By PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check out our guide.
On the morning of Friday, January 17, 2025, Partnership for the Public Good (PPG) and community advocates—from large social and health and legal service agencies, neighborhood groups, arts organizations, small businesses, and environmental justice organizations—convened to unveil the …
Mark Goshgarian | January 28, 2025 Leaders with the Partnership for the Public Good, a network of community groups and nonprofits advocating for policies and programs in hopes to create a more viable and equitable region, are preparing to appeal a recent state Supreme Court ruling. A judge …
by PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from the major Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check …
The Buffalo Bills Social Justice Committee has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Community Responders Coalition pilot project, as part of the NFL's Inspire Change initiative.
"Agendas for Buffalo’s future don’t always come from City or County Hall, nor should they. Those looking for ideas and solutions for the region’s most pressing needs can also turn to the Partnership for the Public Good, which released its 2025 Community Agenda last week.
Jeff Preval | January 21, 2025 A new report done by the Partnership for the Public Good (PPG), an organization based in Buffalo, shows that water shutoffs in the city of Buffalo disproportionately affect low-income residents. PPG said the city isn’t doing enough to help people pay …
Dorian Griffin | January 19, 2025 This past October Partnership for the Public Good announced the launch of a Community Responders Pilot Program in Buffalo with $100,000 in initial state funding. Community responders are first responders who respond to nonviolent, noncriminal calls without police. …
Nate Benson | January 17, 2025 Community-based think tank Partnership for the Public Good unveiled its 2025 Community Agenda Friday morning during an event at Buffalo State University. The community agenda is a list of 10 policies, voted on by the partners of PPG, that the organization will …
Ben Tsujimoto | January 17, 2025 A community think tank says that in 2025, it hopes to address quality of life concerns in Erie County, better rental housing conditions and ensure major development projects don’t leave out the surrounding community. The Partnership for Public …
I'Jaz Ja'ciel | January 17, 2025 A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that contended the City of Buffalo is failing to enforce a law that mandates inspection of rental units for the presence of lead paint. Partnership for the Public Good and three other community organizations filed the lawsuit …
Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from the major Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check out our guide. As …