After the assault, “there were still evenings and Saturdays when no staff was there at all,” said Airhart, a retired Houghton College dean who was a WEDI board member for three years.

Just eight months after opening, WEDI board members met to discuss closing the Downtown Bazaar as the organization faced a large deficit. Board members say that all of the staff is actively ...

Since 2014, KeyBank in partnership with the First Niagara Foundation has given WEDI more than $250,000 to support the West Side Bazaar, after-school programs and events. “Our board is unanimous ...