Land Bank to Invest $5 Million in East Side of Buffalo Neighborhood
Construction Underway of 12 New Affordable Single-Family Homes on Formerly Vacant Lots
WHO: Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation (BENLIC), Evans Bank, and City of Buffalo Partners
WHAT: Groundbreaking on New $5 Million Housing Project
WHERE: Location: 590 Adams, Buffalo, NY, 14212 (nearby Genesee Street & Adams Street)
WHEN: MONDAY August 19th 11am
Press: Open
Attendees:
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
Buffalo Common Council Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope
Erie County Majority Leader April Baskin
NYS Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Executive Director Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning Brendan Mehaffy
· Erie County Planning Commissioner Daniel Castle
· Evans Bank President & CEO David Nasca
BENLIC Executive Director Jocelyn Gordon
General Contractor (Buccilli Custom Homes and Buccilli Renovations of Hamburg)
MMB Realty (Minority Women Owned Enterprise)
Belmont Housing Resources
About Land Bank
The mission of BENLIC is to confront and alleviate the problems distressed properties cause to communities by supporting municipal and regional revitalization efforts and strategically acquiring, improving, assembling, and selling distressed, vacant, abandoned, and/or tax-delinquent properties. You can find us online at www.benlic.org or via Twitter @BENLIC_.