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Save the Date: Upcoming Events with the BRRAlliance

  • Nov 02 2024 – Really Really Free Market

Really Really Free Market – November 02, 2024

It’s time for another Really Really Free Market!

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
52 Amherst St., Buffalo NY 14207 (BRRAlliance HQ at the Black Rock Harbor Center, AKA the old bank building)

Bring items that are still useful that you no longer want or need such as clean clothes, functioning appliances, and old toys to be rehomed with others that can use them – and in turn look for things you might want or need; really, really free!

Please stick around to collect any of your items that are not taken by another visitor or picked up for donations.

Mike from OC with Anne

2024 Urban Treks Challenge

A huge huge thank you to all our finishers, everyone who signed up for this year’s challenge, and to Outside Chronicles who helped make it all possible. It was a great year!
We’ll see everyone on the city trails next year!

Scajaquada Full Circle Speaker Series

Thank you so much to everyone who attended the Scajaquada Full Circle Speaker Series!  It was our pleasure to join forces with the Black Rock Historical Society and Scajaquada Corridor Coalition to bring this series to you!

This series was sponsored by the generosity of the Baird Foundation, City of Buffalo Common Councilor Joseph Golombek and the ECEMC.

Click here for more information!

A Message From our President

Greetings from the Black Rock Riverside Alliance Board of Directors!

It has been a little while since our neighbors heard from me so I thought I would check in with an update on some of our progress during 2023.

Over the past several months, the BRRA has been fast at work getting our new headquarters, the Black Rock Harbor Center, up to its “fully armed and operational” status. We have tenants, including key partnerships with like-minded nonprofits, and are actively running programming and community events from our very own space. These efforts run in tandem with our curation of the other community spaces under our charge, including regular events at Market Square Park and the maintenance of our beloved community gardens.

In terms of programming, the Alliance successfully recertified Erie County and the City of Buffalo as NWF Wildlife Habitats, as part of our ongoing support of the Habitat Project. We also continue to support Niagara County and other neighboring counties in their certification efforts. Efforts to implement our most recent Main Street Grant revitalization initiative are in full swing and should wrap up this summer. In the meantime, we had time to hold an outrageously fun meat raffle, participated in the Give716 event for 7/16 Day, and are planning the Second Annual River Rock Run in the fall.

If you are interested in getting involved please let us know. We are always on the lookout for new volunteers at every level, especially more community volunteers to help maintain the gardens and particularly engaged (or vocal) stakeholders at the Board Committee and Board of Directors level. Your help is greatly needed and appreciated!”

-Deneb Pirrone
President, Black Rock Riverside Alliance

Our Latest News & Events

Well deserved recognition for our volunteers:

By |March 1st, 2022|

Longtime Alliance Volunteers Recognized by the White House On February 17th the BRRA held a volunteer appreciation event to express our deep gratitude towards our incredible community volunteers. As the BRRA is a [...]

A Day for Celebration!

By |May 6th, 2021|

Yesterday we celebrated the certification of the City of Buffalo as a National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat, making our city the 16th largest in the entire country!! We also launched our project to [...]