From BR friend and supporter Chris Llop:

You’re Invited!

Designing to Live Sustainably

A Competition That Consciously Challenges the Conventional Paradigm
COMPETITION PREVIEW EVENT
Join us as we work together to build support around this exciting project.

We request your feedback and continued involvement as we move forward.

Designing to Live Sustainably seeks to encourage sustainable living through collaboration and design.

Chris says:

Long story short, our team has been working to create a national sustainable design/architecture competition for the Buffalo-Niagara Region. We’ve made a lot of progress, and are holding this event to invite feedback from the experienced to fine-tune and have as much impact as possible. We’re also interested in finding synergies where what we are doing might relate well to the initiatives of others in the area.

FRIDAY JANUARY 28TH

6:00-9:00 PM

THE EIGHTS 888 MAIN STREET

DISCOUNTED FOOD & DRINK

Everyone at Buffalo ReUse would like to send out a huge thank you to folks at WNY Media, Buffalo Rising, Kristen Becker + Friends, Eric Crittenden, and Nietszche’s for hosting a great fundraising event last night! Festivus for the rest of us!!!

Clue: You make a better door than a _________

Answer: Window!!

ON BLACK FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 26th

ALL REPLACEMENT WINDOWS ARE HALF OFF!!

Yes, that’s right – all replacement windows are 50% off for just one day.

Vinyl Replacement Windows

Casement Windows

Double-hung Windows

COMPLETE SETS ONLY

*Does not include sashes*

*No other discounts are good on this offer*

Clue: This item only seats one

Answer: Toilets!!

ON BLACK FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 26th

ALL PLUMBING FOUND IN THE YARD IS
HALF OFF!!

ALL SINKS, TUBS, TOILETS, TANKS, LIDS, whatever plumbing you can find in our yard is 50% off!!!

This is a HUGE SAVINGS

*No other discounts are good with this offer*

Help us clear our yard before winter. Buy the things you need in the yard before they are covered in snow!

Other fun uses for our plumbing stock

Yes that’s a bass guitar!

Clue: Planeteers love this big blue buddy

Answer: BUFFALO ReUSE RAIN BARRELS!!!

Give someone a 55 gallon gift this year!  Buy a ready-to-go, pre-assembled Buffalo ReUse Rain Barrel

ONLY $20 on Black Friday.

Maybe you already have a rain barrel at home, or maybe you need one too.  You might know someone with a thirsty garden, or someone who uses rain water as a way to reduce their water and sewer bills.  Rain barrels are a way to conserve water and improve our local environment; they divert water away from building foundations, slow water run-off, reduce the amount of water entering storm drain systems, and reduce the amount of pollution that is carried into our waterways. What a great gift!!!

A Buffalo ReUse Rain Barrel includes:  a 55 gallon food grade barrel, a hose bibb (spigot), a screened drain cover, all fully assembled, and instructions for installing the rain barrel under your downspout.  Once installed, the barrel will hold 55 gallons of high quality rain water, and you can attach a hose and use it for whatever you want.

Save more than 30% on Rain Barrels, only on Black Friday.  No other discounts or offers are good with this deal.  Get ‘em while they last!

Did you know there are only 35 shopping days until Christmas? This year flew by, but it’s not too late to get a great gift for that ReSourceful person on your holiday shopping list.

Buffalo ReUse has a lot of great gift ideas for the holidays. Check your list twice and be sure it includes one of these great gifts!

Buffalo Dining Cards!!

Board Members, Staff, and Friends of Buffalo ReUse are selling Buffalo Dining Cards to raise funds for our great community programs, including the Tool Library, workshops, the gardens, and more.

The deck is complete with  (46) $10 Gift Cards to great local restaurants and cafes and (4) Freebie/Discount cards for special deals at local retailers.

Get your deck from a ReUse Staffperson or Board Member for $20!!!

For more information, or to place an order, please call Danielle Rovillo at (716) 885-4131 or email danielle {at} buffaloreuse(.)org

Buffalo ReUse Gifts!!

