BUFFALO NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION

Community developmentbnsc conducts community development activities which include land banking, property stabilization, green infrastructure, landscape management and community planning purposes. For future development projects, bnsc acquires and holds properties. Bnsc also acquires and holds vacant lots for neighborhood stabilization purposes. Many of these vacant lots serve as demonstration projects such as community gardens (bnsc manages close to 50 community plots in two gardens) and rain gardens to address storm water management. Bnsc's landscape management department includes a work yard for equipment, tools and supplies storage, a greenhouse and a nursery garden for use in stormwater management and vacant lot management.