Immigrant economic engine boosts Buffalo

"The foreign-born population of the Buffalo Niagara region has grown by 25 percent in the past 10 years, and it's showing on the local business landscape with a jolt of energy and creativity that could have long lasting impact.  "Immigrants tend to be deeply entrepreneurial, solution oriented and community minded," said Eva Hassett, executive director of the Buffalo International Institute." - Buffalo News, Jan. 14, 2012.