Buffalo ReUse: Community. Jobs. Resources.

Sponsors

David Stapleton: “I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the David Homes team, the skilled tradesmen and the generous suppliers of materials for the Powell home and the neighborhood revitalization, as well as the thousands of volunteers and the City of Buffalo.”

“What began as a journey to transform the lives of one deserving family in our area became an inspiration for us all to help change the community we call home. With your help, we completed a green deconstruction of two homes in the area and built a house that received the honor of being certified as an Emerald Level Green Home by the NAHB Research Center, which is the first home to achieve that rating in New York State!” (read more)

WNY AmeriCorps, an independent non-profit organization, creates opportunities for all individuals to serve, challenging citizens to turn their ideals into action and their passion into positive change. Through transformational service and civic responsibility, WNY AmeriCorps is designing a sustainable future for our nation’s communities. We offer several terms of service and program options for individuals with various educational and work related experiences. (read more)

Re-Tree WNY was established on November 3, 2006 by a group of about 40 Western New York residents who saw first-hand the devastation done to our beautiful Western New York living resource — our trees — and decided to take action to re-forest every public area that was destroyed by the freak October 12–13 snowstorm. (read more)

PUSH is a grassroots, non-profit community organization working to rebuild the West Side of Buffalo. PUSH organizes residents to confront institutions that perpetuate poverty on the West Side and to create and implement an action plan for improving the neighborhood. (read more)