Buffalo's Homebrewing Events/Competitions

Unbeknown to me, there is a group events coming up this Spring/Summer for the local homebrewer. A couple of these seem to be new this year, while the Cole's IPA Festival is going on it's 3rd year. I plan on partaking in all these events.

April

Friday, April 24th - Beerology at The Buffalo Science Museum

• Event Website
• $20 (Museum members) and $25 (Non-Museum members)
  

May

May 30th - Pearl Street Brewmaster's Challenge

• No Entry Fee
• Style: Belgian Wit
  
• Competition Introduction
• Entry Form
• Guidelines
  

June

June 6th - Cole's 75th Anniversary Homebrewing Competition

• Call For Entries
  
• Entry Form
• $5 Entrance Fee
  
• Entries due by EOB on May 30th, 2009

July

Saturday, July 14th - Cole's 3rd Annual IPA Festival/Competition

• No Entry Fee
  
• Entry Form
• Forms due June 30th
• Submittions due by July 6th

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Consultant Says Buffalo Needs To Overhaul Parking System - Really?!?!

http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/548555.html

So let me get this straight. The city currently has a "Parking Board" yet they needed to hire outside consultants for ~$95,000 to tell the city that they should take over control of all parking and pay a Czar $140,000 a year to figure out a way to "improve" parking - because the City has a great track record of being efficient and getting the job done! We can't trust the private sector to handle our parking - that's what tax dollars are for!