About the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy and Young Professionals for Olmsted Parks (YPOP) Program

The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is the first nonprofit organization in the nation, through a unique public-private partnership, to manage, operate and maintain an entire urban park system consisting of more than 850 acres of beautifully designed historic parks, parkways and circles.

The Young Professionals for Olmsted Parks (YPOP) program was designed to inspire the next generation of community members and leaders to value and appreciate public parks and greenspaces. This 9-month long program hones skills in the realm of nonprofit management and fundraising, all of which make a difference in their community!

Our Mission

The Conservancy is an independent not-for-profit, community organization whose mission is to steward Buffalo’s historic Olmsted park system to welcome and benefit all. To accomplish this, the Conservancy collaborates with community and strategic partners, advocates for quality parks for all, and enhances the park system through beautification, maintenance, and capital projects. More than 2.5 million visits occur in Buffalo’s Olmsted Park system annually for recreation, relaxation, and rejuvenation.

Our Parks

The Buffalo Olmsted Park System includes: Six parks: Cazenovia, Delaware, Front, Martin Luther King, Jr., Riverside, and South Seven parkways: Bidwell, Chapin, Lincoln, McKinley, Porter, Red Jacket, and Richmond Eight landscaped traffic circles: Agassiz, Colonial, Ferry, Gates, McClellan, McKinley, Soldiers, and Symphony Smaller spaces: Days, Heacock and Prospect

2025 Happy Hour for your Buffalo Olmsted Parks

By Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Inc.

2025 Happy Hour for your Buffalo Olmsted Parks