🌱 👩‍⚕️Training Health Workers + Mental Health Equity + Lovejoy Grant

Hello, friends! Happy Friday! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening these days in town. Today you'll find news about:

• 🧑‍🏫 A Mental Health Equity Panel at SUNY Buffalo State
• 🍲 Buffalo Restaurant Week
• 🏫 Updates on the BPS security proposal

⛅ But first, today's weather: Partly sunny and milder. High: 60. Low: 48.

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Here are the top stories in Buffalo today:

1. A $3 million federal grant from the U.S. Health Resources Service Administration will go towards training community health workers. The money is dedicated to the network of Buffalo and D'Youville University, which has trained over 500 health workers since it was founded in 2010. Read more at The Buffalo News.
2. Community leaders attended a Mental Health Equity Panel at SUNY Buffalo State to discuss long-term trauma in communities after racially-motivated attacks. Mayor Byron Brown said, "I was honored to take part in today’s National Mental Health Roundtable to address mental health challenges, including the harmful impact of racism on mental health. Our community has had much to grapple with this past year, events that can impact our mental health." Learn more at Spectrum Local News.
3. The Buffalo Main Streets Initiative (BMSI) is granting the Lovejoy community $900,000 for commercial growth. This money will be available to building owners to be reimbursed 50-75% of total project cost for eligible activities. Lovejoy District Council Member Bryan J. Bollman said, “My hope is these funds can transform the Lovejoy District into a more inviting, modern business corridor.” Read more at Buffalo Rising.
4. After a two-year Covid hiatus, restaurant week is returning to the Buffalo area for next week. This year, restaurant week has partnered with Visit Buffalo Niagara so that the event can better encourage tourism. Learn more about restaurant week at WGRZ 2.
5. The $3 million proposal for Buffalo Public Schools security has been approved. District Superintendent said, “We want our parents to feel comfortable sending their children into school, and we want our students to come into schools and know that they are safe." For more information, visit WGRZ 2.

Today in Buffalo:

• Art of Science! Buffalo Museum of Science. October 21st, 12:00 P.M. Details!
• Arctic: A Man Under The Ice! Niagara Falls, NY. October 21st, 2:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. (reoccurring) Details!
• Silent Disco! The Canalside Roller Rink. October 21st, 6:00 P.M. Details!
• Family Halloween Hike! Tifft Nature Preserve. October 21st, 7:00 P.M. Details!
• Taylor Tomilson! University at Buffalo. October 21st, 7:00 P.M. Details!

Buffalo Chatter:

• Pretty Sky: "Stunning skies over #UBuffalo 💙 #UBTrueBlue (📸 : @_kiwi._.photography_)" (University at Buffalo via Instagram)
• Buffalo Home on Tillinghast Place: "Tillinghast Place - Parkside" (Buffalo Homes via Instagram)
• Winter Dog?: "Bubbas face perfectly sums up how we are all feelin about today’s weather 😱😨🥶. We’re still open tonight until 7:00 and still full to the brim with dogs like Bubs looking for..."
• Firefighters in Elmwood Village Charter: "Firefighters Mark Battaglia and Greg Chaffee of Ladder 2 stopped by Elmwood Village Charter school today. Fire safety and fire prevention tips were discussed with the children. Great job brothers! #IAFFSafetyTips" (Buffalo Professional Firefighters Local 282 via Facebook)
• Giveaway Alert: "*GIVEAWAY ALERT!* We're teaming up with the NISE Exhibition Center to give away 1 VIP Family Pack as well as 4 event posters ($150 value) to WNY's newest awe-inspiring experience that brings you below the Arctic ice, Arctic - A Man Under..." (Step Out Buffalo via Instagram)
• Halloween Botanical Gardens: "Our #BOOtanicalCelebration 👻🎃is back this Sunday from 10-3 for another @wegmans #DayOfPlay! See all the exciting plant creatures and learn about some pre historic friends from @pastandpresent_716 with a scavenger hunt and enjoy lots of..." (Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens via Facebook)

You're officially in the loop for today. See you next week for more updates!