In March 2025, PTNY joined partners from around the Western New York region in Buffalo for the first annual Western New York Regional Greenways Planning Summit. This day-long event explored current plans in place to build out Western New York’s regional greenway trail network and challenges and opportunities for expansion. Planners, advocates, agency representatives, elected leaders, and others from around the region came together to collective brainstorm how best to advance construction of the region’s greenway network and to overcome and address any barriers to expansion.

PTNY staff have published a report to summarize the discussions from this event and synthesize the findings into actionable steps for those across the region to pursue. If you have any questions about the report, please feel free to contact Dylan Carey at dcarey@ptny.org.