TOO SOON?
One person in custody after armed standoff in Wheatfield
October 31, 2016 By Leave a Comment
[From BuffaloNews.com]
A person was taken into custody following an armed standoff with police in Wheatfield less than an hour after law enforcement issued a “shelter in place” warning.
State Police and the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office were facing off with an armed person who was barricaded inside a building on Niagara Falls Boulevard near Ward Road…
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://buffalonews.com/2016/10/31/shelter-place-order-issued-police-incident-wheatfield/
Image of the Day – October 30, 2016
October 29, 2016 By Leave a Comment
A little rain can’t stop the unstoppable – Tommy 42 – Bills 24.
Tailgating will be fun, but the drive home after the game won’t be.
[Press Release] Guestview on 2017 Community Development Budget
October 28, 2016 By Leave a Comment
[PRESS RELEASE]
It’s Your Action Plan
By Seth Piccirillo
The Niagara Falls Community Development Department (CD) is excited to start gathering public comments for our 2017 Action Plan. Through participatory budgeting, we will decide how to best use United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds, together.
We are doubling our neighborhood meetings to eight, adding new meeting locations, offering different times to accommodate your schedules, modernizing our competitive application and improving our online survey to get the maximum numbers of local ideas and opinions. Over the next five months, Niagara Falls residents will have 12 opportunities to attend a meeting or comment on the draft action plan prior to Niagara Falls City Council and HUD approval. We are taking the time to get this right.
Why is public participation so important to us? Because you are the experts on the needs of your neighborhoods. This is literally your action plan. We want to continue working with the community to support projects and services that add worth to your streets, families and housing values. This community-based approach, especially in recent years, is working.
Since 2011, CD and Niagara Falls Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (NHS) have executed 156 first time home buyer closing cost grants. CD, NHS, Center City Development Corp and Highland Community Revitalization Committee have completed 136 housing renovations, and CD has demolished 101 blighted structures. In the same time period, we improved public spaces like Gill Creek Park, the Hyde Park Playground, Center Court Park and the NF Skate Park. Improvements at 70th Street Park, Jerauld Park and the Hyde Park baseball diamonds are also in the works. Orleans/Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) are relocating heath science career training programs in Niagara Falls, and youth programs like the Francis Center and Niagara Arts and Cultural Center are being supported. CD’s involvement in all of these projects and programs, and many more, started with conversations at one of our public meetings. Our process, through HUD’s investment, is a real opportunity for Niagara Falls residents to participate, give suggestions and to see tangible results.
The CD Action Plan has a very real impact on what it means to live, work, and play in the City of Niagara Falls. We hope that you will take part in building a vision for our city that we can all be proud of.
Applications/ Citizen Surveys available at the Department of Community Development, 1022 Main Street (Carnegie Building), Tuesday through Thursday, 8-4 pm, or on-line at www.nf-cd.org beginning 10/31/16.
Neighborhood Planning Meetings
Tues., Nov. 1st, 6: 00 p.m.: LaSalle Public Library, 8728 Buffalo Ave.
Wed., Nov. 2nd, 6:00 p.m.: City Hall Council Chambers, 745 Main St.
Thurs., Nov. 3rd, 6:00 p.m: Maple Ave. School, Rm #5, 952 Maple Ave,
Wed., Nov. 9th, 12:00 p.m.: NACC, Niagara Room, 1201 Pine Ave.
Wed., Nov. 9th, 6:00 p.m.: Doris Jones Family Resource Bldg., 3001 – 9th St.
Thurs., Nov. 10th, 12:00 p.m.: John Duke Center, 1201 Hyde Park Blvd.
Tues., Nov. 15th, 9:00 a.m.: Neighborhood Housing Services, 479 – 16th St.
Wed., Nov. 16th, 1:00 p.m.: LaSalle Senior Facility, 9501 Colvin Blvd., Building B
Fri., Dec. 16th, 12:00 p.m. Application Submission Deadline
Wed., Jan. 25th: Draft Plan and Budget Available for Review
Thurs., Feb. 2nd: Presentation of Draft 2017 Annual Plan and Budget
Public Hearing City Hall, 745 Main Street, Council
Chambers, 6:00 p.m. (Thursday)
Feb. 2 – Mar 6th: 30-day Public Comment Period
Seth Piccirillo is Director of Niagara Falls Community Development and a resident of Niagara Falls, New York.
Image of the Day – October 28, 2016
October 27, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Power City Eatery – 444 Third Street - Now with patio!
Community Missions to Hold Antiques & Fine Arts Auction – Annual event benefits Crisis Services
October 27, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Community Missions, Inc. will hold an Antiques and Fine Arts Auction at the Presbyterian Church in Youngstown on November 13, 2016. There will be a 12:15 pm viewing of auction items as well as a sampling of hors d’oeuvres including a roast turkey. The auction will begin at 1:00 pm.
In addition to the auction, there will be a flea market with designer purses at $5 (Coach, Gucci, Liz Clairbourne, etc.), a jewelry table, and several tables of flea market items.
Over 150 items are up for auction, including oriental rugs, antique furniture, paintings, jewelry, porcelain, crystal, sports items, toys, art glass, clocks, and antique hats, items also up for bid include African masks, quilts, tea sets, U.S. Army uniforms, and Beatles and Elvis memorabilia.
Event chairs include Carol Rogers, Michael Ryan, Ginger McNally, Mary Maj, Lynda Ram, Mark Lynch and Tom Korn. Proceeds from the event will directly benefit the Missions’ Crisis Services Programs, which include the community soup kitchen, food pantry, clothing closet, and Marks Place, a home for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Morinello endorsed by the Business Council of New York State, Inc.
October 27, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Angelo Morinello, candidate for the 145th Assembly District, has received yet another endorsement from a state business group, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. This is the fourth business advocacy endorsement Judge Morinello has received after Unshackle Upstate, the National Federation of Independent Business and the Associated Builders and Contractors of New York State, which have all granted him their endorsements.
“I’d like to thank the Business Council for putting its trust in me,” said Morinello. “Businesses, especially small family-owned businesses, are the backbone of New York State’s economy. They are the job creators for our communities, not the government. Unfortunately, the wayward politicians in Albany have forgotten that and insist on taxing businesses of this state out of existence.”
“Angelo Morinello recognizes the challenges facing our state and is prepared to face those challenges with legislative solutions that will improve the lives of all New Yorkers,” said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. “We look forward to working with Judge Morinello next year as we push a pro-business, pro-growth agenda and get New York back to business.”
“We must get New Yorkers back to work, and the only way to do that is to create an environment where business can flourish. New York can no longer linger at the bottom of the list when it comes to business friendliness,” said Morinello.