The Conservancy's mission is to broaden awareness of, appreciation for, and investment in Buffalo's Olmsted Park System (the System) in order to enhance, restore and maintain this cultural treasure for the benefit of current and future generations.
The Conservancy's mission is to broaden awareness of, appreciation for, and investment in Buffalo's Olmsted Park System (the System) in order to enhance, restore and maintain this cultural treasure for the benefit of current and future generations.
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (the Conservancy) is a not-for-profit, membership-based, community organization. Beginning as the Friends of the Olmsted Parks in 1978, it entered a public/private partnership with the City of Buffalo in 1995. Through a City-County-Conservancy agreement that became effective on July 1, 2004, it became the first not-for-profit organization in the nation to manage a park system.
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (the Conservancy) is a not-for-profit, membership-based, community organization. Beginning as the Friends of the Olmsted Parks in 1978, it entered a public/private partnership with the City of Buffalo in 1995. Through a City-County-Conservancy agreement that became effective on July 1, 2004, it became the first not-for-profit organization in the nation to manage a park system.