UHC General Meeting Agenda August 11, 7 pm

The UHC will have a Zoom meeting Tuesday August 11 at 7 pm   All are invited.  The UHC, Board of Block Clubs, and Citizen’s Services all have Zoom accounts

  1. The UHC will allow block clubs to hold a zoom meeting if requested
  2.   Many of our block clubs are not registered with the board of block clubs. We need to re register every 3 years
  3. Each block club that registers will get a free membership to the tool library
  4.   The Board of Block Clubs has weekly meetings at noon with different guest speakers like Mayor Brown, Oswaldo Mestre from Citizen’s Services  etc. The Board of Block Clubs would like to know who are the leaders of the block clubs in the city and to give training to these leaders.

This is the link for the service days for the tool library/UHC

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_2LAQA15qHn0kuxYb70lXuClFRVun5NqmI-Ke4A04S8/edit?usp=sharing  This is the address for the tool library work days for the summer.

 

SUMMER OF SERVICE 2020
Event/Project Date(s) Tasks To Be Accomplished (TBD) Volunteers Needed Meeting Location Work Location Time Main Contact Partner Organizations
Tyler Street Community Garden Work Day 07/18/2020 Spreading woodchips, weeding shared garden beds, laying down weed barrier, and general maintenance 10 Tyler Street Community Garden
73 Tyler Street Buffalo, NY 14215
Tyler Street Community Garden
73 Tyler Street Buffalo, NY 14215
10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
William Gaiter Parkway Tree Watering 07/26/2020 Weeding around trees, attaching watering bags, and filling bags from hydrants 20 William Gaiter Parkway William Gaiter Parkway between Kensington Avenue and Warwick Avenue 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
King Urban LIfe Center Community Garden Work Day 08/01/2020 Maintenance at the King Urban Life Center Community Garden Work Day 10-20 Corner of Guilford and Genesee Streets Corner of Guilford and Genesee Streets Noon – 4PM Zeneta Everhart
716.381.0680
Senator Kennedy’s Office
ReTree Stewardship Workshops 08/02/2020 Pruning and removal of dead trees planted during ReTree the District 10 The Tool Library
5 West Northrup Place Buffalo, NY 14215
Winspear Avenue, Lisbon Avenue. Minnesota Avenue, LaSalle Avenue 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Linear Park & Rail Trail Cleanup 08/08/2020 Cleanup along Linear Park and North Buffalo Rail Trail 20 The Tool Library
5 West Northrup Place Buffalo, NY 14215
Linear Park & North Buffalo Rail Trail 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Bailey-Dartmouth Community Garden Work Day 08/15/2020 Weeding, mulching, planting flowers, painting, building raised beds, etc… 10 Bailey-Dartmouth Community Garden
3259 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215
Bailey-Dartmouth Community Garden
3259 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215
10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Main Street Cleanup & Mulchmania 08/22/2020 Cleanup of Main Street, weeding and mulching tree pits, painting light poles 20 The Tool Library
5 West Northrup Place Buffalo, NY 14215
Main Street between LaSalle and Kenmore 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Bailey Avenue Cleanup & Mulchmania 08/29/2020 Cleanup of Bailey Avenue, weeding and mulching tree pits, painting light poles 20 TBD Baliey Avenue between Winspear and Kensington 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
OPEN 9/12/20
OPEN 9/19/20
OPEN 9/26/20
Roosevelt Park Cleanup 10/03/2020 Cleanup and beautification projects at Roosevelt Park 10 Roosevelt Park (End of Roosevelt & Martha Avenue) Roosevelt Park (End of Roosevelt & Martha Avenue) 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Winspear Triangle Park Work Day 10/17/2020 Cleanup and bulb planting at Tyler Winspear & Tyler Flower Triangle Parks 10 The Tool Library
5 West Northrup Place Buffalo, NY 14215
Winspear Triangle Parks 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Westminster Triangle Park Workday 10/24/2020 Cleanup and bulb planting at Westminster Triangle Parks 10 TBD Westminster Triangle Parks 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
ReTree Fall Planting 11/7/20 Planting 60 trees along William Gaiter Parkway 25 TBD William Gaiter Parkway between Pembroke Avenue and East Delavan Avenue 9AM – 1PM Darren Cotton
716.857.0096