Creating Economic Capital and Jobs

• Generated $6.25+ million in grants/sponsorships since founding (ongoing)

• Generated positive national publicity for Buffalo Niagara Region
  • 1992-2014 hosting national conferences earning eight All America City FINALIST status and winning two All America City awards from the National Civic League
  • National leadership positions held, national public speaking appearances, and honors earned by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo.

• Pioneering in advocacy action for workforce health promotion to impact productivity and health care costs
• Helped to save the City of Buffalo millions of dollars in health insurance spending by paving way to healthier workforce through 16 year employee wellnes program management.

• Job creation – twelve employees, 300+ interns trained.

• First in Buffalo, NY region to publicly champion “Health Promotion” as a growth industry for Buffalo Niagara region (1997).
• Helped incubate multiple health-enhancing and revenue-generating organizations; resulting in 15 additional full-time jobs created in community!
  • Massachusetts Avenue Project (1998)
  • BWI Health Promotions (2004)
  • Green Options Buffalo (2009)
  • Buffalo Car Share (2010)
  • Net Positive (2012)
  • Explore Buffalo (2013)
  • Citizen science Community Resources

• Participated in creation of City of Buffalo Creativity and Civic Solutions Commission (2004) – first in the United States.

• Advocated to relocate Bicycle History Center and Children’s Museum as “cultural tourism” attractions to downtown Buffalo water front location at Canalside.

• Partnered with Arden Farm in East Aurora, NY to strengthen their efforts in agri-tourism, health education and small scale organic farming (2014-present).

• Established partnership with BWI Health Promotion to open National Worksite Health Promotion Training Institute in the Innovation Center on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (2010).
• Certified 10 Worksite Health Promotion trainees Spring 2011.(ongoing training)

• Brought statewide presence of BeActive New York State (2002) and National Association for Health and Fitness (2008) to Western New York through management services contracts.

More Information….

NY State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS)