It is a tremendous honor for me to remain the President of the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation, Inc. for another year. 2009 turned out to be another great year for our Foundation. We honored Carl Montante and Howard Zemsky for all of their efforts at our Annual Spring Luncheon and we hosted another successful Golf Class in September. We also heard a great update on Waterfront Development from Jordan Levy and Larry Quinn at a well attended Speaker Forum in November. We also saw the expansion of our Renaissance Apprentice, a very unique initiative that provides disadvantaged local college students with the opportunity to have paid internships with businesses here in Western New York.
With the addition of one of our strongest classes of new Directors since the Board was established in 1981 (Hugh M. Russ, III, Donald V. Brown, William Gurney and John Cleary), we are poised to accomplish great things this year. We have a lot in store for 2010, including our annual Spring Luncheon in May, our Fall Golf Classic in September, our Third Annual Veteran’s Day Luncheon in November and at least one of our traditional Speaker Forums.
I am confident that by promoting positive dialogue, positive investment and positive change, the Renaissance Foundation will continue to achieve its goal of Building a Better Buffalo. Together with your help, we will indeed cause this great city of ours to move forward in all respects.
Believe!
David R. Pfalzgraf, Jr.
President
Buffalo Renaissance Foundation
It is a tremendous honor for me to remain the President of the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation, Inc. for another year. 2009 turned out to be another great year for our Foundation. We honored Carl Montante and Howard Zemsky for all of their efforts at our Annual Spring Luncheon and we hosted another successful Golf Class in September. We also heard a great update on Waterfront Development from Jordan Levy and Larry Quinn at a well attended Speaker Forum in November. We also saw the expansion of our Renaissance Apprentice, a very unique initiative that provides disadvantaged local college students with the opportunity to have paid internships with businesses here in Western New York.
