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  • Bird Island Pier
  • Waterfront Village
  • Erie Basin Marina Constructed
  • Tifft Nature Preserve
  • Horizons Waterfront -Buffalo Harbor Master Plan–EE&K
  • City (DDI) Inner Harbor Master Plan
  • ESDC EIS Scoping Meeting – Erie Canal Project
  • DEC Buffalo River Hand Launch sites
  • ESDC Erie Canal Project Draft Master Plan
    • Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Filed
    • Final Erie Canal Harbor Project EIS Filed
    • Federal Transit Admin. Accepts Final EIS
  • Phase One Construction Start (Move Ships)
  • Scajaquada Pathway, Phases I and II
  • Federal Lawsuit Filed by Preservation Coalition
    • District Court orders Supplemental Environmental Studies
    • ESDC/FTA issue draft supplemental EIS
  • Riverwalk
  • ESDC completes Commercial Slip Wall Study
  • ESDC completes Hamburg Drain alternate study
  • Buffalo Boat Harbor Project (Gallagher Beach)
  • ESDC completes third required study of river sediments
  • Decision made to move Commercial Slip
  • ESDC Harbor Master Plan Amendment Planning
    • Draft Supplemental EIS Scoping Report
    • Re-Design Workshops (300 participants)
    • Heritage Interest Group Work Sessions (30 org’s)
    • Supplemental EIS Completed
  • Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park
  • Times Beach Nature Preserve
  • Bass Pro MOU announced
  • Tifft Street Trail
  • Phase Two Harbor Construction Start (Slip/Museum/ etc.)
  • Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. operations begin
  • ECHDC unveils Foot of Main Development Concept
  • ECHDC unveils Canal Side Draft Master Plan
  • New site discussed with Bass Pro
  • New Bass Pro site unveiled
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse
  • ECHDC assumes title to Donovan Building
  • Benderson/Bass Pro/ECHDC Revised MOU reached
  • ECHDC assumes title to Aud
  • Asbestos remediation work commences at Aud/Donovan
  • Finish Phase Two Harbor Construction
  • ECHDC secures former Cargill, Inc. outer harbor parcel
  • Erie Canal Harbor officially opens to public
  • Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum Relocates to Canal Side
  • Outer Harbor Greenbelt
  • Asbestos remediation work completed at Aud
  • Asbestos remediation work completed at Donovan
  • ECHDC unveils Canal Side Final Master Plan
    • Canal Side SEQRA process Initiated
  • Buffalo Harbor Bridge Study Project Commences
  • Demolition of Aud commences
  • Erie Canal Harbor historic street grid project initiated
  • Canal Side SEQRA process completed
  • Buffalo River Fest Park
  • Union Ship Canal
  • Southtowns Connector
  • Canal Side Phase 3a Completion

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Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation
95 Perry Street, Suite 500 | Buffalo, NY 14203-3030 | 716-846-8200 (ph) | 716-846-8262 (fax)
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