BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York State announced it would give $10,000,000 from the Downtown Revililization Initiative (DRI) to revitalize the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood in 2021. The community and its partners have recommended 14 different projects around the area that it would like to see the $10,000,000 go towards.

DRI was launched in 2016 to improve urban areas across New York State. The Regional Economic Development Councils select communities to invest in. Each community then prepares an investment plan for the funds. The City of Buffalo, New York State, a consultant team, a local planning committee, and the community settled on 14 different projects to ask the state to fund with that $10,000,000. The team narrowed down a list of 21 projects to 14.

The total DRI request is for $20,900,000. A members of the local planning committee said they are over-asking because the state will narrow the list of projects down further.

Next, these projects will be finalized and submitted to the Strategic Investment Plan. The State will review the Strategic Investment Plan and will make final funding decisions. Those final decisions are expected to be announced by 2022.