2019 May Featured Destination of the Month: Visit Buffalo Niagara |
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Bootstrapping locals, millennial entrepreneurs and resettled immigrants have refreshed Buffalo like a cool Lake Erie breeze and invigorated its formerly fraying neighborhoods like a splash of hot sauce on wings. They’ve transformed once-neglected architectural landmarks into tourist attractions and hotels, turned a formerly industrial waterfront into a haven for kayaking, grain silo zip lining and rock climbing; splashed colorful murals on buildings across the city and infused a regional cuisine previously known only for deep fried drumsticks and flats with flavors from around the world. Visit Buffalo Niagara's Q&A: What's one attraction that can’t be missed when visiting your destination?
What story ideas will travel media uncover at your destination? Culinary: Recently resettled immigrants, supported by the West Side Bazaar incubator space, have expanded the city’s palate by cooking up Burmese, Laotian and other culinary options from around the world. The incubator space allows these immigrants to operate at a reduced rent; “graduates” of the bazaar have since moved out into the surrounding neighborhoods into their own brick-and-mortar locations and begun to change the city’s restaurant scene. It amounts to a food culture filled with options far beyond the wings Buffalo is renowned for. Family: The new Explore and More Children’s Museum on Buffalo’s waterfront, opening in May of 2019, gives families who were already considering a visit to Niagara Falls reason to extend their stay in Buffalo. The 40,000 square foot museum, filled with Buffalo centric exhibits, anchors a revitalized waterfront that also includes America’s largest inland naval and military park (featuring three floating ships) and a host of grain silos that have been repurposed into a hub for thrill seekers and outdoor recreation enthusiasts, including kayakers, zip liners and rock climbers. Great for a “Beyond the Falls” family feature, since this revitalized waterfront is less than 30 minutes away!
What plans, events does your destination have scheduled that travel media should be aware of? During Garden Walk, homeowners across the city invite thousands of strangers into their yards to show off how creative they can be within their urban gardens, which have gradually helped transform Buffalo’s Rust Belt image block by block and neighborhood by neighborhood. The two-day Garden Walk will expand into new neighborhoods and incorporate dozens more gardens this July – including the newly restored landscape of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex featuring thousands of flowers and dozens of trees. It’s part of a month long celebration of gardens in July that include dozens of additional, smaller garden tours. The National Buffalo Wing Festival, Labor Day Weekend, brings aficionados from around the world to chow down on more than 20 tons of wings in the city that created them. Visiting travel media have served as tasting judges during previous festivals.
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