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Canal Side: Citizen Waterfront ForumCity of Buffalo Public Opinion Solicitation
Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning
Byron W. Brown, Mayor Brendan R. Mehaffy, Esq., Executive Director
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Significant progress has been
made.� - Buffalonians have consistently demanded access to the water.
� - Federal, state, and local officials have responded with new streets, public spaces, walking and cycling paths.
� - The waterfront is now more accessible than it has been in decades.
� - Canal Side infrastructure is nearly complete and significant development-ready parcels are ready for build-out.
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Mayor Brown issues call for
ideas.� - Mayor Byron W. Brown issued a call to the public for ideas for the development of Canal Side on August 10, 2010, and the public came back with an overwhelming response.
� - Solicitations for public feedback from hundreds of people were collected by e-mail, personal letters, and the City’s 311 web form and call line.
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856 people
1,757 ideas
RESPONSE TO MAYOR’S CALL
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311 Web Form was a huge success.
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A wide range of responses emerged from across the region and beyond.
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What does the public have to say?
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We have access to the water.
Now the public is demanding we take the next step.
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The ideas from the public were wide ranging, creative, and comprehensive,
yet prominent themes emerge that offer direction on a course for action.
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As simply stated by one respondent, “Buffalonians love to eat, drink, and
be entertained.”
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1,757 ideas...
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The public stresses the importance of historical and cultural authenticity in the waterfront’s build-out.
STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT
National specialty restaurants and retail chains, particularly those that are not yet located in the Buffalo area.
There is a strong desire for recreational, leisure, and sporting activities at the water’s edge.
Civic gathering places and access to the water have widespread support.
There is a strong desire for museum and interpretive experiences that relate strongly to Buffalo’s heritage, culture, and Great Lakes/Erie Canal location.
The public overwhelmingly supports the waterfront’s development as a setting for restaurants, coffee houses, and bars.
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The public expressed some concern about environmental standards, but did not express any concern for a living wage as a prerequisite to waterfront development.
There is only limited support for use of the water’s edge as an office location, indicating a widespread preference for its development as a “resort” or an “escape from the 9 to 5” destination.While there was a call for local retailers, there was a greater call for national retailers.
LIMITED PUBLIC SUPPORT
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The common thread across all the responses is a desire for the waterfront to become an exciting urban place, where
restaurants, retail, entertainment, recreational activities, and cultural and family destinations - in short, “things to do” - are embedded into an authentic,
walkable district.
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The feedback from the public reinforces many of the overriding goals and objectives of the Canal
Side Master Plan.