Below is a sample list of current and former clients and partners we’ve worked with.
Who We Work and Partner With
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery
- Amherst Industrial Development Agency
- Bank of America
- Bisonwing Planning and Development LLC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York
- Border Policy Research Institute of Western Washington University
- Broadway Fillmore Neighborhood Housing Services
- The Brookings Institution
- Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
- Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
- Buffalo Construction Group
- Buffalo Moose Group
- Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
- Buffalo Niagara Partnership
- Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
- Buffalo Promise Neighborhood
- Buffalo Urban Development Corporation
- Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (UB)
- Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP
- Catholic Medical Partners/Catholic Health System PPS
- Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES
- Center for Regional Strategies
- Central New York Regional Planning & Development Board
- Central Terminal Restoration Corporation
- Citizens Alliance/Black Chamber of Commerce
- City of Buffalo
- City of Niagara Falls
- The Coming Wave LLC
- Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
- Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF)
- The Cravens Foundation
- Cypress North
- Eco_logic STUDIO
- Empire State Development (New York State)
- Erie County
- Erie County Industrial Development Agency
- Evans Bank
- Five Star Bank
- Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab (UB)
- FTI Consulting Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy
- Get Fokus’d Productions
- Glenda M. Cadwallader
- Goodwill of Western New York
- Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC)
- Hatch Mott MacDonald
- Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
- Highland Planning
- HMS Associates
- Industries for the Blind of New York State
- Invest Buffalo Niagara
- Iola Consulting Group
- Jackson Parker Communications
- The John R. Oishei Foundation
- Key Bank/First Niagara Foundation
- LaBella Associates
- Larkin Development Group
- Local Initiative Support Corporation of WNY
- Lossless Creative Studio
- M&T Bank
- MWB Ignites LLC
- Make Communities
- The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation
- McKinsey & Company
- Michael Ulbrich Consulting
- Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
- Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission
- Millennium Care Collaborative PPS
- Mobile Safety-Net Team (The John R. Oishei Foundation)
- National Grid
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
- New York State Education Department
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
- Northwest Bank
- NYS Department of Transportation
- O-H Community Partners
- P2 Collaborative of WNY
- Pegula Sports + Entertainment
- Pen Creative (Kim Pentheros)
- The Pathfinders
- Preservation Buffalo Niagara
- Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
- Restore our Community Coalition (ROCC)
- Richardson Center Corporation
- Riveter Design
- Roxanne Kise Consulting LLC
- Sally Crowley Marketing
- Scribble Queen Design
- Shared Mobility Inc.
- Southtowns Community Enhancement Coalition
- State University of New York
- SUNY Fredonia
- Town of Amherst
- Town of Tonawanda
- Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- United Way of Buffalo & Erie County
- University at Buffalo
- University District Community Development Association
- University Heights Collaborative
- Urban Institute
- USA Niagara
- VIA: Pathways for the Visually Impaired
- Visit Buffalo Niagara
- Watts Architecture & Engineering
- The Weiss Family Foundation
- Western New York Consortium of Higher Education
- Western New York Grantmakers Association
- Western New York Foundation
- Western New York Land Conservancy
- WNY Women’s Fund
- WSP (formerly Ecology & Environment)
Our long established history in the region and track record of success in public policy and urban planning, our leadership, professional staff and graduate students, our position as the research enterprise of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, and our strong connection to the University at large, are our greatest assets and what sets us apart from other organizations.
School and University Connection
Tapping into a deep bench of knowledge, intellect and expertise beyond our walls. We connect with faculty on projects that could benefit from a particular skill set, expertise or burgeoning research in a particular field. Our collaborative projects with the School of Architecture & Planning faculty span topics as diverse as food-system security, responses to climate change, green transportation systems, inclusive design, situated technologies (the use of technology embedded in buildings), sustainable community development, planning for extreme events (such as earthquakes or hurricanes) and many others.
Partnerships Across Communities
Working and connecting with partners across the region, state, nation, and world. A major research and public policy division of the University at Buffalo, the UB Regional Institute provides objective analysis to drive crucial decisions for its public, private and nonprofit partners across all scales from neighborhoods to municipalities, from regions to states to federal levels and beyond the nation’s borders to the global community. Drawing on diverse experience and a deeply rooted passion for independent research and public engagement, the institute generates clear, actionable insights that advance communities with our partners. In addition to university faculty and academic researchers, the institute’s partners include governments, foundations, businesses, civic groups and nonprofits.