The Central Terminal hosts its First Annual New York State Wine & Cidre Festival on Saturday, June 23,2007 from 1to 6pm.  Great architecture encompasses the finest New York State wines and cidres, some of Buffalo’s most exciting restaurants, local farmer’s products and a variety of entertainments with plenty of free and secure parking.  Over 30 wineries and cideries providing 100 available samples will be available on the Central Terminal’s concourse, an event not affected by the weather.  Presale tickets are $20; day of event admission is $25, available at participating restaurants: Ulrich’s, Steel Drum, Samples, and Bistro Europa.  These restaurants will be on site selling food ranging from Central Europe to the Caribbean, from unique to familiar.  Local farmers will have for sale their own maple syrup, jellies & jams, cheese, baked goods and herbs & flowers.  Proceeds will be used to continue the restoration of the national Historic Landmark Buffalo Central Terminal.

From my friend Jon:

My company is hiring a Buffalo-based sales position. Myriad Genetic Laboratories (MYGN). It is an outside sales position that covers Buffalo to Jamestown to Olean to Niagara Falls. Great pay + bonus + benefits. This is a growing company that specializes in biotech and genetics.

Email me your resume at jkeller@gmail.com

Plus a couple new postings at Rich Products:

Executive Assistant

Senior Internal Auditor

Thanks once again to Paul Wolf for providing us with this information!

May 15, 2007   Did You Know?  By Paul Wolf, Esq.

* Nanodynamics a Buffalo technology company started in 2002 has grown to 107 employees and is seeking to build a new plant with funds raised by way of an initial stock offering. Nanodynamics has 19 patents and 35 patent applications. The company is focusing its research efforts on clean technology solutions for today’s global challenges, such as the development of electricity producing fuel cells and ceramic water filtering technology.

* Netex Services a bulk mail service company has expanded from a 4,500 Square foot site on Kenmore Avenue to 20,000 square feet of space in North Tonawanda. The company also has a 1,000 square foot location in downtown Buffalo. Last year the company handled 8 million letters and packages, this year they are expecting to handle 25 million. With mail rates increasing and becoming more complicated the growing company is planning to double its existing 15 person staff in the next six months.

* Two apartment buildings in Buffalo, the Bennett Apartments located on Benwood near Main Street and the Edge Park Apartments on Amherst Street near Delaware were sold for a combined $3.2 million. The two apartment buildings have a total of 82 units A West Seneca apartment complex located on Indian Church Road with 104 units was sold for $4.75 million.

* Daeman College is building a new $10 million academic facility for academic research and community programs in Amherst. The 45,000 square foot building will be the first free-standing “green” building on a Western New York college campus.

So, it looks like the Sabres’ season is just about over.  Short of a miracle comeback, tomorrow will be the last game of the season.  It’s hard to believe that a season that started out so hopeful will end short of the final goal.  A friend of mine always talks about pride, image and how the Sabres’ mean more to the city than just another sports franchise.  And he’s right.  The Sabres team this year has represented the hope of the city and what could be.  And that’s what makes it so hard.

So, after the last game is played, what will we do?  I hope that we’ll do what Buffalo has always done.  I hope that we’ll get up and continue to work harder toward that goal.  I hope that we’ll keep our flags on our cars, houses and still wear the t-shirts and hats (and jerseys) we bought as a show of support.  Buffalo is all about getting up tomorrow and fighting…so let’s fight…

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Our thanks to Paul Wolf, Esq., who provides us with these updates.

• Buffalo based Appraisal.com Inc., (located at 620 Main Street), a national provider of real estate appraisal software is growing. The company has a staff of 60, most of whom work for the Buffalo office, with plans to add an additional 40 new employees over the next year.
• According to the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, WNY supports 650 high-tech companies that employ 5,400 workers, and employment in this sector has grown 5.8% annually.
• The Upstate Niagara Cooperative consisting of 420 local dairy farmers is seeing the benefits of their new $32.5 million plant which opened last year in West Seneca.  Upstate’s sales grew by 9% last year to $500 million.  Employment at the plant grew by 10 workers to 142.  The plant processes about 110 million pounds of raw milk each year.  Yogurt has become the plant’s fastest growing product, distributed to customers in nearly every state.
• The University at Buffalo, North Campus, is experimenting with hydrogen powered cars.  Two Toyota Prius’s modified to run purely on hydrogen, are being driven by campus staff.  The vehicles are fueled at new hydrogen fueling stations located on the campus.
• The UB computer science department started in 1967 is one of the oldest computer departments in the country.  Among its notable graduates is Robin Li, who earned a master’s degree in computer science in 1994 and went on to found Baidu.com, the most popular Chinese-language Internet search engine in China.  Faculty have made key contributions as well such as Sargur Srihari, director of UB’s Center of Excellence in Document Analysis and Recognition, who has developed hand writing recognition software that is being used by the U.S. Postal Service to sort millions of pieces of mail.

