BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Friday Night Live is back on Jefferson Avenue!
"I think this is amazing," said community member Raondalyn Hawkins. "This is what we need right now. All the drama, all the fighting, and negativity in the City of Buffalo. We need good environments like this where hundreds of people can come out and have fun. Just good vibes only."
Event organizers say Friday Night Live gives community members a glimpse of what Jefferson Avenue was like decades ago.
"This area is where we did everything. I shopped here. I ate here. I went to the theater here," said Marnetta Malcolm, founder of Friday Night Live. "We remember that we used to know not just our friends, but their grandmothers, aunts, and cousins. We were always together."
Gwen Curry is a professional grant writer who says events like this are an opportunity to meet with people face-to-face.
"I'm here to serve this next generation so that they can take their vision to the next level and get the money for their mission to help those that are the least the last and the lost," said Curry.
You can catch Friday Night Live every Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. through August 30.
"This neighborhood has been through a lot," said community member Shantelle Patton. "It's a testament to the resiliency of this neighborhood, community, and just us as people."
