The E. M. Cotter, Buffalo's Fireboat, is the oldest active fireboat in the world. Built and commissioned during an era when Buffalo's waterfront and port were booming, the Cotter has been an invaluable asset of fire protection for the numerous warehouses, grain elevators and other facilities that line Buffalo's shores. After 105 years the Cotter continues serving the citizens and properties of Greater Buffalo, more as a floating museum, visiting ports on Lakes Erie and Ontario.

LaSalle Pride is a neighborhood group in Niagara Falls that promotes, protects and preserves the cultural, historic and environmental well being of the LaSalle Neighborhood of Niagara Falls by the recourse utilization of volunteers and private and public sectors. This group of volunteers is very active and has held many waterfront clean ups along the Niagara River.

Just Buffalo Literary Center was founded in 1975 as a poetry reading series. Throughout its history, the organization has evolved to meet Western New Yorks growing cultural and educational needs with author readings and events, writing workshops for youth and adults, interdisciplinay performances, publications, and radio programming. Today, Just Buffalo exists as a creative, independent force for free expression whose mission is to create and strengthen communities through the literary arts. It is one of the ten largest literary arts centers in the nation and has been designated as a Primary Institution by the New York State Council on the Arts.