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Latest News
October 2008
- Niagara Erie Regional Coalition Celebrates 10 Years of Bi-County Collaborations
- 10 Year Retrospective
September 2008
- Thursday, September 18 the Regional Coalition is working with the Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Empire State Development to host the Arts and Culture Regional Blueprint meeting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at WNED Studios. Please see the two attached documents for more information, and please come to this important program.
- The 10 year anniversary general meeting is now set for Friday, October 24 at an Erie County location to be determined. We will begin with breakfast at 8 a.m. and the meeting will commence at 8:30 a.m. Please note that this meeting takes the place of the September general meeting. More details - including the program for the morning - will be coming soon.
May 2008
- Letter to Governor David Paterson regarding Empire State Development in upstate New York
- Press Release regarding letter to Governor David Paterson regarding Empire State Development in upstate New York
February 2008
Niagara Erie Regional Coalition
The Organization
The Niagara Erie Regional Coalition is a partnership between government, private, and non-profit agencies committed to thinking and acting regionally for the betterment of Erie and Niagara Counties. The Regional Coalition is a non-hierarchical collaborative network.
Mission Statement
The Niagara Erie Regional Coalition is a non-traditional regional collaborative forum for linking multiple organizations and initiatives, and also serves as a catalyst to identify and pursue opportunities to grow the region.
The Regional Coalition's Positive Core
- Non-traditional regional collaborative model of civic engagement
- Broad range of participants in a collaborative environment leading to diversity (of geography and interests)
- Demonstrated success in diverse models of engagements with specific projects
- Finding members to meet emerging issues
- A forum for addressing future issues
- Our ability to play multiple roles as a clearinghouse, advocate, forum, coordinator, incubator, project manager, implementer, catalyst, supporter, and advisor
Topic Areas
The Regional Coalition concentrates its efforts in the areas of economic development, government affairs, tourism and culture, and transportation.
Within the aforementioned topic areas, we act as a venue for discussing and/or acting on a wide range of projects and policies initiated by member agencies or others, and we also initiate projects and policies ourselves. We play multiple roles as a clearinghouse, advocate, forum, coordinator, incubator, project manager, implementer, catalyst, supporter, and advisor.
History
The Regional Coalition is the successor to the Erie-Niagara Regional Partnership (ENRP). Formed in 1998, ENRP was an ad hoc subcommittee of the Niagara and Erie County Legislatures in partnership with multiple levels of government and other private and non-profit agencies.
Member Organizations
- Amherst Industrial Development Agency
- Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County
- City of Buffalo
- Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (ad hoc)
- Buffalo Niagara Partnership
- Canisius College Women's Business Center (ad hoc)
- Empire State Development
- Erie County
- Erie County Association of Local Governments
- Erie County Industrial Development Agency
- Erie County Legislature
- Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council
- Niagara County
- Niagara County Building & Construction Trades Council
- Niagara County Center for Economic Development
- Niagara County Legislature
- Niagara County Supervisors Association
- City of Niagara Falls
- Niagara Frontier Transportation Agency
- Niagara Tourism & Convention Corporation
- Niagara University Hospitality Training & Research Center
- University at Buffalo Arts Management Program
- The Peter Wendel Group