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Revitalize Buffalo has paired up with Buffalo 2032, Buffalo Jaycees and New Millennium Group for a presentation by UB’s President Simpson and Professor Shibley on the growth and future of UB.

Wednesday, May 2nd, 6:30 PM (program begins at 7), Karpeles Museum (Elmwood & North)

Don’t miss your chance at having input in UB’s future!

Our thanks to Paul Wolf with the City for providing us this news!

• M&T Bank has made it to the prestigious Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations based on revenues.  With $4.3 billion in revenues, M&T ranks number 496.  The Buffalo Niagara region has not had a company on the Fortune 500 list since 1994.
• Astronics Corp., an East Aurora-based aircraft lighting and electronic systems maker won orders in the amount of $17 million from five different airlines to supply systems that allow passengers to run their laptop computers and others electronic devices by plugging them into seat outlets.  The biggest order was worth $9 million from an Asian airline.
• Logistics Dynamics, an Amherst-based company that manages shipments for product manufacturers and distributors, increased sales 132% in the first quarter of 2007.  Sales in 2006 were between $6-8 million and are expected to grow in 2007 to $12-15 million.  The company anticipates adding 30 positions to its current workforce of 25 in the next few years.
• An information technology firm has opened for business at 715 Main Street, at the corner of Main & Tupper.  IT Solutions has leased 7,000 sq. feet of space in a building that has been vacant since 2005.  IT Solutions provides web hosting, web design, hosting, web design, network monitoring and security and offsite data backup. The firm has three employees in there twenties who are part of a new generation of Buffalo businesses. Owner Steven Murphy can be contacted by e-mail at steve@buffaloits.com steve@buffaloits.com> or by phone at 852-0523.

Thanks Paul!

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Tonight, join the Buffalo Old Home Week gang at McGarretts (Elmwood & Bidwell) for cocktails, 5 PM. It’s a great way to meet new friends and catch up with old friends.

And make sure to stop at one of the restaurants pre or post happy hour, participating in the Dining Out For Life in Buffalo. All of the restaurants give between 25-50% of their profits and the money goes right to the two local AIDS organizations in town. It’s usually busy, so make reservations!

See you out tonight!

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CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH JOINS GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN-UP,

PARTNERS WITH RE-TREE WNY FOR EAST SIDE PLANTING

Buffalo, New York – Corpus Christi Church will host a major spring clean-up on Saturday, April 28 from 9:00A.M. – Noon. In addition to the usual “sprucing-up,” this year the church is also partnering with Re-Tree WNY to plant a total of 100 trees on Sears, Clark and Playter Streets.

Volunteers are asked to meet in front of the monastery, located at 199 Clark Street, and to come prepared with their own rakes, brooms, shovels, work gloves and other tools. The clean-up and planting will be held rain or shine – please dress appropriately. Lunch will be served at noon for those who participate.

Corpus Christi’s event is part of its ongoing initiative to raise public awareness of this spectacular house of worship; to welcome both former parishioners and new visitors to its doors; and to help beautify the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood. The clean-up is held in conjunction with the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation, the Broadway Market and others in Buffalo’s Historic Polonia District. All are invited to join in this annual clean-up campaign.

About Corpus Christi Church – Corpus Christi Church is located at the intersection of Clark and Kent Streets, better known as “Superman Corner” in a reference to the super hero’s alter ego. It is a fitting description for the amazing transformation that has taken place in the parish since 2004, when the Pauline Priests and Brothers purchased the parish complex in a miraculous “eleventh hour” accord that saved the church from closing. Since then, the parish has experienced a remarkable rebirth that can be seen in attendance for cherished religious traditions such as the blessing of Easter baskets on Holy Saturday, May Crowning and the outdoor procession that marks Corpus Christi Sunday. Parishioners and supporters from the larger Western New York community have made extensive improvements to the exterior grounds of the church buildings. Volunteers have also completed interior improvements to the ancillary church structures. All of these projects have helped to stabilize and advance the immediate vicinity.

