Flynn Battaglia Architects values community involvement and volunteerism as an act of professionalism and community building, just as much as we do our architectural and planning projects. Staff members are encouraged to participate in their respective communities be it coaching little league, leading government approval boards, or being vocal advocates for the built and natural environment.
Principals Peter Flynn and Ron Battaglia lead by example, such as being a founding member of Preservation Buffalo Niagara, committee member for NYS Council of the Arts, AIA National Vice President (2006), AIA National Diversity Committee (2003-06), to name a few. Both are active and vocal community members, standing up against a highway connector that would have bisected the lower west side in the 1970’s and another that would have divided downtown on Oak Street. Both advocate for preservation, smart growth and planning, and sustainable buildings and cities plus in former lives were assistant and head coaches of little league teams.
The following are organizations where FBA staff currently devote their time:
American Institute of Architects Buffalo/WNY Chapter Diversity Committee
American Institute of Architects Buffalo/WNY Chapter Scholarship Committee
Alfred State Architecture Department Curriculum Advisory Board
Alfred State Commuter Council, President
Association of Preservation Technology 2018 Conference, Chair of Programming
Buffalo Architecture Foundation, President and Board Director
Buffalo Architecture Foundation, Architecture + Education Volunteer Architects
Buffalo Young Preservationists
Delaware Olmsted Conservancy Design Review Committee
East Aurora Historic Preservation Commission
Garden Walk Buffalo
Go Green Alfred
Graycliff Estate, Executive Committee Member
Hamburg Architectural Review Committee
Hull House Foundation, Trustee
Lancaster Youth Soccer, coach
National Architectural Accrediting Board, Visiting Committee Chair
Preservation Buffalo Niagara, Co-Chair of the Board
Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Trustee
University of Detroit Dean’s Advisory Board
The Valley Community Center, Board Member
YMCA Youth Basketball League, coach