Less than a year after his life-changing declaration about gun control effectively ended his time in the House of Representatives, Chris Jacobs was in Austin, Texas, taking part in a panel on gun violence at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festival.
But it was what he heard during a different panel that has stayed with him and has him thinking less about his past and more about Western New York’s future.
The speaker he heard was author and CNBC contributor Rebecca Fannin, who helped Jacobs understand the relevance of the high-tech ecosystem to Buffalo’s future.
“I think that we’re in a great position climbing out of Covid to get back to the momentum we saw pre-Covid and build upon that … and Rebecca confirmed that there’s been a lot of progress here,” Jacobs said.
Jacobs hosted a tech industry panel June 20 at Seneca One with Fannin and several local industry panelists. Fannin said Buffalo is similar to some of the other Midwest cities she visited while writing her latest book, “Silicon Heartland.”
New York will use this funding to expand access to low-income families in affordable housing developments, said Jacob Leibenluft, the U.S. Treasury Department’s chief recovery officer.
“Buffalo is a good example of a city ripe for a…
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