Love Your Mom and Pop Marketplace at Tri-main Center

Submitted by Tammy Beckman, Getthebuzz716 by Tammy Beckman

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 1:24pm

Love Your Mom and Pop Marketplace at Tri-main Center

Buffalo First!'s is hosting its annual Love Your Mom and Pop campaign vendor marketplace on Saturday, May 18th, 10am-4pm at Tri-Main Center. The Tri-main Building is a landmark Buffalo mixed-use building, home to over 70 locally owned businesses and organizations

The event will feature local food and drink, an artisan and entrepreneur vendor market with 20 vendors perfect for Father’s Day shopping, presentation of our social media contest winners, live local music, local food and drink, kids crafts, and an opportunity for our members and business owners to network and build relationships. The event is free and open to the public.

Vendors:

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New Flavors and Cuisines at Sun Restaurant

Submitted by Don Burtless, Buffalo Eats

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 10:04am

New Flavors and Cuisines at Sun Restaurant

Arriving around 4pm on a Friday, we were able to sit wherever we liked. But when we left the restaurant around 5pm, the parking lot was packed and the dining room was quickly filling up.

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Kennedy, Ryan Welcome Homeowner to Renovated 19th Street Home; Announce Housing Grant for West Side

Submitted by Senator Tim Kennedy, New York State Senator, 58th District

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 9:44am

Kennedy, Ryan Welcome Homeowner to Renovated 19th Street Home; Announce Housing Grant for West Side

Lawmakers announce $175,000 in state funds from NYS Affordable Housing Corporation to help rehab five more homes for ownership opportunities in 19th Street neighborhood.

New homeowner Gary Damon Jr. accepts the keys to his 19th Street home, which Homefront Inc. recently rehabilitated, in a ceremonial key presentation.

Kennedy: Homeownership has always been at the heart of the American Dream, and this state funding will help local families live the American Dream right here on Buffalo’s West Side.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Senator Tim Kennedy and Assemblyman Sean Ryan today announced a major state grant award to substantially rehabilitate several vacant houses on Buffalo’s West Side. The New York State Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) will invest $175,000 to renovate five vacant homes in the 19th Street neighborhood – which will, in turn, open up five new affordable opportunities for local families to purchase their own homes.

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2013 Canalside Concert Schedule

Submitted by WGRZ Web Staff

Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 4:18pm

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The schedule for this summer's Thursday at Canalside concert series was announced Wednesday. The series will run June 6 through August 29.

June 6 - The Hold Steady
June 13 - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
June 20 - Steven Page
June 27 - Teddy Riley and Blackstreet featuring Dave Hollister
July 11 - G. Love & Special Sauce; The Joy Formidable
July 18 - Los Lonely Boys
July 25 - The Fixx
August 1 - Yonder Mountain String Band; Railroad Earth
August 8 - Halestorm
August 15 - Todd Rundgren
August 22 - Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse
August 29 - Lotus

The concerts are free.

Here is the Buffalo Place Rocks Canalside Series schedule. Some concerts are free, some are not. Click here for ticket information.

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Homeless Alliance Releases 2012 Annual Report

Submitted by Homeless Allian... on Thursday, May 16th, 2:40 pm

The Homeless Alliance of WNY is releasing their 2012 Annual Report on the State of Homelessness in Erie County. In 2012 (October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012) there were 5,681 people who experienced homelessness in Erie County an increase of about 600 people. There was a 15.5% increase in families experiencing homelessness an estimated total of 2,017, 76% whom are single mothers. 27% of the homeless population is under the age of 18.

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Catholic Charities 2013 Appeal Reaches $10.2 Million; $500,000 Remaining to Reach Goal by June 30

Submitted by Catholic Charities, Communications & PR Specialist

Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 2:20pm

With just about six weeks remaining before the close of the 2013 Appeal in support of Catholic Charities of Buffalo, the annual campaign has raised $10,231,128.55 in cash and pledges, or 95.6 percent of its $10.7 million goal. The most comprehensive human services organization in Western New York now asks the community to help raise the remaining funds – less than $500,000 – needed to meet the final goal by June 30.

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Buffalo State Selected to Host NYS Master Teacher Program

Submitted by Jerod Dahlgren on Thursday, May 16th, 9:59 am

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that Buffalo State has been selected as a regional host campus for New York State’s new Master Teacher Program, which will reward the state’s highest performing teachers, ensure that the best and brightest stay in education, and encourage the state’s best teachers to share their expertise with peers.

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