Buffalo ReUse gift cards are a great way to thank that do-it-yourselfer in your family for their hard work, or to help them get that lagging project moving! Grab a gift certificate at The ReSource in any denomination!

You can also give the gift of membership! If you know someone who loves Buffalo ReUse, needs access to resources, or maybe could use access to an extra tool or two, give them the gift of membership.

Buffalo ReUse members get a 15% discount on the last Thursday of each month. (This month the discount day is the day after Thanksgiving).

You can also give a gift membership to the Tool Library. Tool Library members get access to hundreds of garden and home repair tools at two locations – one here at our office behind The ReSource and one at PUSH Buffalo.

Visit the ReSource for more info or contact Danielle at (716) 885-4131 danielle {at} buffaloreuse(.)org

Market America!!

We always recommend you shop local, but we all know some of us prefer to shop in our jammies and avoid the lines. If you do cybershop, please consider Market America for your next purchase. If you become a preferred customer for Buffalo ReUse, you earn cashback for shopping with us, and we earn cash for providing this great shopping arena to you! Market America has connections with many of the places you already shop – including Target, Sears, Barnes and Noble, Tiger Direct, eBay, and many many more.

Check out this link for more information & to sign up with us!!

www.marketamerica.com/buffaloreuse

Buffalo ReUse is proud to announce Black Friday One-Day Only Deals!!

If you are working on a home renovation project, stay tuned to our blog. We will post a new deal each day starting Monday. All deals are for BLACK FRIDAY – the day after Thanksgiving. Don’t worrry, you won’t have to get up at 4am to get in line – we have plenty of stock and we don’t even open until 10am. You can sleep off all that tryptophan before heading to the ReSource for these super sweet deals!!

First and foremost – we are offering our Monthly Member Discount to everyone on Black Friday! Be sure to mention this ad to get your 15% off.  We will also have door-busting specials in true Black Friday style that are sure to give you that home repair project “itch”.

There will be four great door-busting deals. Here are some hints:

1.)     Planeteers love this big blue buddy

2.)     Cat on a hot ________

3.)     This item only seats one

4.)     You make a better door than a _____________

We will announce one deal each morning, so check back Monday for more info!!

Starting next Tuesday, November 16th there will be a series of three public meetings to inform city residents about the new zoning code that the City of Buffalo is going to create over the next couple years.

As stated from the Buffalo Green Code website;

The new Buffalo Green Code will be the first opportunity Buffalonians have had in nearly sixty years to establish a new regulatory framework for the development of our neighborhoods.

Zoning is the tool by which we build our communities.  It determines what gets built and where.  It’s essentially Buffalo’s DNA.  The process to re-imagine the city’s future and write a code that matches the community’s vision will be an exciting opportunity for the people of Buffalo.  As this process gets rolled out, over a period of three years of serious work, encouraged that all citizens in every section of the city participate and take an active role.

If you do not know what zoning is, the question and answer section of the green codes website does a decent job covering the topic.  It definitely is a very important tool in creating and maintaining cities and is going to be a key part to Buffalo’s accrued success moving forward.

We have one of the most friendliest and enthusiastic cities out there and it shows as you walk up and down the streets of Buffalo, no matter what neighborhood you are in.  So please come out and continue the support and give your input on our City’s own future.  If you want something done you have to go out and do it.  Things don’t happen on their own. So come out and have a say next week, there will be three different meetings that are held to provide Buffalonian’s an opportunity to have a say in our promising future we all have known this City is capable of.

Tuesday, November 16th, 7pm.   Central Public Meeting

Buffalo Musuem of Science. 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY,  14211

Wednesday, November 17th, 7pm.  North Region Public Meeting

Bennett High School. 2885 Main Street, Buffalo Ny 14214

Thursday, November 18th, 7pm.   South Region Public Meeting

Tosh Collins Community Center. 35 Cazenovia St. Buffalo NY 14210

Keep up with the Buffalo Green Code’s development by becoming a fan of their facebook page and signing up for the website’s newsletter. Issue #1 is already out. Follow this link to read more.