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How We Change the Black East Side.

How We Change the Black East Side

What we've been working on lately.

  • How We Change the Black East Side
    3/27/25
    A Report to the Buffalo Center for Health Equity. 2023. This study outlines a strategy for transforming the East Side into a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family. This conceptual framework guides a neighborhood development project the UB Center is developing.
  • The Harder We Run
    3/27/25
    A Report to the Buffalo Center for Health Equity. 2021. The study analyzes the Black East Side’s socioeconomic and neighborhood development progress over the last thirty years. It concludes that no progress has been made.
  • Region Central: Residential Segregation, Housing Inequality, and Neighborhood Inequality
    4/29/25
    A Report to Stantec Consulting Services. 2021. The report analyzes neighborhood and housing conditions among the three communities in the Region Central district of Buffalo. 
  • Buffalo Turning the Corner
    3/27/25
     A Report to the Urban Institute, 2018. The study investigates the threat of gentrification in Buffalo. It concludes that gentrification is an emerging threat that should be closely monitored. 
  • Toward a Healthy Buffalo Faith-Based Symposium: Symposium Proceedings and Notes. 2014
    3/27/25
    The report synthesizes the proceedings at the symposium that launched the Black health improvement movement in Buffalo.
  • Striving for a Healthier Buffalo: A Community Health Needs Assessment for the Greater Buffalo United Ministries, 2014
    3/27/25
    The health study laid the foundation for building a health movement on the Black East Side. 
  • Frida’s Rebel Garden
    3/27/25
    The University at Buffalo’s (UB) Center for Urban Studies (CENTER) converted an unsightly city block fronting the Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory Academy (BPS#37) on Carlton Street into a diverse community park and vegetable garden. The garden is a significant green space in the Fruit Belt and is used as a classroom to teach students about food, nutrition, food systems, and urban gardening. The community park/garden is a collaborative project based on a partnership with Futures Academy and the CENTER, and it has been maintained and continuously upgraded for more than two decades.