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American Factfinder
Enter your zip code in the "Fast Access to Information" dialog box to get a detailed demographic profile of your neighborhood
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en |
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Bicycle Benefits
Bicycle Benefits is a progressive bicycling program designed to reward individuals and businesses for their commitment to cleaner air, personal health, and the use of pedaling energy in order to create a more sustainable community. The program's continual growth decreases parking demand, increases helmet use, and improves cyclists' safety and health by putting more people on bikes. This would be great in Buffalo.
http://www.bicyclebenefits.org/index.php |
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Bikely.com
Put very simply, Bikely helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes. No one has contributed any Buffalo routes so far.
http://www.bikely.com/ |
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Buffalo NY Zip Code Maps
Knowing a zip code makes it super-easy to get demographic data at American Factfinder & other census sources
http://hipcodes.com/New_York/Buffalo/ |
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Campaign Financial Disclosure
Find out who gave money to which candidates in all counties in NY State
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/ContributionSearchB.html |
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Charity Search Engines
Read up on how your organization can earn revenue from these search engines
http://www.doshdosh.com/13-charity-search-engines-that-help-you-give-money-to-charity-for-free/ |
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Common Council
Names, addresses, phone numbers for Buffalo's Common Council members
http://www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/document_6.html |
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Fundable.org
Fundable is a new service that lets groups of people pool money for various purposes in what are called "group actions." Similar to an online auction, a group action has its own page, describing how much money will be collected and what the money will do. No participant takes a risk: if the collection for a group action falls short of its target on deadline, all money is refunded.
http://www.fundable.org/ |
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Funding for Historic Preservation
A chart developed by the Rochester-based Landmark Society of Western NY. A few programs apply only to Rochester, but most are state-wide. The programs listed here provide useful funding to many historic preservation projects, but their resources are extremely limited, and applicants face stiff competition. Within the table, the title of each program links to a synopsis of grant amounts, criteria, and contact information.
http://www.landmarksociety.org/section.html?id=1&uid=8&pageId=75 |
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Good Going WNY
An alternative transportation tool with options for ridesharing, bus/rail, bicycling and park-n-ride.
http://www.goodgoingwny.com/ |
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House Flipping Wiki
Collaborative website about House Flipping in Buffalo
http://www.hayescreative.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Community.HouseFlipping |
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Housing Courts in NY State
Here's how to monitor what is coming to court in your local district.
http://portal.courts.state.ny.us/pls/portal30/HSES_DEV.MENU_HOUSING_COURT.show |
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How to Halt a Buffalo Demolition
City Hall cannot be trusted to protect our architectural heritage. It is up to citizens. Here are some emergency first aid tips.
http://www.buffaloresearch.com/emergency.html |
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Interactive Map of Buffalo's Foreclosure Auction
This mapping application contains results from the City of Buffalo property auctions, commonly referred to as InREM 34 through InREM 40. The data covers all years between 2000 and 2006.
http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/OpenPage.htm |
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MeetUp Buffalo
Tired of online debate? Meet your fellow citizens face to face. MeetUp.com offer free local get-togethers on any topic, anywhere. This is an excellent organizing tool for local activists!
http://www.meetup.com/cities/us/ny/buffalo/ |
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Meeting Wizard
We all know how hard it is to find a time when a large number of people can attend the same meeting. This tool helps you arrange and schedule meetings and other events.
http://meetingwizard.com/ |
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Neighborhood Link
Provides neighborhood and community organizations with their own free, interactive web site. In addition to facilitating communication within each neighborhood, Neighborhood Link also creates a two-way communication channel between local government and neighborhoods.
http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/ |
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Notice of Deficiency
This Notice of Deficiency was written by Buffalo community activist and Erie County Representative to the New York Green Party, Suzanne Toomey Spinks. The purpose of this notice is to put local municipalities on notice about various hazards such as chronic blockage of sidewalks by cars and snow, hazards to bicyclists posed by chronic double parking, or damages sidewalks or bikeways. Once the notice is filed with the Clerk's office in a town or city, that municipality becomes liable for injuries incurred as a result of they don't act to correct the situation -- hence they act.
http://www.mediastudy.com/hazard/ |
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PetitionOnline.com
PetitionOnline.com provides free online hosting of public petitions for responsible public advocacy.
http://www.petitiononline.com/petition.html |
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Placeography
Placeography is a wiki where you can share the history of and stories about a house, building, farmstead, public land, neighborhood or any place to which you have a personal connection.
http://www.placeography.org/index.php?title=Main_Page |
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Platial
This is a custom mapping site. Sign up for a free account, create a map of anything you want, and link to it from your blog or website. Map your neighborhood's best gardens or worst code violations. Map the best cafes or most accident-prone intersections. You get the idea.
http://www.platial.com/ |
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Pointers on Organizing a Successful Block Club
A guide from the Buffalo Police Department
http://www.communitypolicing.org/publications/comlinks/cl_14/c14_grave.htm |
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PreserveAmerica
Communities may apply for special designation as a Preserve America Community
http://www.preserveamerica.gov/communities.html |
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Press Release Example and Template
If you have never before sent out a press release, here is a standard template.
http://www.marketingsource.com/pressrelease/releaseformat.html |
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Progressive Directory for Western NY
Where other local activists can be found
http://www.progressivedirectory.com/NA/USA/NY/western/ |
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See Click Fix
Use Google Maps to help neighbors report and resolve non-emergency problems
http://www.seeclickfix.com/ |
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Solutions for a Better Quality of Life: A Guide to Solving Neighborhood Issues
There are several things you must understand in utilizing this document for concerns in your neighborhood. First, it is meant to be an ever-changing document, reflecting today's problems and remedies. Services change from time to time, and what worked to solve a problem last year may not work now. Also, problems are solved differently district by district - the appropriate resource to contact in University Heights may not work in Hamlin Park, and vice-versa.
http://richardsontca.org/initiatives/publicInformation/neighborhoodGuide/neighborhoodGuide.html#IIA |
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Speak Up Western New York
Forums for those who wish to talk politics in Buffalo, Amherst, Cheektowaga, Clarence, Depew, Lancaster, and Orchard Park
http://www.speakupwny.com/forum/ |
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Survey Monkey
Intelligent survey software for serious primates of all species. SurveyMonkey has a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily. There are free and paying memberships.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/ |
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TechSoup: The Technology Place for Nonprofits
Powered by CompuMentor, one of the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit technology assistance agencies, TechSoup.org offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support. In addition to online information and resources, we offer a product philanthropy service called TechSoup Stock. Here, nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products, generously provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners.
http://www.techsoup.org/index.cfm?cg=header&sg=home |
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Wikispaces
Create simple web pages that groups can edit together. Good tool for block clubs. Free.
http://www.wikispaces.com/ |
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Zillow.com
Free, instant valuations for 60,000,000 houses. Useful for tax assessments and details on Buffalo houses
http://www.zillow.com/ |
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