan of converting it to affordable housing. Regan’s Niagara Gateway…

06/29/2016

The Basic and Enhanced STAR benefits save most New York homeowners hundreds of dollars. If you’re eligible, you’ll receive a check for the amount of your STAR savings.

A community clean up  is scheduledfor Saturday May 7. The details and sign up  are in this link. Check it out!
04/28/2016

A community clean up is scheduledfor Saturday May 7. The details and sign up are in this link. Check it out!

Interested in spending a few hours outdoors this spring, engaging with the community, and helping to beautify and improve Buffalo’s West Side neighborhoods? Come join Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc. on Saturday, May 7th, 2016, 9am-12pm, in our Spring Community Clean-Up on Buffalo’s West Side f…

This event is a great opportunity to meet you neighbors and discover what NHS can do to help!!
04/28/2016

This event is a great opportunity to meet you neighbors and discover what NHS can do to help!!

We are sponsoring this amazing event.  Check it out!!
04/28/2016

We are sponsoring this amazing event. Check it out!!

WSBTA would like to welcome Sunday to the Westside!  A great addition to our growing Grant st business district!  Welcom...
04/02/2016

WSBTA would like to welcome Sunday to the Westside! A great addition to our growing Grant st business district! Welcome aboard!! 😉

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It's time we put the public back in infrastructure! 💪🛠️🚧

Small-scale, neighborhood level improvements, like new garbage cans, can have a huge impact on quality of life.

Thanks to the hard work of Preservation Buffalo Niagara and WestSide Business and TaxPayers Association and a borrowed hammer drill and masonry bits, Grant Street has never looked better. 🚮✨

By sharing more, we can continue to build neighborhoods that work for everyone.

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