What’s happening in Buffalo Niagara business this week.

A Quicklee’s store in Niagara City is set to open: A Quicklee’s Convenience Store chain may be coming to Western New York.

Based in Avon, Quicklee’s Inc. He is proposing to build a new gas station and convenience store at 6021 Porter Road in the City of Niagara between Military Road and the Niagara Falls city limits. That’s right off of Porter and Packard roads next to the Niagara Thruway, Aldi and Value Home Centers.

This week, the Niagara Planning Board will review the plan by PEM LLC and Quicklee’s, including a signage and environmental review.

Dollar General Store in Lockport under review Also this week, Niagara County’s Lockport Planning Board will review a proposal by Broadway Group of Huntsville, Ala., for a new 10,640-square-foot dollar general store at 4919 Sunset Drive, Upper Mountain Road.

The panel is on 5.6 acres at 1110 S. Transit Road, by Hix Snedeker Co. LLC will continue research on a proposed new Tractor Supply Company store.

Billing party at a local golf course: Diamond Hawk Golf Course will host a “Monday Night Football” watch party to help raise money to fight prostate cancer.

In partnership with the Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation, the party starts at 7:30 a.m. Monday at Hoke’s Bar and Restaurant at 255 Sonwill Drive, Cheektowaga, on the golf course near the airport.

Bills Hall of Famer and two-time prostate cancer survivor Booker Ederson, as well as several Bills alumni will be in attendance, including Marlon Kerner, Ed Rutkowski, Marlo Perry, Ken Jones, Bob Duggan, Will Fowler, Jeff Nixon and Lou Pico.

All proceeds from the event will go to support the Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation’s flagship healthcare initiative, “Cure the Blue,” a prostate cancer awareness, education and research program.

There will also be a special half-hour roundtable discussion where fans can ask Bill alumni questions and get their take on the first half of the game.

The Bills Alumni Foundation has awarded more than $2.7 million to local Western New York charities over the past 20 years.

Join startup entrepreneurs in Rochester To meet on the first Thursday of each month. This month’s event takes place on Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Roc Brewing, 56 S. Union St., Rochester.

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Across Western New York, health care workers have many stories to tell about how they weathered the storm while on the job.

The legal sale of marijuana began in the state on Thursday But not because of a lawsuit that halted sales here in Western New York.

World Central Kitchen is back Help feed Buffalo’s East Side in response to the storm It shut down the city for a week.

Wales Enterprises to cut 183 jobs at Dunkirk factoryThat’s fewer than the 319 workers the company previously planned to lay off.

It confirms the three-year agreement Premium members will continue to have access to the network. Care in Catholic health facilities.

Athenex is closing its Newstead manufacturing plant. And as of March 17, it laid off all 92 employees.

Preparatory work is being done. To prepare for the third stage Project for the redevelopment of the Northland complex in Buffalo.

The state is looking for ideas To redevelop the prison that was closed in Gowanda last year.

He needed federal funding to get the Tech Center program off the ground. It is included in the year-end spending bill before Congress.

Cost and benefitsTrade is at the center of the state’s climate change plan.

A development agency is hiring a consultant. Ways to improve the infrastructure connecting Canalside and the redesigned Centennial Park.

Slow hiring in the Buffalo-Niagara region is being driven by a labor shortage.And the local authorities are starting to look for ways to reduce the speed.

Big changes are coming to the state’s energy markets. The plan to reduce harmful emissions was approved by the advisory panel.

Five reads next to Buffalo:

1. Return to the economy of Buffalo NiagaraThe price of all goods and services, which fell by 3.4% at the time of the outbreak, roared back last year, increasing by 5.3%.

2. The bills make me want to buy.Buffalo Bills merchandise is among some of the hottest local gift items this holiday season.

3. How will it be Have Western New York’s higher education institutions recovered from Covid-19? Enrollment in some local schools is booming, while others are struggling to attract students.

4. New life for old stones: How a Buffalo company is finding new uses for old bricks and stones in construction projects.

5. A major change has been proposed for the state’s energy marketsAnd it could change the way residents heat their homes and cook their meals in the coming years.

The Buffalo Next Team gives you the big picture on the region’s economic recovery. Email tips to buffalonext@buffnews.com or reach Buffalo Next editor David Robinson at 716-849-4435.

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