[CPEO-BIF] Ship Canal Commons, Buffalo waterfront, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New waterfront park praised

By Emma Sapong
Buffalo News (NY)
November 1, 2011

Ship Canal Commons, a $9.2 million waterfront park, is the new  
centerpiece of the Buffalo Lake Side Commerce park.

The new park, along Union Ship Canal, officially opened Monday. The  
22-acre, public green space boasts restored native trees, aquatic  
wildlife, bike paths, hiking trails, fishing spots and a pedestrian  
bridge that spans Union Ship Canal. A multi-use trail connects  
visitors to the outer harbor, Tifft Nature Preserve and the Seaway  
Trail.

Officials from Buffalo, Erie County, Buffalo Urban Development Corp.  
and the state Department of Environmental Conservation gathered for a  
ribbon-cutting at the site, off Route 5, at the city's border with  
Lackawanna. The project, which was supervised by the Buffalo Urban  
Development Corp., received $6 million from the DEC, $1.3 million in  
county matching funds, along with other federal and state grants.
 ...


For the entire article, see
http://www.buffalonews.com/business/article615410.ece

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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