In Lackawanna is the nationally-renowned Botanical Gardens and Our Lady of Victory Basilica Church. The area surrounding Lackawanna offers many cultural, recreational and educational choices for residents to enjoy and take advantage of. Within ten minutes of Lackawanna is a Naval docking yard for old warships, a beach, two shopping malls, boating on Lake Erie, many movie theaters, Shea's Performing Arts Center for Broadway Theater Shows, Studio Arena Theater for Plays, concerts and Sesame Street Productions, Buffalo Ensemble Theater for Plays, Opera House, Calumet Arts Cafe, Tralfalmadore Music Cafe, Showplace Theater, Pfeifer Theater, Mercury Theater, waterfront restaurants, dinner theaters, comedy clubs, golf courses, Ralph Wilson Stadium for concerts and the National Football League's Buffalo Bills, Dunn Tire Park for concerts and Triple A Minor League Buffalo Bisons Baseball, HSBC Arena for the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres, concerts, ice skating shows, the circus, and Disney On Ice. Also, within ten minutes of Lackawanna is the Buffalo Convention Center for trade shows and conferences/seminars/workshops, as well as the Erie County Fairgrounds for harness horse racing concerts, trade/product shows, festivals, carnivals and demolition derbies. There are numerous major hotel chains with banquet facilities and meeting/conference rooms available.

Within twenty minutes of Lackawanna is the Buffalo Zoo, numerous golf courses, museums, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Melody Fair for outdoor concerts and eight institutions of higher education. Within thirty minutes is Artpark for outdoor shows and concerts, a factory outlet shopping center, Marine Land, Martin's Fantasy Island, Beaver Island State Park and one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Niagara Falls, now with casino gambling. Also, within a one hour drive is Darien Lake/Six Flags Amusement Park for rides, games, water slides and concerts, Crystal Beach, Holiday Valley for winter snow skiing, Chautauqua Lake Resort and Sunset Bay.

The Lackawanna Empire Zone (LEZ), because it contains an inland ocean port that has access to rail along the shores of Lake Erie, is also recognized as the multimodal transportation hub of Western New York. The LEZ has an abundant supply of clean water along with high quality utility and telecommunications/fiber optics infrastructure, as well as affordable housing/clean land costs. The Lackawanna Empire Zone, bordering on the south edge of Buffalo, is less than ten minutes from Interstate 90 and the International Peace Bridge connecting the United States and Canada. Lackawanna is also know to possess a productive work force that has an insatiable work ethic. Within a 500 mile radius of Lackawanna is 50% of the total U.S. population - over 100 million people, 50% of the total personal income in the U.S., 62% of the Canadian population and 75% of Canadian manufacturing activity. As statistics point out, the Lackawanna Empire Zone brings easy access to millions of dollars in business activity and an attractive return on investment.

So join high technology companies such as Now-Tech, Safety Scan, Staroba Plastics and Metals, CanFibre Group Accu-Sort, Lakeshore Metals, Buffalo Polymer Processors, Root Specialty Products and Buffalo Brake Beam in Lackawanna's Empire Zone and maximize profits while minimizing and reducing initial overhead startup costs. Get an immediate return on your investment by taking advantage and enjoying the value of big city benefits in a small city atmosphere delivered to your business by the Lackawanna Empire Zone.