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Olmsted Parks Conservancy Urges City to Reach Deal

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published December 10, 2009 at 8:44 AM EST
Conservancy chairman David Colligan & Olmsted workers plead to the City for a deal

By Eileen Buckley

Buffalo, NY – Olmsted Parks Conservancy says if the City leaves Olmsted out of a new parks deal, it could be forced to layoff 30 employees by the end of this year.

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Olmsted is urging residents to join a "Rally for the Parks" Sunday, December 13 at Noon at Martin Luther King Park, Jr. Park to urge the city to reach a deal with the Conservancy.