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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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October 2, 2026
PPG is Hiring a Paid Intern for Summer 2027: Applications Due Nov 15
Partnership for the Public Good (PPG) is a community-based think tank that builds a more just, sustainable, and culturally vibrant Buffalo Niagara through action-oriented research, policy development, and resident engagement. We are offering a paid, full-time summer internship program. Interns will …
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 …
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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 …
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14 Ideas for a Better BuffaloNovember 20, 2026, 10:30 am-12 pm
Sam Magavern and a team of University at Buffalo Law Students
Each year Sam Magavern, Senior Policy Fellow at PPG, teaches a Lawyers as Change Agents class at the University at Buffalo Law School. The students will be presenting their work on a wide array of policy initiatives to help make Buffalo-Niagara more equitable and sustainable.
14 Ideas for a Better BuffaloNovember 20, 2026, 10:30 am-12 pm
Sam Magavern and a team of University at Buffalo Law Students
Each year Sam Magavern, Senior Policy Fellow at PPG, teaches a Lawyers as Change Agents class at the University at Buffalo Law School. The students will be presenting their work on a wide array of policy initiatives to help make Buffalo-Niagara more equitable and sustainable.
Buffalo and the Origins of the 1981 Solidarity Day MarchSeptember 23, 2026, 6-8 pm
Sponsored by Forging Solidarity: Buffalo Labor History Project
It’s been 45 years since the largest labor protest ever in U.S. history — the Solidarity Day rally of September 19, 1981. Come learn about the hidden history of how it began in Buffalo.
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.
