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Cash Mob at Parkside Candy – March 23, 2024

We’re hopping back on the Cash Mob train just in time for Easter! 🐰🐣🍫🍭

Join your neighbors on Saturday, March 23rd starting at 11AM for a Cash Mob at Parkside Candy Co.. Just show up with a bit of money to spend at this anchor University Heights business.

Cash Mobs are community-based events where people support local businesses by making purchases on a designated time and day.

Good deeds and tasty treats – brought to you by the University Heights Collaborative!

If you know of a University Heights business you’d like to support through a Cash Mob, email us at info@ourheights.org.

Plants for University Height’s Block Clubs

Attention!
Calling all gardeners

The University Heights Collaborative (UHC) is putting together a wholesale order of perennials that will be available FOR FREE to individuals and block clubs.

To qualify, you or your block club must:
  • Be located in University Heights
  • Help maintain a public garden or greenspace (e.g. community garden, medians, corner plantings, block clubs signs, or planters)
Thanks to a very generous donation from the Ronald Young Family Foundation, the UHC wants to help those who have helped make our community home to some of the most beautiful and well cared for public spaces in Buffalo. You will be able to choose from 3 “sun” perennials and/or 3 “shade” perennials depending on your needs.
Sun Plants:
-Echinacea -magnus
-Calamintha- lesser calamint
-Rozanne geranium
Shade:
-Anemone-Robutissima
-Polyigonatum odoratum “Variegatum”- variegated Solomons Seal
-Dryopeteris-Autumn “Brillance” Fern
Please share with neighbors who might benefit!  Note that these plants are public spaces ONLY and are not intended to be planted in private gardens.
Supplies are limited, so get your requests in early! Contact Linda Garwol at lmg1363@aol.com or 716-553-5752 for more information.

UHC Public Meeting for Special Use Permit for J’s Smoke and Vape Shop

A Zoom meeting is being held Monday Oct 3 at 6:30 to hear from Mr. Jack Jacobi the owner of J’s Smoke Shop @ 3214 Main Street.  This business had been open for a short time before it was requested to close down by the City of Buffalo due to not having obtained a Special Use Permit to operate a Tobacco or Smoke shop at this location. This location which is a N-3C Zone in the Buffalo City Green Code was not zoned for the sale of tobacco products.
Agenda
6:30 Call meeting to order
6:35 Opening statements by Councilmember Wyatt
6:40 Business owner Mr. J Jacobi to review business plan
6:50 Public comments
7:30 Meeting adjourned
University Heights Collaborative is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: J Vape Shop Public Meeting  w UHC
Time: Oct 3, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 824 7876 8788
Passcode: 941534

Blessing of the Animal & Trunker Treat

Blessing of the Animals October 8, 2022 1:00PM @ University Presbyterian Church.

Bring your special pet…dog, cat, fish, turtle, or other creature to receive a prayer of blessing. If your pet is not able to join us, bring a picture.

Trunk or Treat on Monday, October 31 st 6:00-8:00 PM

University Presbyterian Church

3330 Main Street

(corner of Main St. & Niagara Falls Blvd.)

Wear your costume and join us!
For children of all ages!
Trunk or Treat with us!

Rail Trail Cleanup and Mural Repair

Join the University Heights Collaborative and artist Andrea Pawarski for a community paint day and cleanup along the North Buffalo Rail Trail. We will be hosting a general cleanup of the North Buffalo Rail Trail and Minnesota Linear Park as well as repairing the ‘Unity Through Community’ mural using a paint by numbers approach, so this is a great activity for kids and families!

All tools, training, and light, refreshments will be provided.

People can register to attend via the QR code on the flyer or via this link:  https://forms.gle/s6it9tpDuT9uAC8z8

McCarthy Park Renovation Project Community Meeting (via Zoom)

McCarthy Park Renovation Project Community Meeting (Via Zoom)

On Behalf of the City of Buffalo Division of Parks and Recreation, SWBR invites you to a Community Meeting to provide you an update on the McCarthy Park Renovation Project.

On August 29, 7:15 pm, a brief presentation will be given by the project team. This presentation will focus on a re-introduction of the project scope of work.

Monday, August 29
7:15pm

A Zoom link will be emailed to you following registration. 

LaSalle Station ETOD Community Meeting #1 Summary

Thank you to all that had the chance to join the LaSalle Station community session last week, the turnout was great with a standing room only crowd. We may need to see if we can get a bigger space in the future if we see even more people attend.  As part of the meeting we had the opportunity to engage with members of the City’s Office of Strategic Planning team to give community feedback on Transportation, Housing and Amenities associated with the potential project.  It was great to see the community voices some of the same ideas we came up with in our cohort. I was also able to use my new knowledge in ETOD to help explain a few concepts to community members.

Representatives of most of the development firms were in attendance as well. I saw that many of them were taking pictures of the captured community response and I had the opportunity to talk with a few of them.  They all seemed very excited to have the opportunity to directly engage with community members to get a better understanding of what we want to see in this development project.

The city plans to have 3 more community sessions on 9/14, 9/22, and 9/28 as well as 3 pop-up events in the community on 8/11, 8/18 and 8/25.  I spoke with the lead  City Planner on this project and she said the pop-up will be them hanging out at the LaSalle station for a day interviewing users, another one walking up and down Main Street in that area.
Attaching the flier with info for future meetings.