It was a cold January evening but a warm gathering and Happy Hour at CBW for our first meeting of the year. We recapped 2019 and introduced projects for 2020.

Thanks to all who participated and connected! We were happy to meet architects who are working on WEDI’s project on Niagara Street, future home of the popular West Side Bazaar. We also had updates on the Niagara Street construction project, and input about a park we envision at 1318 Niagara Street. More on that to come. We introduced events for 2020 including this year’s Jane’s Walk.

March 4 @ 4:00 pm will be our next get-together. We’ll be at a smaller venue so give a shout out if you’d like to join us!

info@VisionNiagara.org

1318 Niagara St., at the foot of Lafayette Avenue, was once a gigantic building used for malting, an aspect of beer production. The lot has been a contaminated DEC site for over a decade. Cleanup began in November and is nearly finishing up. So what next for this site, that offers a view shed of Black Rock Canal?

Vision Niagara advocated that the site be preserved as a green space. On November 26th, zoning was changed to D-OG (Green), thanks to the work of Councilmember David Rivera and staff!

We’d love to hear from our community on the Niagara Street corridor – what would you like to see here? Tell us at our next meeting and happy hour on January 8th (CBW, 4:00 pm) or pop us a note: info@visionniagara.org. We’d love to hear from you!