About the Great American Cleanup – The Great American Cleanup is the largest annual community improvement program in the U.S. This year’s Cleanup, which runs through May 31,

is expected to involve as many as 2.5 million people, volunteering more than 8 million hours to clean, beautify and improve 15,000 communities during 30,000 events in all 50 states. Activities will include beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter and removing scrap tires, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs.

Started in 1999, this popular program is sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, Inc., a national nonprofit community improvement and educational organization with a network of more than 540 local, statewide and international affiliate programs. Through partnerships and strategic alliances with citizens, businesses and government, Keep America Beautiful’s programs educate individuals about litter prevention and ways to reduce, reuse, recycle and properly manage waste materials. These programs motivate millions of volunteers annually to clean up, beautify and improve their neighborhoods, thereby creating healthier, safer and more livable community environments.

About Re-Tree WNY – Re-Tree WNY was established in November, 2006 by a group of Western New York residents who saw first-hand the devastation done to our community’s beautiful living resource — our trees — and decided to take action to re-forest every public area that was destroyed by last October’s devastating snowstorm . Their five-year plan has as its goal to replace the approximately 30,000 trees in Western New York that were damaged or destroyed last fall.

April 16, 2007

CONTACT:

Michael Gainer

Executive Director, Buffalo ReUse

Cell :  716-949-0900

Email:  info@BuffaloReUse.org

Web:  www.BuffaloReUse.org                                                                         

Don’t DUMP!  Donate!   Buffalo ReUse advocates recycling.

City bulk trash pickups send tons of reusable materials to the landfill.

The City of Buffalo bulk trash pickups are now in full swing and Buffalo ReUse would like to advocate that residents donate building materials that otherwise would be dumped in area landfills.   This past Sunday, April 15^th, Buffalo ReUse volunteers were busy with salvage efforts, saving materials from homes scheduled for demolition, and picking up materials from residents eager to recycle and cash in on a tax deduction.   Peter Grine, a Buffalo ReUse and Allentown Association Board member picked up a salvaged door on his way to volunteer on Sunday morning stating, “People are throwing a lot of good materials away.   I don’t think they understand that these doors have value.”

Andy Goldstein, Erie County Recycling Coordinator to the City of Buffalo, “We still have a lot of education to do when it comes to recycling in Erie County, we need to encourage people that recycling supports the community by reducing disposal costs and the environment by giving materials a longer life.   Supporting building materials reuse also significantly reduces our dependence on fossil fuels and consequently protects against the threat of global warming.”  

Residents who would like to donate building materials, appliances, or furniture, have several options.   Buffalo ReUse and the Habitat for Humanity ReStore both provide the service of picking up materials from homeowners and both can offer tax deductions for the donation of reusable materials.   Contact Michael Gainer, Buffalo ReUse, at 716-885-4131 or Tim Stalker, Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 852-6607, to donate materials. 

Buffalo ReUse is a non profit organization committed to developing the practice of deconstruction to divert reusable materials from the landfill, create job opportunities, and create momentum in the community for positive change.   Buffalo ReUse recently received a grant for $187,000 from Empire State Development to develop the practice of deconstruction in Buffalo and will begin their first deconstruction project the weekend of April 28 ^th.  Board Member Andy Murphy commented, “we’ve been working so hard over the past year to communicate our ideas, write grants, and network in the community, it’s exciting to get validation from the state for our effort.”  

For the past three weekends, Buffalo ReUse volunteers have been salvaging materials from homes that will be soon demolished as part of a collaboration with Hannah Demolition.   Before long, Buffalo ReUse will be offering these materials for sale to the community.  Ultimately, they will have a full-time retail operation in the City of Buffalo.  

–
Michael Gainer
716-949-0900

Buffalo ReUse seeks private homeowners who have demonstration houses for deconstruction. The ideal candidate house would be the following:

* Privately owned
* 1½ stories
* No basement

If you can help, call 716–949–0900 or email us at info@buffaloreuse.org