{"id":2998,"date":"2021-10-12T01:37:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T01:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2021-10-12T02:24:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T02:24:12","slug":"town-hall-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/?p=2998","title":{"rendered":"Town Hall Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e7e4e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 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fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 26px 0px 54px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><section id=\"module-position-Oe5TynfuRgE\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-byline-module\">\n<div class=\"asset-metabar\"><span class=\"asset-metabar-author asset-metabar-item\">Kelly Dudzik, WGRZ<\/span><span class=\"asset-metabar-time asset-metabar-item nobyline\">11:28 p.m. EDT October 6, 2015<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"asset-double-wide double-wide p402_premium\">\n<div id=\"module-position-Oe5TytSOu7E\" class=\"story-asset story-leadin-asset\">\n<h2 class=\"lead-in\">Restoring Humboldt Parkway Could Cost $500 Million<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"716\" title=\"635797637669838066-CQqo7xEUkAAlq8P\" src=\"http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/635797637669838066-CQqo7xEUkAAlq8P.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/635797637669838066-CQqo7xEUkAAlq8P.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-3000\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27537%27%20height%3D%27716%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20537%20716%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27537%27%20height%3D%27716%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/635797637669838066-CQqo7xEUkAAlq8P-200x267.jpg 200w, http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/635797637669838066-CQqo7xEUkAAlq8P-400x533.jpg 400w, http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/635797637669838066-CQqo7xEUkAAlq8P.jpg 537w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>(Photo: WGRZ)<\/p>\n<div class=\"asset-double-wide double-wide p402_premium\">\n<div id=\"module-position-Oe5TytS0C90\" class=\"story-asset inline-share-tools-asset\">\n<div class=\"inline-share-tools asset-inline-share-tools asset-inline-share-tools-top\">BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2014 Correcting what one group calls the \u201cKensington mistake\u201d comes with a huge price tag. The group, Restore Our Community Coalition, estimates it would cost around $500 million to create a green parkway over the 33 from Best Street to Ferry Street.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The stretch we\u2019re talking about goes for almost three-quarters of a mile. It was the topic of a town hall meeting Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Buffalo Common Council approved getting rid of the original parkway back in 1954, and this coalition wants to restore the Kensington back to its original design, a tree-lined parkway, by covering the expressway.<\/p>\n<p>They showed many examples of other cities that have successfully built green parkways over highways including Seattle, Dallas and Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the Restore Our Community Coalition in 2016 is to raise money. Its leaders explained where it could come from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, from the federal government and some philanthropists. This has been done across the country and different cities with a combination of both. In some cases, most of the money came from philanthropists, and in other cases most of it came from the government. But no matter what the cost is, we had a study done by UB and it will pay for itself plus create profit to the community\u201d said Richard Cummings from ROCC.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman Sean Ryan was at the meeting. His spokesperson tells us that like any major road construction project, this would need a combination of state and federal funding. Ryan is involved now, early on, to help figure out what those funding sources might be.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing has been approved, but this coming year, the Coalition wants to come up with a preliminary design, do an environmental assessment, produce plans, and fundraise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>http:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/story\/news\/local\/buffalo\/2015\/10\/06\/restoring-humboldt-parkway-could-cost-500-million\/73491016\/<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"font-size: 36px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Community members ask for support to restore Humboldt Parkway<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">By <a class=\"author url fn\" title=\"Posts by Callan Gray, News 4 Reporter\" href=\"http:\/\/wivb.com\/author\/wivbcallangray\/\" rel=\"author\">Callan Gray, News 4 Reporter<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"posted-on\">Published: <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2015-10-06T23:38:47+00:00\">October 6, 2015, 11:38 pm<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- <\/strong>Community leaders in Buffalo want to restore Humboldt Parkway to its former glory. The ambitious plan is still in the preliminary stages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething of this caliber can be accomplished in the City of Buffalo,\u201d said Bradley Bethel, Jr. with Restore Our Community Coalition (ROCC).<\/p>\n<p>ROCC spoke in front of NYS Department of Transportation representatives and public officials, including Assemblyman Sean Ryan, on Tuesday night. The group has been working on plans to change the road pattern since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Kensington Expressway cuts right through East Side neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t cross it to get to a store or even see a neighbor,\u201d said Inez Hord, a longtime resident.<\/p>\n<p>Hord has lived a block from Humboldt Parkway since 1962 and remembers what the road was like before that section of NY-33 was built.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeautiful, with trees, grass and greenery, children playing in the parkway, just beautiful,\u201d said Hord.<\/p>\n<p>A group of community leaders want to restore the parkway.<\/p>\n<p>The DOT has come up with options that include lowering parts of Kensington Expressway and running it underneath a parkway. The next step would include scoping and creating preliminary designs, which could cost six million dollars, according to the DOT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had about two dozen cities across the country who have accomplished this over the past 40 years,\u201d said Bethel.<\/p>\n<p>ROCC estimates it will cost $570 million to fully restore the mile between East Ferry and Best St. The group is now asking for public support so they can secure grants to reunite the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImproved property values, less noise and pollution in our neighborhood, and eventually commercial reinvestment in the Fillmore and Jefferson commercial districts,\u201d said Bethel.