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Citybration 2012 Launch Event:

Thursday, January 26 _ 6:00 PM

Statler Rendezvous Room

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First held in 1907, Buffalo Old Home Week was resurrected 99 years later in 2006. Renamed Buffalo Citybration, the festival is now in its sixth successful year. It continues to showcase Buffalos assets, highlight opportunity and celebrate successes in order to retain our best and brightest and attract individuals and businesses to our community. In 2012, Buffalo Citybration will take place once again during the last weekend of June (June 22-24). This year, our three-day festival will focus on connecting the amazing breadth of Buffalos vibrant waterfront.

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Citybration: History

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In 1907, Buffalo was the eighth largest city in the nation. More millionaires per capita lived here, at the geographic and political center of the country, than anywhere else in the U.S. The Pan American Exposition shone a brilliant spotlight on the City of Light. Then President McKinley was assassinated, casting a pall on Buffalo. Buffalo Old Home Week took place on September 1-7, 1907 to bring back those who had drifted away during those few dark years. By all accounts, was a great success and Buffalo's heyday continued unabated.Fast forward to 2006. The desire to build community was greater than ever and Buffalo Old Home Week was revived on August 24-27, 2006 by a small band of Buffalo enthusiasts. It was successful beyond all expectations. Clearly, the time was right to boost Buffalo in significant and meaningful ways. The size of this event has doubled every year since, and the undertaking has progressed from a single annual event to a year-round endeavor with multiple events, a web presence, a constituency and a great deal of momentum.Renamed Buffalo Citybration, this four-day event showcases Buffalo's assets, highlights opportunity and celebrates the city's many successes to help keep our best and brightest here, to bring back those who have left and to attract entrepreneurs and professionals to help grow our community and our economy. It accomplishes this by partnering with the business community, our arts and cultural organizations, our many excellent schools, our sports teams, civic and grassroots organizations, government and development agencies, veterans groups and more. Citybration proactively addresses the retention and attraction problems that have led to ongoing population losses in true Buffalo spirit -- by throwing a party!

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