The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented times calling for unprecedented action. News Neediest will be there, as it has been for the past 39 years, to support families during the holidays with food on tables and toys underneath Christmas trees. But it needs your help. The Buffalo News and
When a sports team’s path to the postseason depends only on winning its next game, the cliché is that Team X “controls its own destiny.” That phrase applies to the Covid-19 orange zones in Western New York. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday said he was not yet going to
Challenges may continue for industries hardest hit by the pandemic, including Niagara’s tourism and wine businesses, even after things begin to return to normal. Dottie Gallagher, chief executive officer of the U.S.-based Buffalo-Niagara Partnership, shared concerns from south of the border, describing her country as “very divided.” There, too, she
Certain businesses in Erie County’s Orange Zone that the state deems as high risk will need to close Friday. Schools in the orange zone will need to close Monday. However, there are steps they can take to reopen shortly thereafter. “I think what’s really challenging from those businesses is they
The concerns of businesses shutting its doors permanently continue after the recent declaration of an orange zone through most of Erie County. Cold weather also plays a factor in the decision of some businesses, particularly restaurants, to close. “We had a fear this would happen,” Buffalo Niagara Partnership President Dottie
Today, some businesses will need to shutter their doors again due to COVID-19. Dottie Gallagher, President and CEO, Buffalo Niagara Partnership, told WGRZ, “I think what’s really challenging from those businesses is they were the last businesses to sort of reopen, and now they’re the first businesses to really be impaired.
Buffalo Niagara Partnership reports that an overwhelming majority of businesses in the City of Buffalo have reported a loss of income according to a business impact survey. Grant Loomis, the organization’s Vice President of Government Affairs, said further closures would be “a deathblow” to the local economy. “Businesses in our
Creating a corporate culture of diversity and inclusion not only helps businesses do good, it helps them perform well. In today’s war for talent, companies that ignore the need to create a climate that is welcoming to all will deprive themselves of some outstanding job candidates who will seek work
Buffalo-area businesses have a long way to go in building a diverse and inclusive workforce. That was one of the findings of a survey the Buffalo Niagara Partnership conducted last summer about diversity, equity and inclusion. The online assessment was emailed to 11,000 area nonprofits and companies; 265 of them
Employers in the Buffalo Niagara region have a mixed track record when it comes to issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. That is the key finding from the Buffalo Niagara Partnership’s newly released Employing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in WNY: 2020 Western New York Diversity & Inclusion Business Community Assessment.
