Buffalo Olmsted Parks ConservancyPresentation

Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority

November 24, 2008

GROUNDBREAKING

July 1, 2004 Groundbreaking Intermunicipal agreement between

Buffalo, Erie County &

Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy

ECONOMIC IMPACT

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Amount

Earned income

ReLeafDonationsOther

Direct Appeals /membership

ECONOMIC IMPACT

# of Employees

2008: 166

2007: 118

2006: 111

2005: 175

2004: 93

ECONOMIC IMPACT

$9.1 million paid in salaries

ECONOMIC IMPACT

1000 workfare

Trained,

90 hired by BOPC

ECONOMIC IMPACT

Real Estate Values

76% increase in property values around Delaware Park since 2004

ECONOMIC IMPACT

Repairs and Maintenance $269,319Landscaping Supplies $281,670

ECONOMIC IMPACT

$1.28 million raised, 2008

ECONOMIC IMPACT

200 + vendors Payout $4 million in expenses

ECONOMIC IMPACT

ECONOMIC IMPACT

ECONOMIC IMPACT

Positive impact on surrounding neighborhoods, businesses and the community as a whole.

ECONOMIC IMPACT

CULTURAL IMPACT

“Buffalo’s historic Olmsted parks are the most intact in the nation”

Charles Beveridge, 11/2008

PROGRESS

October 12, 2006 Surprise Ice Storm

PROGRESS

Facts:

• Maintain 1200 acres of historic parkland, year round

• Planted 2000 + trees to date

• Produced & updated Tree Inventory

• 900 acres of grass mowed weekly/seasonal

• 5 incidents of graffiti handled weekly

PROGRESS• MLK, Jr. Park – introduced park to 500

this summer w/ grand fundraising event, pathways built

• Delaware Park – new pathways, clearing vista, management of Marcy Casino, rebuilding Hoyt Lake trail

• Riverside Park – Minnow pool reconstruction

PROGRESS

• Front Park – landscape enhancements

• Cazenovia Park – Landscape enhancements

• South Park – Bog Gardens, roadway repairs

PROGRESS

• Boating on Hoyt Lake returned in 2008

• 25,000 + attend Olmsted fundraising Gala & Party for the Parks

• Olmsted Circles – rebuilt, relit

PARTNERSHIPS

4500 volunteer hours in 2008

Value $67,500

PARTNERSHIPS

PARTNERSHIPS

FUTURE IMPACT

$1,000,000 in capital projects in 2008

Delaware- Scajaquada Creekside Trail

Riverside Park - Minnow Pools

MLK, Jr. Park – Wading Pool enhancements

Front Park – awareness

FUTURE IMPACT

Volunteer Guild Programming

INVESTMENT

$10 per resident vs. $80 nationally

BUFFALO’S RENAISSANCE

21st Century Plan –

Rebuilding the parks,

Rejuvenating the city