Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/28/2019
5:00 pm until 8:00 pm
Location
Buffalo Arts Studio
Categories
Join Buffalo Arts Studio on M&T Fourth Friday, June 28, 2019 for “Seeds of Change: Land, trust, and community,” a panel discussion on the Fruit Belt and surrounding communities.
The Fruit Belt Community Land Trust was established by neighborhood residents and advocacy organizations to prevent longtime residents from being pushed out as developers have become interested in the neighborhood, driven by the growth of the nearby Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. The Fruit Belt, once called “The Orchard” because of its fruit trees, has a deep history of German and African American settlements and a mix of residences dating to the 1830s. Some homeowners are worried about preserving the neighborhood’s historic character.
This community forum will feature a variety of grassroots community activists whose work intersects within economic and ecological justice efforts. Panel participants also include representatives from the F. B. Community Land Trust who will address these concerns as well as inform the audience about the ongoing efforts to prevent developers from displacing long-time neighborhood residents.
Panelists:
India Walton, Founding Executive Director of the F. B. Community Land Trust
Reinhard Reitzenstein, Artist and Sculpture Program Head at the University at Buffalo Department of Art
Lynda H. Schneekloth, Professor Emeritus, University at Buffalo Department of Architecture
Joshua Smith, Director of Ecology at Rigidized Metals Corporation.
Moderators:
Shirley Verrico, Curator, Buffalo Arts Studio
Max Anderson, Deputy Director, Open Buffalo