Summary
ReBuffalo.com will provide an online space where people who care about the future of Buffalo, NY can share ideas, establish partnerships, formulate goals, and take action to solve urban problems.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
For many years Buffalo, NY has been facing some major challenges. These challenges include the following:
1. According to the most recent census Buffalo is the 3rd poorest city in the Unites States
2. Buffalo has one of the largest housing vacancy rates in the country
3. Western New York is divided into countless municipalities, creating barriers between the city and suburbs
4. There is a huge disconnect between government and citizens
How will this project solve this problem?
ReBuffalo will bring people and ideas together in a forum that will facilitate new alliances and projects. This meeting place for ideas and individuals will provide the critical mass needed to tackle longstanding urban problems.
Potential Long Term Impact
ReBuffalo will facilitate the creation of new ideas, partnerships, and projects. The inevitable long term effects of this will be a stronger and more prosperous community.
Project Message
The motto of the site is "Rebuff Cynicism, Rebuff the Status Quo, Rebuff Politics as Usual."
- Nathan P. Wallace, Project Leader
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $325
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $325
.
The original project funding goal was $10,000.
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