Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency

10/17/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

I was proud to be a speaker Day of The Girl Buffalo with Zandra Azariah Cunningham, CEO of Zandra, a natural bath and body product line 'made by a girl for girls everywhere.' #DayofTheGirlBuffalo is a one day expo, presented by Zandra Beauty, and led by Buffalo teen entrepreneur Zandra Cunningham for teen girls. It is considered ''The Ultimate Girl Power Day in the City of Buffalo." Zandra is a wonderful spokesperson and example of the talent of Buffalo youth nationwide.

10/05/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

Lunch at Mattie's Restaurant with Dr. Candace Johnson, CEO of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. A great conversation on increasing employment opportunities for City residents at Roswell.

09/19/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

Last night, my wife Michelle and I attended the 35th annual CURTAIN UP! BUFFALO. The celebration marked the opening of Buffalo's 2016-2017 professional theatre season. We saw Gentleman Prefer Divas at the Smith Theater.

09/15/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

Today the dome of City Hall will be lit red in solidarity of Lymphoma Awareness Day. Together, with other cities across the world, we will ‘Light Red for Lymphoma’ to increase awareness of lymphoma and other blood cancers. To learn more about Light it Red for Lymphoma visit lymphoma.org/lightitred. #LightItRed

The dome will also be lit red to represent the Buffalo Bills home opener and the NFL Thursday Night Football uniform color rush. I would like to wish the Bills the best of luck during the season. #GoBills

09/09/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

I’m happy to welcome StoryCorps back to Buffalo. The goal of StoryCorps is to preserve and share stories in order to build connections between people. To date over 66,000 stories have been recorded. To share your story make an appointment on the following website https://storycorps.org/stops/mobile-stop-buffalo-ny/.

09/07/2016

So adorable!

Happy 6 months Tobias! It seems like just yesterday you were this small and adorable! Look at you now!

09/02/2016

The Buffalo Zoo

Happy birthday Lelie!! And many more!!!!!!!

Happy 6th birthday Lelie!

08/29/2016

The Buffalo Zoo

Labor Day at the Zoo presented by Tops Friendly Markets is Monday, September 5.

Say “goodbye” to summer and “hello” to a fun-filled Labor Day at the Zoo! The event will feature exciting activities, animal feedings and more! Admission is only $2, with coupons available at your local Tops Friendly Markets.

For more information, please call (716) 837-3900

08/25/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

Get It Mayor Brown!!

Join us this Saturday at 10AM in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park and Perkins Park for Summer City Fitness. The complete schedule for the program can be found at www.city-buffalo.com.

08/19/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

This summer, I partnered with BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York to present Summer City Fitness, featuring a variety of free fitness classes on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings in Perkins Park and MLK Jr. Park. There is still time to participate in the many free fitness classes through September 3rd. We hope to see you there!

08/19/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

This year we are investing $1.4 million in improvements at LaSalle Park. This work will include road and bike path upgrades, new picnic shelters and an expansion of the LaSalle Park skateplaza. Since 2006, my administration has invested over $7 million in LaSalle Park.

08/19/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

Today, joined by National AmeriCorps VISTA Director Max Finberg, we announced that 13 AmeriCorps VISTA members will be placed in Buffalo for the next three years. The AmeriCorps VISTAs will work to help improve quality of life and promote additional economic development and job creation for city residents.

08/19/2016

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

We first announced six legacy gifts from The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation through the Community Foundation in November of last year that will provide annual support forever to three areas of interest that were important to Mr. Wilson: cancer care; community assets; and youth sports.
We are proud to announce today that 19 organizations from across #WNY received grants from these endowment funds created to carry on Mr. Wilson's legacy of giving and visionary leadership. Click the press release below to read more about this inaugural grant process and about the organizations and programs who received the awards provided by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr Foundation Funds at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.

08/14/2016

The Buffalo Zoo

Is this seat taken? Say hello to Mr. Big :)

08/12/2016

The Buffalo Zoo

Great idea!

Today is World Elephant Day! Be sure to stop by and see our girls Jothi and Surapa today! We will have some buttons for sale and some information about Elephant Conservation.

Here is a cute video of Jothi going for a little swim! Happy World Elephant Day!

08/11/2016

The Buffalo Zoo

Today is World Lion Day! Be sure to stop by our Big Cats Exhibit and say hello to all of the beautiful lions!

Here are a few pictures and some information...

Pic #1 -Acacia in pool - Lions predominantly do not like water. They do not spend time swimming but will enter the water when necessary to cross a river to catch prey. However, every once in a while we catch a Lion playing in the water (even if its not swimming). Just like in this photo of our older female Acacia playing with a boomer ball the pool.

