Forbes.com looked at the 75 largest metro areas in the U.S. and evaluated them based on traffic delays, travel times and how efficiently commuters use existing infrastructure. The worst commutes were those that ate up the most hours and were the least reliable. The best commutes were in cities with short, dependable treks to the office, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 30, 2008
What a blast! Thanks to everyone who joined us last Wednesday evening as we started to Bring Home the Herd. We now have hundreds of “official” Buffalo Homecoming ambassadors, all reaching out to invite folks to come to Buffalo on June 26-29. We also have some truly stellar input … the paper blog concept was [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 23, 2008
Hi Team - Happy Easter!! Here’s a short list and some reminders for everyone. Buffalo Homecoming is in the Dyngus Day parade on Monday (March 24)! Please let me know if you want to help carry the 16-ft banner in this fun event… We start from the Broadway Market at 5:00 and end up at the Central Terminal [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 16, 2008
John Paget just made this short video with Buffalo rock luminary Nelson Starr - it is a contest entry to convince Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations show (Travel Channel) to come to Buffalo — it made the top 20 out of over 300 submissions! Check it out: How can we leverage this for Buffalo Homecoming and help John [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 13, 2008
As part of the Business Buffalo event which will be held on Friday, June 27th, Buffalo Homecoming will be featuring our region’s most progressive new economy companies at an event titled Buffalo Technology and Enterprise Conference 2008, or BTEC for short. As an experiment in social event planning, I’d like our volunteers, attendees and friends to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 12, 2008
This blog is a great opportunity to expand the discussion about Buffalo Homecoming outside the meeting room. This event is all about Buffalo… “Old Home Week” celebrated the 100th anniversary last year and this year we’ve changed the name.   From last Monday’s steering comittee meeting Chris Smith: We’re just proud to live here. And we [...]
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