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Lackawanna, New York

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Lackawanna is a culturally diverse city located on the shore of Lake Erie and just minutes from Downtown Buffalo. Our Lady of Victory Basilica, a national shrine, is in the center of our downtown business district. The Buffalo Botanical Gardens, a Frederick Olmstead Park, is just walking distance from the Basilica.

Within our website you will find information about our great city's history, city government, services, and upcoming events in Lackawanna. Thank you for visiting our site. We hope you enjoy your visit!

 

 

LEGAL NOTICE -- ADVERTISEMENT FOR GRANT WRITERS FOR CITY OF LACKAWANNA

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS -CITY OF LACKAWANNA , NEW YORK

The City of Lackawanna is seeking Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) from qualified consulting firms or individuals interested in performing grant writing and administrative work for the City.

The objective of the RFQ is to provide the City of Lackawanna grants services which would include, but may not be limited to, general consulting, grants strategy, grant writing and administration services for the execution of any grants that may be received.

A detailed Request for Qualifications document that will qualify the proposed scope of services to be provided will be available from the City Clerk's Office beginning on Thursday January 19 th , 2012 at 9:00 AM. The City Clerk's Office is located at Lackawanna City Hall , 714 Ridge Road – Room 215, Lackawanna , New York 14218 .

The deadline for submitting any Request for Qualifications to the City Clerk's Office will be Friday February 3 rd , 2012 at 11:00 AM.   Please direct all requests for additional information or clarifications to this Request for Qualifications to the City Clerk, Jacqueline A. Caferro, at (716) 827-6470.

Once received, the City of Lackawanna will select a committee to evaluate the Requests for Qualifications and then develop a short list of firms or individuals that the City feels are best qualified. Once the short list is developed an interview process will take place, from which the successful firm or individual will be selected.

                                                                                    Jacqueline A. Caferro

                                                                                   City Clerk, City of Lackawanna

 

 

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Steel Plant Museum launches website

For those who do not know what the Steel Plant Museum is, it is an organization that is dedicated to preserving the rich history of the steel plants that were based in Western New York. The SPM is located inside the Lackawanna Public Library. Membership prices are as follows:

* Student - $5, Friend - $20, Patron - $35, Benefactor - $50, Bronze - $75, Silver - $100, Gold - $500 and Platium - $1000

All membership level are renewble annually, with the Gold and Platiunum levels coming with lifetime membership. The museum is located at 560 Ridge Road in the basement of the Lackawanna Public Library. It also has a satellite locateion at 682 Ridge Road at the Bethel Presbyterian Church in Lackawanna. For more information on the hours of operation, call 823-0630 or 675-4006.

The Steel Plant Museum has recently launched a new web site thanks to work done by Dennis Reed from Monroe Fordham Regional History Center at Buffalo State College. To access the website, go online and visit: www.steelplantmuseuminc.org/new. The web site features updated information, online links, video clips and former steel plants and some of the certain processes which went on during production.

 

 

 
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