Pic #2, #3 - Tiberius- Remember when Tiberius first arrived in Buffalo!?!? He was just under 2 years old and was sporting a mohawk. Male Lion's manes usually begin to grow around 1 year of age and become full after ~ 4 years. We expect little Tobias and Roary will have manes resembling their dad in a few years :)

Please check out www.panthera.org/ and letlionslive.org/#pledge for more information on how you can help support lions.

Happy World Lion Day! The Big Cats Exhibit is presented by ROAR Logistics, Inc..

08/09/2016

Yep, that's my Buf!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

08/09/2016

Governor Andrew Cuomo

Governor Andrew Cuomo

Today we announced that GEICO, the second-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the U.S., is expanding its service center operations in Western NY and adding 600 full-time jobs at a new location in Getzville.

08/07/2016

The Buffalo Zoo

Luna is ready for a relaxing Sunday Funday!

08/06/2016

The Buffalo Zoo

Big news! These adorable African lion cubs have been named!

The three lion cubs were born on May 12th to parents Tiberius and Lusaka.

ROAR Logistics, Inc. has named the male cub, Roary.

Our lion keeper staff has named one of the female cubs, Asha.

And, the third cub was named by public vote and her name will be Amirah!

Welcome Roary, Asha and Amirah!

08/06/2016

Awwwww

Join us at 10am today for the public debut of our 3 newest African lion cubs!

We will be announcing the names of all 3 cubs at 11am sharp as well. We hope to see you there!

The Big Cats Exhibit is presented by ROAR Logistics, Inc.

08/05/2016

The Buffalo Zoo

Join us for Ferocious Fridays tomorrow presented by Western New York Immediate Care.

Print this coupon and bring it to the front gates! Come explore the Zoo and see what happens with the animals after hours.

You can explore and stay on Zoo grounds until 8:30 p.m. (gates close at 7:30pm) We hope to see you there!

08/05/2016

Congrats guys!!!

Congratulations to the students that completed the four-week Summer Youth program at ECMC. Fifty of the students that participated in the program came from my Summer Youth Internship Program.

08/04/2016

950 Broadway part of public art project

Very bold colors!!❤️❤️

The Eckhardt Building at Broadway and Fillmore is going to part of a public art project that will see this iconic neighborhood building draped in cloth this month. It’s a great idea and IR…

08/04/2016

Orchids are such elegant flowers!!

Orchids. Happy Tuesday!

08/04/2016

Great idea Tamari!! 😘😘😎😎

Tamari the tiger taking a little dip! :)

08/04/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

I joined Greater Buffalo United Accountable Healthcare Network (GBUAHN) CEO Dr. Raul Vazquez, his wife and CFO Toni Vazquez and members of GBUAHN leadership and staff for the ground breaking of their new $5 Million state-of-the-art medical facility located on Niagara Street. This will provide residents with a one-stop shop for health care and increase GBUAHN's employees from 160 to 260. GBUAHN has one of the most diverse workforces in Buffalo.

08/04/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

I was proud to have the students participating in my Urban Fellows Program join me for Governor Cuomo's announcement that all of New York State's residents will have high speed internet access by 2018. Governor Cuomo's Broadband for All plan will also provide low-income families access to discounted high speed internet, helping eliminate the digital divide in New York State.

08/03/2016

Simply stunning!!! We❤️TheBuff

08/03/2016

Horizon Village offers services that are much needed in the community. 🙌🏽🙌🏽👍🏻👊🏼

I joined New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Arlene Gonzalez-Sanchez, Senators Kennedy and Ortt, parent substance abuse prevention advocate Avi Israel and other families who have been impacted by addiction for the announced that Governor Cuomo has awarded $1 million to Horizon Village. This funding will help Horizon add a much needed 25 treatment beds to help those battling substance abuse.

08/01/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

National Night Out is an annual event that brings the community together with law enforcement agencies to strengthen relationships, build trust and improve community safety. I hope to see many members of our community out tomorrow night at one of the many locations around the city hosting a National Night Out celebration.

07/31/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

Today, I issued a proclamation in honor of Ore Lee Lewis Delgado's 86th birthday. As a long-time community leader and former executive director of the Langston Hughes Institute, she has had a positive impact on many people in the community.

07/31/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

Mayor Byron W. Brown

This Daily News article, featuring Buffalo, details how our architecture, art, local developers and entrepreneurs are helping fuel Buffalo's renaissance.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/once-dicey-buffalo-new-york-cusp-big-article-1.2728754?cid=bitly

07/31/2016

Mayor Byron W. Brown

With artist M. Cousin Kelly, who has done hundreds of buffalo wood carvings that can be found throughout Buffalo and WNY.