<\/p>\n<p>They estimate the project would create more than 900 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Inez Hord said it\u2019s worth paying tax dollars to complete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be a wonderful thing,\u201d said Hord. \u201cI believe it\u2019s possible but I don\u2019t expect to see it in my lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>http:\/\/wivb.com\/2015\/10\/06\/community-members-ask-for-support-to-restore-humboldt-parkway\/<\/p>\n<header class=\"header\">\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"font-size: 36px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Residents want park built over Kensington Expressway<\/h1>\n<div class=\"story__meta\">\n<div class=\"side__media\">\n<div class=\"media__container--1x1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload media\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/image\/user_female_portrait?img_id=1244597512&amp;t=1444307766068\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"side__body\">\n<address class=\"byline\"><a href=\"mailto:rachel.elzufon@wkbw.com\">Rachel Elzufon<\/a><\/address>\n<div class=\"posted\">8:47 AM, Oct 7, 2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\"><a class=\"tag color--skin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/topic\/buffalo\">buffalo<\/a> | <a class=\"tag color--skin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/topic\/route+33\">route 33<\/a> | <a class=\"tag color--skin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/topic\/expressways\">expressways<\/a> | <a class=\"tag color--skin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/topic\/kensington+expressway\">kensington expressway<\/a> | <a class=\"tag color--skin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/topic\/parkways\">parkways<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"module__body\">\n<div class=\"story__media js-gallery js-enabled-fullscreen js-has-autoplay-config is-video-clicked is-loading is-video-playing\" data-autoplay=\"true\">\n<div class=\"gallery__overflow\">\n<div class=\"media-slider__viewport js-gallery__viewport js-fullscreen-targets is-single-media\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"Residents_want_cover_built_over_Kensingt_3521510000_24885913_ver1.0_640_480\" src=\"http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Residents_want_cover_built_over_Kensingt_3521510000_24885913_ver1.0_640_480.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Residents_want_cover_built_over_Kensingt_3521510000_24885913_ver1.0_640_480.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-3002\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27360%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20360%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27360%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Residents_want_cover_built_over_Kensingt_3521510000_24885913_ver1.0_640_480-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Residents_want_cover_built_over_Kensingt_3521510000_24885913_ver1.0_640_480-400x225.jpg 400w, http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Residents_want_cover_built_over_Kensingt_3521510000_24885913_ver1.0_640_480-600x338.jpg 600w, http:\/\/roccbuffalo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Residents_want_cover_built_over_Kensingt_3521510000_24885913_ver1.0_640_480.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><div class=\"module__body\">\n<div class=\"story__media js-gallery js-enabled-fullscreen js-has-autoplay-config is-video-clicked is-loading is-video-playing\" data-autoplay=\"true\">\n<div class=\"media__caption__container js-gallery__caption js-is-closed js-is-video\">\n<div class=\"media__caption__content\">\n<div class=\"media__caption-bottom\">\n<div class=\"caption__author x author\">\nBUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2013 Residents of the Humboldt Parkway neighborhood came out Tuesday night to build support for their idea to build a park over the Kensington Expressway.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout__container\">\n<div class=\"story__content\" data-internal-keywords=\"\">\n<div class=\"js-pagination\" data-maxpages=\"1\">\n<div class=\"story__content__body p402_premium story__content__body \">\n<p>Residents say Rt. 33 divides the historic neighborhood. Those activists, with the Restore our Community Coalition, want the neighborhood to have a similar feel for what it used to be.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place Monday night at the Frank Merriweather Library.<\/p>\n<p>Activists say \u201cthe mistake was to destroy a central piece to an internationally acclaimed park system, dividing a community, leaving a roadway as a scar that continues to serve as a physical and psychological barrier to full economic participation by all areas of Buffalo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advocates also believe that putting an expressway so close to homes causes health issues.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition had four goals Monday night: to discuss preliminary design ideas, discuss other parks that cover highways, review the original parkway in the Kensington Expressway\u2019s place and talk about how to raise awareness.<\/p>\n<p>According to the community coalition, the Expressway \u201cdestroyed the clean, green gathering space along Humboldt Parkway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roccbuffalo.org\/\">Restore Our Community Coalition<\/a> was organized in 2007.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/residents-way-park-built-over-kensington-expressway<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;margin-top : 10px;margin-bottom : 10px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 26px !important;margin-right : 0%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 54px !important;margin-left : 0%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0%;margin-left : 0%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0%;margin-left : 0%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-3{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 3%;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0%;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Town Hall Meeting Kelly Dudzik, WGRZ11:28 p.m. EDT October 6, 2015 Restoring Humboldt Parkway Could Cost $500 Million (Photo: WGRZ) BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2014 Correcting what one group calls the \u201cKensington mistake\u201d comes with a huge price tag. The group, Restore Our Community Coalition, estimates it would cost around $500 million to create a green parkway over the 33 from Best Street to Ferry Street. The stretch we\u2019re talking about goes for almost three-quarters of a mile. It was the topic of a town hall meeting Tuesday night. 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