Our Team

Since 1998, Alma has provided Grant Writing and Administrative, Commercial Center Improvement/New York Main Street Program, and Special Project management services for CBCA clients.

Alma has helped CBCA clients raise more than $37 million in grants for a wide variety of historic preservation projects from public, private foundation, and other sources. She works closely with clients to make competitive and compelling applications . She works with grant funding agency staff, often on a daily basis, to maximize funding impact for clients and facilitate efficient and effective grant compliance for funders. 

Alma has also led the completion of more than 300 Main Street small building/small business improvement projects. She has been the Project Manager since 2003 for the Erie County Commercial Center Improvement Program for more than 70 small business and property owners.  Alma has completed New York Main Street-funded Technical Assistance Program projects across the state. She has administered many Buffalo Main Street Initiative (BMSI) and Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) projects. 

In addition, Alma manages Special Projects. She was Project Coordinator for the City of Buffalo’s Interpretive Signage Project for the Black Rock Ferry Network to Freedom Site at Broderick Park, facilitating collaboration among the Buffalo Quarters Historical Society, the National Park Service and community groups for interpretive signage bid to public standards for this public park. She was the Project Manager for the African American Cultural Center’s Expansion Project that received an Empire State Development grant.

Alma served as a member of the Advisory Committee of the 2016 PUSH Buffalo Better Buffalo Fund Main Street grant. She served on the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York buildings task force and is president of her Block Club.