The New Hertel Avenue Is Showing the Promise of the Latest Wave of Immigrants
The New Hertel Avenue Is Showing the Promise of the Latest Wave of Immigrants
An AS/COA and Fiscal Policy Institute report found that Immigrants are a little more likely to own businesses than their U.S.-born counterparts and even more likely to own Main Street businesses.
The face of Buffalo is changing in ways that will make it stronger and should be celebrated.
There are many examples, although expressed particularly well was the article by News staff reporter Mark Sommer about the wave of new immigrants that is changing Hertel Avenue’s “Little Italy.”
Longtime landmark restaurant Ristorante Lombardo is still going strong and drawing customers, including Mick Jagger....
...There is much work being done on strategies to attract and retain immigrants, nationally and regionally. In January, the Fiscal Policy Institute and Americas Society/Council of the Americas released a report that found, “Immigrants are a little more likely to own businesses than their U.S.-born counterparts, but they are a lot more likely to own Main Street businesses such as grocery stores, restaurants and barber shops.”
Over the last 10 years, many Rust Belt/Great Lakes cities, counties and states have developed strategies aimed at growing their economies through attracting and retaining the foreign-born – including refugees, immigrants, international students, entrepreneurs and business owners, according to Eva Hassett, executive director of the International Institute of Buffalo, a not-for-profit organization that helps refugees and immigrants....
