African-American Churches Tackle Urban Decay

African-American churches in Buffalo are tackling urban decay with economic development and social and human service initiatives.

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October 8, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Buffalo is a city that is ripe for religious institutions to develop a plan and strategy to work together to usher in a Marshall Plan for the City of Buffalo". African-American churches in Buffalo, as seen in other parts of the country, are using their own resources to work with City Planners in redeveloping distressed communities. Thanks to the committment to their neighborhoods, faith-based organizations in Buffalo are leveraging bank investment and private developer interest.

Thanks to Michael Ball, AICP

FULL STORY: Inner-city churches lead the way to development

Saturday, October 5, 2002 in The Buffalo News

Community / Economic Development New York

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