The Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History & Nature                          (C-SAAHN)         Sponsored the following presentation: Downtown Library 2009 - 2010 Noon Hour Lecture Series "Imagining Buffalo Niagara in the 21st Century" Presented by: Hon. Paul Dyster, Mayor, Niagara Falls NY Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Summary by Dennis Galucki   Niagara Falls has similar assets and problems as Buffalo, it is just a smaller city. Solutions are also similar: Looking for innovative companies. How can new forms of communications translate to new forms of collaboration? Need to integrate transportation like cars, trains and bicycle paths. Utilizing our fresh water asset. Too many single homes for an emerging elderly population and demographic. Need for adaptive reuse of existing buildings. How to build the tourist economy around 8 million annual visitors?  Optimistic about our future if rooted in innovation and collaboration. See also: Officials to talk about the future of Buffalo The Buffalo News