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Associated Press
23-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
KeyBank Delavan-Grider Farmers Market to Return to East Buffalo on Thursday May 29th
BUFFALO, May 23, 2025 /3BL/ – KeyBank is partnering with Buffalo GoGreen and Providence Farm Collective for the fourth consecutive year to launch a weekly farmers market in the city's Delavan-Grider neighborhood. The market helps address food insecurity by bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods with few options. The market will be held at the Delavan-Grider Community Center located at 877 East Delavan Avenue. It will take place from 4:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. each Thursday from May 29 through fall. The market is planned to run rain or shine, with the facility gymnasium designated as an alternate location in the case of inclement weather. 'We're excited to bring the Delevan-Grider Farmers Market back once again this year,' said Chiwuike 'Chi-Chi' Owunwanne, Corporate Responsibility Officer for KeyBank in Buffalo. 'Although there's been progress, food insecurity is still a real problem in this community. We're proud to do our part alongside Buffalo GoGreen and Providence Farm Collective to provide access to basic resources, like fresh produce, to help our neighbors in East Buffalo thrive.' In addition to produce vendors, other merchants from around Western New York will take part in the market. Accepted forms of payment are cash, checks, Mastercard, Visa, SNAP, Double Up Food Bucks, WIC and Senior Farmers checks. In addition, those who sign up on site for the Double Up Food Bucks program will receive a $10 food voucher to the market courtesy of KeyBank. ABOUT KEYCORP In 2025, KeyCorp celebrates its bicentennial, marking 200 years of service to clients and communities from Maine to Alaska. To learn more, visit KeyBank Heritage Center. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $189 billion at March 31, 2025. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 1,200 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit KeyBank Member FDIC. ### Visit 3BL Media to see more multimedia and stories from KeyBank
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Local farming collective appeals grant termination after alleged DEI violations
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Providence Farm Collective (PFC) in Orchard Park filed an appeal last Thursday of a grant termination by the federal government, where it cited concerns of discriminatory practices associated with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The grant is for the collective's Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program and Incubator Farm Program, which provides farmland access, education, market access, shared equipment and resources to farmers. The grant funding, which is $750,000 and is in its second year, helps refugee, immigrant and Black farmers establish their footing in agriculture. 'The award termination letter indicates no factual findings or basis for the allegation that Providence Farm Collective has incorrectly or inappropriately used the grant funds,' Executive Director Kristin Heltman-Weiss said in the appeal. 'Nor are there any facts presented in the letter which support a determination that Providence Farm Collective's grant under BFRDP no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.' PFC runs 30 farms and supports more than 200 farmers, grows over 100,000 pounds of produce per year and provides food for over 14,000 Western New Yorkers. Leaders of the collective said earlier this month that the loss of funding threatens those operations. The United States Department of Agriculture previously said that the grant was pulled because the programs it supported allegedly violated federal civil rights laws. Heltman-Weiss said the collective's program is 'the opposite of exclusion,' saying 'every ethnic background, every culture, every skin color,' is seen in the collective. Katie Skoog joined the News 4 team in April 2024. She is a graduate from the University at Buffalo. You can view more of her work here. Dillon Morello is a reporter from Pittsburgh who has been part of the News 4 team since September of 2023. See more of his work here and follow him on Twitter. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
