Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP)

271 Grant St. Buffalo, New York 14213 Phone (716) 882-5327 Fax (716) 882-5338

"Building the local community through food, urban farming and entrepreneurship"

 
   
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Mission Statement

MAP nurtures the growth of a diverse and equitable community food system to promote local economic opportunities, access to affordable and nutritious food, and social-change education.

Key Supporters

MAP would like to thank its generous financial supporters: the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture, Western New York Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, Peter Cornell Trust, Community Health Foundation of Greater Buffalo, General Mills Foundation, M&T Charitable Foundation, John R. Oishei Foundation, ACE Bakery/Toronto Community Foundation, NYS Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, the City of Buffalo and Erie County Youth Services.

What We Do . . .

MAP currently runs two core programs: Growing Green, a youth development and urban agriculture program; and Food Ventures, a food-based micro-enterprise development program.  In addition to Food Ventures and Growing Green, MAP sponsors a weekly Youth Dinner Co-op, a low-cost weekly vegetarian dinner co-op, local youth take turns cooking, cleaning and helping manage the co-op.  Call (716) 882-5327 ext. 4 for more information.

MAP currently  runs its administrative office at 271 Grant Street (the former Northwest Library) and has a public reading room, computer lab and meeting place for community groups and the public at large.  We have a commercial kitchen located at 51 Colonial Circle and an urban farm on Massachusetts Avenue.

Recent news . . . . . .

MAP wins 21st Century Fund's Biannual $100,000 prize!

MAP was awarded $100,000 from the 21st Century Fund, a financial award that will secure the purchase of a building for a Community Food Resource Center (CFRC).  The 21st Century Fund is a biannual award from the Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo and was announced Tuesday, April 29th at Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts. 

MAP’s CFRC will be an anchor in the redevelopment of the Grant/Ferry Business District, featuring a shared use commercial kitchen for food entrepreneurs, job and management skills for youth and adults who work in the site’s Rise Up Café, and educational opportunities for teenagers through a weekly youth dinner coop and other community events.  In addition to these important functions, the CFRC will serve as a central storage facility for MAP’s Mobile Market, which will bring fresh affordable food to neighborhoods on Buffalo’s East and West Sides.  Area farmers will be able to drop off CSA shares at the CFRC for delivery to local residents.

 

Mobile Market Project Coming Soon

We are happy to announce that we have purchased our vehicle and are in the process of transforming it into a green, mean vegetable market machine.  We are mapping out our routes and will be hitting the road this summer (2008).  You can find more information about our mobile market project on our Growing Green page.

For additional inquiries, questions, or if you want to volunteer, please contact MAP at 716-882-5327 ext. 4.