A couple of things I wrote about recently turned around for the better.

Groundbreaking began on the Hamburg Wind Farm project, the one which looked like it would be derailed by environmental interests concerned about disturbing the dirt at the site of an old Bethlehem Steel factory. Thankfully that turned out to be the nonsense I thought it was, and groundbreaking began on the project at last.

The other development, which was a pleasant surprise, was an agreement reached between the Seneca nation and the city of Buffalo regarding the proposed $125 million Buffalo Creek Casino. It appeared the deal was dead, and there were angry words exchanged on both sides, which at its height culminated in the Senecas promising to build no more than a 5000 square foot trailer of a casino, basically to spite Mayor Byron Brown’s administration. Thankfully agreements were reached, and the disputed Fulton Street was sold to the Senecas so their plan could move forward.

Of course there are people who think a run down part of downtown Buffalo is better than a multi-million dollar hotel and casino complex. You can reach your own conclusions, but I see the fruits of the Seneca’s disputed Niagara Falls casino finally coming to fruition, with millions of dollars in revenues going toward renovating and revitalizing a city that desperately needs the money, and probably wouldn’t be getting the money otherwise.

So all in all, I’m happy with what’s transpired here this week. Now if we can just get Bass Pro to stop dragging its feet and come downtown near HSBC Arena, things will really start happening!

–Brian