The Buffalo City Council bid farewell to the certified Main Street program at it’s meeting Tuesday night.
A part of the city’s downtown efforts for the past 8 years, each of the council members and Mayor Shane Schrader mentioned the state organization’s bureaucracy and a short window for reapplying as the primary reasons for the city’s decision.
Here’s Mayor Schrader…
Main Street was administered by the now defunct Buffalo Downtown Association and council members such as Wes Haskins believe much of the Main Street initiatives can be provided through the city’s downtown efforts…
The Council and Mayor voted not to move forward with Main Street with Councilman Scott Madsen abstaining.
