I read the Flutie Flakes story and it reminded me of when our region first began to cooperate on a regional basis. So I wrote an Another Voice article in the Buffalo News about it.
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When the new Buffalo began
I submit the current spirit of regional cooperation can be traced back to the Business Backs the Bills effort led by Erkie Kailbourne and Ron Zoeller in 1998.
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