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Announcing the Second Buffalo Waterfront Conference

Archive of announcement: Conference took place May 17, 2003

Come and find out the latest news about your waterfront and provide your input!

Mayor Anthony M. Masiello will outline the citizens' vision for the Buffalo waterfront at the second annual Buffalo Waterfront Conference, Saturday May 17th at The Pier on Fuhrmann Boulevard from 8:30am to 3:30pm.

The Mayor will be joined by Rep. Jack Quinn, County Executive Joel A. Giambra, and New York State Assembly member Brian Higgins to update the public on waterfront development and to hear citizen comments on priorities for the future.

David Karem, Executive Director of the Louisville, KY Waterfront Development Corporation will be guest speaker. Karem, also the dean of the Kentucky State Senate, will talk about two decades of work that have resulted in a magnificent new riverfront park in Louisville.

Mayor Masiello's presentation of the citizens' vision for the Buffalo waterfront will draw deeply on decades of citizen activism and public action to make our river and lakefronts more accessible, safer, more wholesome, and more economically productive.

The conference will give participants an opportunity to review, critique, and prioritize both the goals of Buffalo's waterfront program and specific projects and proposals now being developed.

Participants will also hear an update on nine ongoing waterfront development projects from Congressman Jack Quinn:

Erie Canal Harbor project
Buffalo Intermodal Transportation Center (Amtrak + Metro Rail)
Urban Entertainment Project
Waterfront Parking Ramp
Southtowns Connector project
Union Ship Canal urban office park (brownfield redevelopment)
Greenway Trail
Outer Harbor Greenbelt project
Times Beach wildlife sanctuary project

The conference will feature displays - photographs, drawings, maps and information - on dozens of projects planned or currently in development from South Buffalo to Riverside and everywhere in between.