Fall Clean-Up of Hoyt Lake (9.24.11)

This past Saturday, September 24th, over 60 volunteers from the Western New York community helped to clean up Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park.  The clean-up was organized through Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper and captained by employees of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.  Volunteers from Canisius College, Villa Maria College, and the general public showed their civic pride by beautifying one of Buffalo's marquee water features.  Below are just a few of the photos from the clean-up.  For more about the Buffalo Olmsted Parks please visit our website (www.bfloparks.org) or our facebook page (www.facebook.com/bfloparks).  For more on the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper please visit their website, www.bnriverkeeper.org.

Cazenovia tree plantings, 10/30/10.

This past Saturday, 10/30/10, volunteers helped to plant close to 90 trees in Cazenovia Park in South Buffalo.

Media and Press Event at MLK Park

The Buffalo Olmsted Park Conservancy is proud to announce The Mind, Body and Art Stroll in Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The event takes place on Saturday October 16th 2010 from 11am to 6pm. The Conservancy invites the community out for a day of family fun in the fresh air and sample activities to keep mentally and physically fit during the cold winter months ahead.

In conjunction with The Collective Buffalo and it's neighborhood arts based program, the BOPC's goal is to help at-risk communites realize that active and regular participation in theater, music, visual arts, and dance is an affordable and accessible way to prevent and manage diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart disease and arthritis.

The press release will be held  tomorrow, Thursday October 7th, 2010 10:30am. at Martin Luther King Jr. Park