Buffalo Neighborhood Mobilization Hubs Plan

The Buffalo Neighborhood Mobilization Hubs Plan, a $20 million project funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to enhance community resilience in Buffalo, particularly in disadvantaged areas, by establishing 150 Neighborhood Mobilization Hubs equipped with emergency preparedness resources.

 PUSH Buffalo is the lead applicant and CoNECT is the statutory partner, along with Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition and the Clean Air Coalition of WNY. They have organized broad partnerships that include the University at Buffalo, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, City of Buffalo, and Erie County. Rahwa Ghirmatzion, Senior Fellow at the Just Solutions Collective, provided strategy and overall project management.

Hubs will have emergency equipment such as backup generators, snow removal equipment, portable solar kits, and more. For shelter-in-place emergencies, the project will include 150 portable network kits, enabling internet access, which will be stored at Community Tech Labs. It will also provide opportunities for workforce development for emergency preparedness and to facilitate the clean energy transition in Buffalo, New York. Project partners include Erie County Restorative Justice Coalition, Clean Air Coalition of WNY, University at Buffalo, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, City of Buffalo- Department of Citizen Services, Erie County- Department of Health Equity.