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While it is possible to overstate the role of Buffalo in the region, plan reviewers and plan development team members agree that the role has been understated for far too long.

The Queen City Hub: Volume II (The Work Plan)

1. The Vision for Downtown Buffalo

The Queen City Hub envisions Downtown as a place where citizens of the City and the surrounding region choose to live, work, and play. The Queen City Hub sees a strong urban core as a regional center for culture and entertainment, heritage, education, health care and life sciences research, and commerce. It understands that Downtown’s role as the upstate center for government, finance, banking, and legal services makes it part of the backbone of the regional economy. The vision presents Downtown as the diverse neighborhood of neighborhoods for the whole region and it celebrates Buffalo as an historic waterfront city in a bi-national region.

The Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team visiting Buffalo in 2001 believed Downtown can provide unique urban living opportunities not available in the rest of the region.