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Buffalo’s future lies not in “silver-bullet” development schemes but in sustainable, community-based development that supports locally owned independent businesses, living wage jobs, and environmental responsibility. Development resources should be concentrated in high-need areas where they will have the greatest impact, not squandered on greenfield sites in areas experiencing development pressure.
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May 26, 2026
Forging Solidarity: The Buffalo Labor History Project
Forging Solidarity is a new and collaborative project dedicated to exploring Buffalo's labor and working-class history. Through exhibits, articles, events, arts, research, multimedia, oral history, music, theatre, and more, this project honors the long, deep history of this …
March 19, 2026
"We know a lot about bad tax breaks in Western New York": PPG speaks on proposed data center at STAMP industrial park
The Genesee County Economic Development Center is considering giving $1.46 billion in tax breaks to a private company to construct a data center. If built, this data center will consume a massive amount of electricity and water. And according to Investigative Post, at $11.7 million in public …
August 22, 2025
Buffalo Business First: A renaissance for whom?
"The economic activity of the last 15 years has done little to ease the region's deep-rooted poverty. By some measures things have gotten worse. A flurry of economic activity has brought some of the shine back to Buffalo after decades in the doldrums. But what does it mean for the average …
May 15, 2025
PPG Releases Buffalo in Transition Papers on Important Policies for a New Mayoral Administration
On May 15, PPG released the first four briefs in our Buffalo in Transition series, highlighting actionable policy solutions to build a more just, sustainable city: Putting Vacant Land to Good Use, Supporting Low Income Homeowners, Fixing Rental Housing Starts with Tenant Protections, …
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2026 Community Agenda Roll OutJanuary 16, 2026, 10-11:30 pm
PPG Partners
Each year, PPG leads a democratic process among its partners to determine the Community Agenda for the coming year. In the fall, PPG asks our 380+ partners to submit policy change proposals. Then, in December, the partners gather to discuss their ideas and vote for their top ten priorities.
12 Ideas for a Better BuffaloNovember 21, 2025, 10:30 am-12 pm
Sam Magavern and a team of University at Buffalo Law Students
Registration Required (see below) What can make Buffalo more equitable and sustainable? How can city government function more effectively and transparently? Sam Magavern, Senior Policy Fellow at PPG, and 12 UB Law students present on these questions:
How Federal Cuts are Impacting Buffalo & WNY: a Community ConversationAugust 28, 2025, 5:30-7:30 pm
Join us for a conversation about how federal cuts are impacting our community's critical programs and services--both right now and in the years ahead. Residents and community groups are welcome to attend.
Stepping Up for Workers' Rights and the Labor Movement in New York StateApril 16, 2025, 12:30-2 pm
Cathy Creighton, Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab
As the Trump administration attacks the labor movement and workers’ rights across the country, New York State is stepping up. The New York State budget being adopted now includes new resources to protect labor rights and the state agencies that guarantee them. What are these state …
