Mobilizing a Whole City to Change Its Future - Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

This paper will include an overview of the BNMCs success to date, including how these diverse (and often competitor) institutions created this dynamic collaboration that has become an economic engine for the city of Buffalo (one of the poorest cities in the country) and the region at large. I will discuss our mission to attract and retain the best and the brightest, and therefore the attention we place on the importance of mentoring and growing people in our community. I will outline our achievements and challenges in several key focus areas, including access & transportation; workforce; housing; active living and healthy eating; and entrepreneurship; and I will discuss our strategies for encouraging our 12,000+ employees to live, work, and play in our urban setting. Finally, I will address plans to dramatically increase our impact on the Buffalo region, which will further serve to create jobs,\ngrow the inner-city, and spur the local economy.