#griffis

I’ve had quite the 3 and a half years in Buffalo. This past weekend I visited the Griffis Sculpture park in East Otto an hour drive away from my apartment. My first sight of snow all season was frost on the grass in the higher elevation area of the park. Being from NYC I’m not new to snow but being in a commuter city did make my relationship with the cold flakes a bit more intimate. My first semester at UB I remember hail the size of tic-tacs smacking me against the back of the neck as power-walked to the bus stop. The night it snowed more than a foot and the unthinkable happened; administration cancelled classes in city known for snow storms so wild it is very likely you’ll have to dig your way out of your front door.

I got to visit one of Buffalo’s many nearby park for the last time on one of the last days before snowfall takes hold of the city for atleast a few months just as I plan to leave for my next adventure. This city reinvigorated me with a newfound appreciation for nature which is something I cannot ever repay. Access to so many beautiful, natural landscapes motivated my decision to spend the summer here whenever I had the chance.

Should you come to visit Buffalo I suggest coming in the summertime when the city is most alive. With farmer’s markets every weekend, food truck festivals with free live music shows, being in the middle of some of the most beautiful parks in America, and a bustling art scene Buffalo’s summers more than make up for its rough winters.

Aside from the nature outside of the city of Buffalo some of my most fun experiences have been exploring the city’s attractions. This ranges from my regular visits to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to the Buffalo Zoo to kayaking down the Erie Canal during my first weekend as a student.

Buffalo is a growing city with a number of organizations doing great work to help the city build up on itself equitably as well as efficiently. Collaborating with the University Heights Tool Library on planting and other neighborhood beautification projects has been a lovely experience. One of the best thing about being in Buffalo is being surrounded by these types of opportunities to lend a hand in a smaller group environment that makes it easy to make an impact without navigating the bureaucracy of more large-scale operations.

Overall this is a city that will give you all that you put into it and more. Of course it is easy to stay inside your comfort zone and not put yourself out there but where’s the fun in that? Without encouraging you to jump off of a cliff into roaring rapids or give a yourself entirely to a cause just for the sake of saying you did I do encourage you to look for avenues towards positive change wherever they may be. Go Bulls.

Praxis Aerospace Concepts achieves at the NY UAS test site

Praxis Aerospace Concepts International, Inc. has significantly increased its UAS operations capabilities to equal or exceed any nonfederal entity within Nevada.

Praxis Aerospace Concepts International, Inc. today announced that it has been delegated Mission Command authority from the New York UAS Test Site, operated by the Griffiss International Airport. This significant achievement represents…

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