At Bailey Green, an oasis emerges in neighborhood around Harmac Medical Products
March | 2016By Mark Sommer Buffalo News, March 12, 2016 Pleas Starks Jr. walks a block and half to his job every workday, passing vacant lots and a boarded-up building amid the homes still standing in his East Side neighborhood. When Starks arrives at Harmac Medical Products, he works in a safe, clean factory on a […]
At Bailey Green, an oasis emerges in neighborhood around Harmac Medical Products
Annual Holiday Outreach Program
January | 2016Each year the BRF Directors and their families get together for the holidays to help those in need. This year we assembled at St. Luke’s for our Annual Holiday Outreach Program.
8th Annual Veteran’s Scholarship Luncheon
November | 2015The Eighth Annual Veteran’s Scholarship Luncheon was considered an overwhelming success on Friday. A record attendance of over 120 people were educated on what will be an historical November 2016 when the commissioning of the new USS Little Rock will take place in Buffalo at Canalside. Guests were treated to a presentation by the ships […]
Spirit of Buffalo Art Sculpture
November | 2015On Tuesday afternoon Oct. 27th, the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation’s third Spirit of Buffalo art sculpture was dedicated at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site on Delaware Avenue. October 27th also marked President Roosevelt’s 157th birthday. The life-size monument of the 26th President represents “The Spirit of Leadership” as the third of a five-part series. The statue […]
Summer 2015 Newsletter
October | 2015DEAR FRIENDS, BENEFACTORS, SUPPORTERS AND FELLOW DIRECTORS, Since 1981, the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation and its directors have been driven by a passion to move our community forward. 2015 is already underway as evidenced by the sold-out Spring Luncheon at the historic Kleinhan’s Music Hall, where we recognized Kim and Terry Pegula as our Renaissance […]
Buffalo Renaissance Foundation to dedicate third “Spirit of Buffalo” Art Sculpture at TR Inaugural Site
October | 2015BUFFALO, NY, October 23, 2015 — On Tuesday Oct. 27, in conjunction with the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation, the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation (BRF) will dedicate its third sculptural art piece, a life-size rendition of Theodore Roosevelt at the Inaugural Site on Delaware Avenue at 5 p.m. The statue measuring seven-and-one half feet […]
Kaleida White coat Society Induction
June | 2015Kaleida White coat Society Induction The “White Coat Society” Class of 2015 was inducted during the annual Donor Society Reception at the Gates Vascular Institute on May 14. The White Coat Society was established in 2007 to recognize and honor those who generously provide philanthropic support to advance the work of The Foundations […]
Apartments at The Hub | A Historic Adaptive Reuse Project
October | 2014A video on the Apartments @ the HUB which features the BRF Spirit of Transportation Sculpture and thanks the BRF in the video’s credits. Situated in the southeast corner of Downtown, the Apartments @ the Hub are uniquely positioned at the nexus of three major catalysts driving job growth and new development […]