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Latitude Episode 49: A West Side Story

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The Westminister Economic Development Initiative, WEDI for short, started as an outreach effort by Westminister Presbyterian Church as a way to empower economically disadvantaged populations in Buffalo.

This week on the podcast we talk with Executive Director Ben Bissell about the progress WEDI has made, how the West Side Bazaar has become a model for retail and food services incubation and how the organization turns no one away for the chance to build something for themselves and their community.


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