Are the Buffalo Bills keeping their promise of community investment? Their community benefits oversight committee met today to find out [Video]

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — As Highmark Stadium continues construction, the committee tasked with watching over the Buffalo Bills’ community investment met Monday, receiving a report detailing the team’s impact on Western New York.

The Buffalo Bills released their 2023 Community Benefits Annual Report on July 29 as part of the new stadium deal that requires $3 million in community investment annually. Still, Monday’s meeting was the Community Benefits Oversight Committee’s opportunity to read the report and discuss it with Bills’ representatives and the public. The report details the team’s investment as the Bills surpassed the initial goal of $3 million, spending $3.6 million.

“This is new for the organization, it’s new for our oversight committee, having something in our hand and seeing that they are sharing and doing the things that they said they are doing in investing in the community,’ said Committee Chairman Reverend Mark Blue.

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