Updated October 16, 2025
Note: This is more an About page than what many people consider a Now page. So be it, it works. Some of my blog posts could be considered Now reports, but I’m not feeling compelled to have regular “what I’m doing now” bits. I support Derek’s Now project and assure you, I’m present.
I connect people with each other.
My paid work is part of the team selling reclaimed and surplus building materials as the operations manager at ReUse Action in Buffalo. I’ve recently stepped aside from a primary role as store manager, turning my attention to promotion and technology. ReUse Action is a for-profit continuation of Buffalo ReUse, a not-for-profit we founded in 2006. We control the Buffalo ReUse not-for-profit.
I’m responsible for communications, promotion and publicity and a fair portion of the technology. I direct our web presence and I manage and maintain The Guild @980, an artist/small business space we run in our building on Buffalo’s East Side.
I’m a co-founder of The Foundry, a business incubator and makerspace, started up in 2012. I have a continuing interest in small business, startups, skilled trades, craft and small-scale manufacturing.
I’m a member and supporter of Buffalo’s East Side Parkways Coalition, as we fight back against Big State corruption and malfeasance.
My community initiatives on the Web are the Preservation-Ready Sites website, which I started in 2013, and Brick Streets, a revival of an earlier list of Buffalo’s brick and stone streets.
