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Campaign's 2008 Holiday Meet-up Dec. 16 at Legendary Lafayette Tap Room

 The Campaign for Greater Buffalo's 2008 Holiday Meet-up will take place on Tuesday, December 16 from 6-8pm in one of Buffalo's greatest bar spaces, the Lafayette Tap Room. Built about a century ago in an early addition to Louise Bethune's Hotel Lafayette, the Tap Room has 16-foot-high ceilings and is adorned by a mounted Buffalo (bison) head that is certainly itself a Buffalo landmark. The event is free for Campaign members and $10 for friends. At 8, acoustic blues performer Fritz the Cat takes the stage at the front of the barroom

Buffalo's hometown craft brewer, Flying Bison, will be providing seasonal brews and finger foods will be served. The Tap Room will have its full menu of hearty tavern fare available for those wishing a sit-down dinner in the commodious dining room.

In addition to the usual socializing and scintillating conversation, there will be updates on various preservation issues, including the Fruitbelt, Prospect Hill, and the Richardson.

For more info, call The Campaign at 854-3749, or e-mail us at C4GB@aol.com.

Campaign looking for volunteers

The Campaign for Greater Buffalo always has some hands-on work to do related to various preservation and charcter development projects. Right now we could use volunteers for simple construction projects in the office and at Boathouse Park in North Tonawanda. You'd have to have your own tools. Call Tim at the office if you have carpentry skills: 884-3138. Also, we need help around the office and in the field on a set schedule for about 20 hours a week. You'd need a car. We pay expenses and eternal gratitude.