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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Homeless & Housing, Housing Development, Construction & Management
Mission: Relief of the poor and distressed, a public objective achieved through the fostering, ownership, development and/or operation of safe and sanitary affordable housing in the city of buffalo, new york.
Programs: Housing development bnsc has developed an innovative program with documented effectiveness to acquire and rehabilitate residential housing and vacant land in buffalo's west side. The program has accomplished renovations of multiple units. Bnsc also integrates "green" development into each of its development projects including a "net zero" house on winter street, installation of green infrastructure such as on-demand water heaters, radiant floor heating, solar panels and geothermal heating systems
push blue- this newest venture has undertaken a major initiative to promote green infrastructure, stormwater management, and green jobs. Push blue is an intensive effort to combat buffalo's combined sewer overflow (cso) problem. Push has completed 35 green infrastructure projects to date, including rain gardens, a green roof, bioswales and rainwater catchment systems.
community development- bnsc conducts community development activities which include land banking, property stabilization, green infrastructure, landscape management and community planning purposes. For future development projects, bnsc acquires and holds properties. Bnsc also acquires and holds vacant lots for neighborhood stabilization purposes. Many of these vacant lots serve as demonstration projects such as community gardens (bnsc manages 48 community plots in two gardens) and rain gardens to address stormwater management. Bnscs landscape management department includes a work yard for equipment, tools and supplies storage and a greenhouse and nursery garden for use in stormwater management and vacant lot management. . . See schedule o.