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The Future of Your Olmsted Parks: 5 Year Plan

About the 5 Year Plan Process

Through this planning process, the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy seeks to develop a list of prioritized projects for the next five years. This is an effort that follows the Plan for the 21st Century, our master plan for the Buffalo Olmsted Park System that was created in 2008. Please view the Five Year Plan: 2020 – 2024 below.

View 5 Year Plan Report Online

Download PDF of the 5 Year Plan Report

View Plan for the 21st Century

Do you represent a community? Join the Olmsted Community Alliance!

Are you a leader or representative of a local community in the City of Buffalo? Do you agree that parks are instrumental to the well-being of your community? We would like to have YOU as part of the Olmsted Community Alliance. Please email your name and a short description of the community that you represent to 5yearplan@bfloparks.org.

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In 2018, BOPC conducted three rounds of Community Meetings across 5 Olmsted Neighborhoods

Community engagement is key to the planning process of the Five Year Plan: 2020-2024. To ensure that we reach all park neighbors, supporters and visitors throughout the entire Olmsted Park System, the Conservancy held a series of community meetings in each of the five park districts: Delaware District, MLK Jr. Park, South District, Riverside Park and West District.

5 Year Plan Community Meeting Districts_Website_Nov 21 2018

Community Meeting Round 1: July – September 2018

The first round of community meetings addressed (1) park improvements that have been made over the last 10 years and (2) park improvement priorities and projects to focus on over the next 5 years.

Community Meeting Round 2: October – November 2018

The second round of community meetings (1) reviewed community input from the first meeting and (2) identified priority projects the 5 Year Pan.

Community Meeting Round 3: February 2018

The third (and final) round of community meetings will (1) review results from the 5 Year Plan Survey and (2) finalize priority projects for the Olmsted Park System over the next five years. Please refer below for meeting dates.

5 Year Plan Survey

In addition to the community meetings, the Conservancy also conducted a public survey across 8 weeks (Dec 2018 – Jan 2019). As of the first week of February, a total of 1,152 survey responses were collected.

5 Year Plan Reveal

At the 2019 State of the Parks on June 18th at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, we revealed the projects that are included in the Five Year Plan. This report covers park priorities and projects in the Buffalo Olmsted Park System for the next five years — 2020 to 2024.

The 5 Year Plan Report was officially published on Nov 1, 2019.

View 5 Year Plan: 2020 - 2024

Community Meeting Resources: Slides, Agendas, Minutes

Delaware District Community Meetings

Round 2: Monday, October 22, 2018
Agenda | PPT Slides | Meeting Flyer | Community Meeting Live Video

MLK Jr. Park Community Meetings

Round 1: Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Agenda | PPT Slides | Drone Video | Meeting Flyer | Community Meeting Live Video

Round 2: Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Agenda | PPT Slides | Meeting Flyer
No live video of the community meeting available

South District Community Meetings

Round 1: Monday, July 30, 2018
Agenda | PPT Slides | Drone Video | Meeting Flyer | Community Meeting Live Video

Round 2: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Agenda | PPT Slides | Meeting Flyer | Community Meeting Live Video Part 1 | Community Meeting Live Video Part 2

Round 3: Thursday, February 28, 2019
Agenda | PPT Slides | View Event on Facebook | View Event on Website | View Event Flyer

Riverside Park Community Meetings

Round 1: Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Agenda | PPT Slides | Drone Video not available at the moment | Meeting Flyer
No live video of the community meeting available

Round 2: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Agenda | PPT Slides | Meeting Flyer | Community Meeting Live Video

West District Community Meetings

Round 1: Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Agenda not available at the moment | PPT Slides | Drone Video | Meeting Flyer | Community Meeting Live Video

Round 2: Monday, November 5, 2018
Agenda | PPT Slides | Meeting Flyer | Community Meeting Live Video

Special Thanks to our supporters for making this community engagement process possible!

Made possible by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

With assistance from the University at Buffalo Regional Institute

Have questions or feedback?

Please reach out to the Conservancy at 5yearplan@bfloparks.org.