Faced with an existential threat from the forces of gentrification, residents of Buffalo’s historic African American Fruit Belt neighborhood organized, joined together, and took control of their destiny. “Power, as it does for many disenfranchised
Join the meeting for a robust roundtable among CEOs of color from six (6) of the nation’s leading nonprofit community development organizations to learn more about their visions and actions for mutual support, scalable impact,
If you’re a renter who has lost income, are unable to pay increased costs, or are unable to move without significant risk to health, you can declare hardship and protect your family against eviction until
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“We’re still working through how we can best interact with the current mechanisms in place to protect renters. So we’re working with Erie County and the City of Buffalo to try and lend whatever funds
Habitat for Humanity just finished two new homes on Rose Street and held a blessing on Thursday morning. Low-income families will be able to buy them through the Fruit Belt Community Land Trust, which partnered
The northeast corner of the Fruit Belt neighborhood could see up to 50 new housing units constructed under a proposal in the works by The Fruit Belt Community Land Trust (FBCLT). The Land Trust is
The Fruit Belt land trust was created in 2017, and most of its funding has come from grassroots fundraising and grants from Open Buffalo, PUSH Buffalo and Common Council President Darius Pridgen. Pridgen, who represents
Imagine a time when Lemon, Orange, Peach, and Grape Streets ended at Cherry Street. When Cherry Street itself was a natural part of the neighborhood fabric. When Virginia Street once completed its long journey from
As a member of Grounded Solutions Network, the F.B. Community Land Trust (FBCLT) traveled to Pittsburgh this past week to participate in their annual Intersections conference. FBCLT board member India Walton presented on Wednesday afternoon of the conference
It had been unfolding for a decade, as Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus expanded on the western doorstep of the neighborhood, leaving developers and land speculators full of anticipation. And it is taking the collective power of Fruit
Last January, Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen announced that the city government would support the development of a community land trust in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt later. Now, Buffalo has taken the next step, after approving “a
Buffalo Common Council partially lifted a two-and-a-half-year moratorium on the sale of city-owned property in Buffalo’s historic Fruit Belt community on Tuesday, reported the Buffalo News. The action paves the way for the transfer of up
When the Fruit Belt Advisory Council (FBAC) was formed 7 years ago, Council President Darius Pridgen charged the duly elected leadership to come together with one mission and purpose: To determine the needs of the
The neighborhood just east of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus thrived through the 1950s. Residents said it began to change around the time race riots hit nearby Jefferson Avenue in the late 1960s, then youth
The region’s first community land trust continues to move closer to taking ownership of city-owned lots in the Fruit Belt neighborhood. Organizers for the F.B. Community Land Trust celebrated the progress the group has made coordinating
Dozens of properties in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt neighborhood will be changing hands. Organizers of the F.B. Community Land Trust announced Saturday the city will give them more than 50 vacant properties. Members of the land
Buffalo’s Fruit Belt community is celebrating its first block of community-controlled land and soliciting members to help support the Community Land Trust. The Fruit Belt Advisory Council (FBAC) and the Community First Alliance hosted a neighborhood celebration Saturday afternoon
Residents of the Fruit Belt neighborhood in the City of Buffalo are celebrating a win for the fight against gentrification. Saturday, neighbors launched a membership drive to get people supporting and voting for issues concerning
It is the product of more than a decade of community organizing, but residents in east Buffalo’s historic Fruit Belt neighborhood cheered when Common Council President Darius Pridgen announced on his radio program last Friday
The region’s first community land trust is moving toward taking control of its first plots of land in the Fruit Belt neighborhood. Common Council President Darius Pridgen brought the good news to the F.B. Community Land
