Join us Wednesday, January 10 from noon to 1 pm to hear about Lumagination, an interactive exhibit with light displays, creative designs and interactive features, which opens in late January.
Guest Speaker: David Swarts, President & CEO
Location: Library Ring of Knowledge
Join us Wednesday, December 6 from noon to 1 pm to learn about new initiatives at the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, including plans for Buffalo’s first Reading Park.
Guest Speaker: Mary Jean Jakubowski, Library Director
Location: Library Ring of Knowledge
We are looking for our next round of candidates! The deadline for submissions is Monday, October 23 at 4pm. Click the link below for additional details.
Monday November 6th at noon, the Working For Downtown Waterfront Committee will be at the Buffalo Bricks Site. Each Fall we meet at the Site to wrap the granite benches in order to protect them during the winter. The wrapping is usually completed within the lunch hour. Any members who are interested in Buffalo Bricks and the Waterfront Committee are invited to come this day, view the Site, and meet the group.
The bricks site is located at the end of Canalside near the BFLO kayak rental kiosk off of South Park Ave, across from the KeyBank Arena. Look for the rose colored granite sign designating the beginning of the Buffalo Bricks location.
Join us Wednesday, November 1st for a panel discussion with some of our Queen City Pop Up graduates! Hear their success stories and learn details on the upcoming edition of Queen City Pop Up.
Join us on October 4th, 2017 at noon at the Downtown Central Library’s “Ring of Knowledge” for a Buffalo Talks on the Buffalo History Museum.
Melissa Brown will discuss the many major new initiatives underway at the museum, including the ICONS exhibit opening in November and the portico rehabilitation project.
WFD would like to thank everyone that came to our Walks this summer. We held the final one last week on September 13th on a beautiful, warm evening down at Canalside. Now join us in the fall at our Buffalo Talks starting Oct. 4th, noon, at the Central Downtown Library.
Join us Thursday, September 28th at Lucky Day Whisky Bar for Working For Downtown’s premier social event. Formerly known as Thursday’s in the City, we’re putting together some of Buffalo’s most interesting venues with Buffalo’s most interesting people and companies.
The event will run from 5 – 8PM and is sponsored by Lumsden & McCormick, LLP and hosted by Working for Downtown.
Lucky Day Whisky Bar
320 Pearl Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
Can’t wait to see you there!
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library was recently awarded a “Heart of the Community” grant by Southwest Airlines and Project for Public Spaces to develop an outdoor Reading Park (outdoor space for free activities) on an unused grass/sidewalk area next to the Downtown Central Library. Please help us plan the Reading Park by completing this brief survey.Thank you!
Join us on Wednesday, September 13th for a walk at CanalSide. A representative from Erie County Harbor Development will give us a tour of the site and the history of the space and the projects in progress. We will meet at the BFLO Harbor Kayak rental kiosk (1 Naval Park Cove). Registration at 5:15 PM and the tour will begin at 5:30.
For reservations by email, please contact Debbie DiMatteo at ddimatteo@mtb.com