Buffalo Olmsted Parks Presentation to the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Board
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Transcript of Buffalo Olmsted Parks Presentation to the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Board
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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Earned income
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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