What We Do

MISSION STATEMENT
Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed to encourage neighborhood revitalization and contribute to economic renewal in the City of Buffalo through the elimination of urban blight and decay. We will accomplish this by removing severely neglected vacant and abandoned housing. We will restore the land to a natural state - creating green spaces that beautify city streets and build confidence in affected neighborhoods.

Simply put, RUN Buffalo will help clean up and beautify city streets through demolition of worse case uninhabitable residential properties that are beyond repair, vacant properties that pose a threat to the safety and stability of many at-risk neighborhoods, property with no economic, historic, or architectural value to the city or the community.

Following demolition, our volunteers will create and maintain a natural landscape on the property until the community determines an alternate use will better the serve both the city and the neighborhood.

 
RUN Buffalo proposes to work with both the city and established community organizations whose members have shown a commitment to combating urban blight but lack the necessary resources. We hope our efforts, in concert with actions of the city, local businesses, neighbors, volunteers, and other organizations, will lift a burden and encourage both public and private revitalization efforts within targeted neighborhoods.

We envision the transformation of neighborhoods one block at a time, into safer, more desirable places to live and do business.