2008 Conference
November 16 through 18, 2008 in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo ReUse and the Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA) co-sponsored the first Great Lakes Building ReUse Conference. This was the first regional conference on developing and implementing building deconstruction and other creative solutions to address problems and solutions surrounding vacant and abandoned structures.
The Great Lakes Building ReUse Conference 2008 brought together people eager to initiate and expand programs which employ building reuse and vacant property stabilization in “rust-belt” cities surrounding the Great Lakes. The conference included workshops, a full-day deconstruction training, a local vacant property summit, keynote speeches, idea exchanges and a wrap-up session.
