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Albright-Knox to close in late 2019 for AK360 construction

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo is laying out plans for its big expansion.

The art gallery announced its plans for the construction phase of the AK360 Campus Development and Expansion Project Thursday.

The plan incl...

Former Gigi's space at Northland garners 10 proposals for new operator

The city agency that oversees the Northland Workforce Training Center received 10 proposals last week from restaurateurs interested in taking over the space briefly occupied by soul-food eatery Gigi's.

The revived Gigi's – relaunched by Darryl Ha...

National Grid provides grants, donation totaling $560,000 to Northland Workforce Training Center

National Grid is a longtime supporter of developing the workforce of the future. The most recent example of these efforts is working with Northland Workforce Training Center to achieve its remediation targets at its headquarters and training facility at 6...

Editorial: Northland offers stopgap solution to undereducated job seekers

Stephen Tucker, president and CEO of the Northland Workforce Training Center has come up with an innovative solution to a persistent and difficult problem among potential applicants: failure to qualify for admission to the school.

Many could not pass the l...

Northland launches remedial learning program to help applicants succeed

Stephen Tucker has been confronting a challenge.

More than two-thirds of the applicants to his Northland Workforce Training Center have failed to qualify for admission to the school because they couldn't pass the literacy test for reading at a 10th-grade l...

Hochul announces $1.4 million for new workforce program

When Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul visits Buffalo these days, she said she's seeing job training that she's never seen before.

That's because there are finally jobs to be had.

Those Western New York jobs, and the skills needed to do them, were the reason for Hochul...

BUDC seeks to renovate two more Northland buildings

As work continues on the new home of Buffalo Manufacturing Works next to the Northland Workforce Training Center, officials with the agency that owns that facility are turning their attention to a pair of nearby buildings in the same light-industrial comp...

Next Generation: Stephen Tucker, president and CEO of Northland Workforce Training Center

Stephen Tucker leads a Buffalo training hub with a high-profile mission.

He is the president and CEO of the Northland Workforce Training Center, which opened last year and focuses on training workers for jobs in advanced manufacturing and...

Northland training center promising the manufacturing workforce of the future

Go back about two years, Northland Avenue on Buffalo's East Side was a mess, flanked by a series of decrepit and empty former industrial buildings. Thursday night, officials of Northland Workforce Training Center were showing off their brand new facilitie...

Mayor Brown Hosts Mural Wall Dedication Ceremony At New Northland Workforce Training Center

Buffalo, NY – The Northland Workforce Training Center, a new facility dedicated to providing training, internships, apprenticeships and permanent employment for City of Buffalo residents seeking high-paying and family sustaining careers, is now ...

Buffalo Manufacturing Works to begin $33.5 million build-out at Northland

It's on to Phase Two of the state's sprawling Northland Corridor project.

With work nearly complete on the new Northland Workforce Training Center, the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. has approved a new $33.46 million construction contract to prepare the r...

First round of classes start soon at Northland Workforce Training Center

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A key piece of Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion plan is soon to open on Buffalo's East Side.

The Northland Workforce Training Center will begin classes on September 10. Faculty and staff will move in later this week.

The $...

Northland Workforce Training Center Pre-Enrollment Session

Mayor Byron W. Brown, NYS Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes & NYS Senator Tim Kennedy invite you to a Northland Workforce Training Center Pre-Enrollment Session Wed, June 27th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm - Edward Saunders Community Center 2777 Bailey Avenue.

Brown promises a gleaming transformation of east-side neighborhood with Northland Training Center

Revitalizing Northland Avenue on Buffalo's east side is something that Mayor Byron Brown has been wanting to do since he was a Common Council Member in the mid-1990s.When Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the state was looking to fund a manufacturing traini...

Learn about new Northland Workforce Training Center at May 21 event

The public is invited to learn more about the Northland Workforce Training that's scheduled to open this August at an event on May 21 in the Delavan Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan Ave.

The event begins with a two-hour session from 4 to 6 p.m. for ...

Construction Watch: Workforce Training Center

The Workforce Training Center is taking shape along Northland Avenue.  The Center will occupy a significant portion of the former Clearing Niagara factory at 683 Northland.Construction of this initial phase is scheduled to be completed this summe...

Gigi’s Soul Food Restaurant is Tapped for the Northland Corridor Redevelopment Project

An iconic restaurant on the East Side of Buffalo is getting a new lease on life. Gigi’s Restaurant, which closed in 2015 due to a fire, has been selected as the preferred food service provider for the ambitious Northland Corridor Redevelopment P...

Buffalo's Northland Corridor receives another $4M in state funds

The state has awarded another $4 million to the Buffalo Northland Corridor redevelopment project.The funds are part of more than $80 million awarded Monday to dozens of municipalities in the fifth round of the Restore New York Communities Initiative. Admi...

Schumer gets Northland Corridor Redevelopment Project design plan approved

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) - On Thursday Charles Schumer announced the approval of the Northland Corridor Redevelopment Project's design plan.Schumer says the approval of the design plan will allow the project to become eligible for an estimated $19 million his...

Mayor Brown, BUDC Announce Community Workforce Agreement for Northland Project

June 9 - Mayor Byron W. Brown, Chairman of the Buffalo Urban Development Corporation, is pleased to announce the signing of the Northland Project Labor Agreement (PLA) between the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. (BUDC) and the Buffalo Building and Constru...

Mayor Brown Announces Start of Recruiting For The Northland Corridor Pre-Apprenticeship Program

October 1, 2017 – Mayor Byron W. Brown announced recruiting for the Northland Corridor Project Pre-Apprenticeship Program is underway. The first applications were made available Thursday evening, at the fourth in a series of Community Workforce ...

Mayor Brown Announces Key Steps in Northland Corridor Project

March 9, 2017 – With the start of construction just days away, Mayor Byron W. Brown today announced the next series of important steps in the transformative Northland Corridor Project on Buffalo’s East Side.   As part of Mayor...

Northland Beltline Corridor Redevelopment Project

June 10, 2015 - Mayor Byron Brown was joined today by Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen, Majority Leader Demone Smith and the Buffalo Urban Development Corporation (BUDC) to discuss the recent purchase of 777 Northland, a significant step fo...

$5.7 Million Streetscape Phase of the $70 Million Northland Corridor Project Begins

September 1, 2017 – Mayor Byron W. Brown today announced that work is now underway on the $5.7 million streetscape phase of the $70 million Northland Corridor project. Crews began the complete transformation of Northland Avenue, between Grider S...