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2011 Annual Meeting
Over 300 members of Preservation Buffalo Niagara attended our 2011 Annual Meeting, held in the Terrace Room of the Statler Building, on Monday, November 14, 2011. Starting at 6:30, there were refreshments, a chance to explore the Statler Building and Art+ Preservation, an exhibit/reception with Painting for Preservation artists. The Annual Meeting itself started at 7:15 and included a brief business meeting, election of Trustees, a retrospective on the National Preservation Conference, thanks for those that helped, and remarks from Statler developer, Mark Croce.
Election of Trustees: Elected to their first full three-year term were:
Eric Stenclik, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Canisius College, where he has worked for 15 years. Eric was educated at Columbia, Yale, and the University of Toronto. Laura Monte, partner with HodgsonRuss with extensive experience in finance and real estate law. She attended St. Lawrence University and Syracuse University College of Law. Both Eric and Laura join the board earlier in 2011 to fill board vacancies.
Elected for their 2nd three-year term are Terrence Robinson, Joy McDuffie, Lynn Stievater, and Steven Weiss.
This June 6, 2011 article on Buffalo Rising reviews the Buffalo preservation movement and recent PBN activities-- Why didn't "THEY" do something?" by David Steele.
Preservation Buffalo Niagara is a membership organization with over 1000 individual and family members, plus civic, foundation and corporate supporters. Our mission is to identify, preserve, protect, promote and revitalize historically architecturally significant sites, structures, neighborhoods, commercial districts and landscapes in western New York. While we are new, our Programs are growing.
When PBN was formed, an ambitious list of objectives were developed; a November 2010 review of these objectives shows the tremendous progress we have made.
In October, 2008, the members of the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier and the Preservation Coalition of Erie County unanimously voted to join forces. The members also approved PBN Bylaws and Mission Statement. The success of our first year was summarized in this 2009 Chairman's report.
Two main factors emerged to create a catalyst for change. A growing recognition of Buffalo’s significant architecture culminated in the city’s selection for the 2011 National Preservation Conference. A call to action came in February 2008 with a disturbing consultant’s report (.pdf) that stated that Buffalo desperately needed a more unified, significantly improved preservation movement.
Over the next 18 months, Preservation Buffalo Niagara created the foundation for the most substantial preservation and staff ever assembled to advance historic preservation in the Buffalo region. This staff, PBN Trustees, volunteers and supporters are dedicated to utilizing historic preservation as a significant tool to advance Buffalo and its region.
