Back by popular demand, Media Speed Networking returns to the program lineup for PRSA Buffalo Niagara Chapter. And, as a bonus to our “southern” members and for all those looking to region their media horizons beyond Buffalo and its immediate suburbs, we’re taking a road trip to Salamanca, NY. 

Join us on Friday, July 25 at 9 a.m. sharp for an hour of face-to-face interactions and networking with some of the Southern Tier Region’s influential members of the media. We’ll meet at the Spring Room inside the luxurious Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel. Registration will begin at 8:45 a.m. with a full breakfast spread, and you are welcome to stick around at 10 a.m. for an optional tour of the resort. 

Confirmed media attendees include:

• Jennie Acklin, editor, Ellicottville Times
• Chris Chapman, Cattaraugus Correspondent for The Buffalo News and contributor to Jamestown Post-Journal and The Villager (Ellicottville, N.Y.)
• Mark Goshgarian, reporter, Time Warner Cable Jamestown
• Anne Holliday, news director, WESB News Radio 1490 AM (Bradford, Pa.)
• Chris Michel, reporter, Olean Times-Herald
• Rich Place, managing editor, Salamanca Press

As always, we’ll divide attendees into equal groups and rotate with timed intervals to allow everyone the chance to make connections. 

For most of our members: Make the quick trip down U.S. Route 219 past Ellicottville and come to Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel, the area’s only AAA Four Diamond Award–winning resort, at Exit 20 off Interstate 86. Enjoy the scenery and mountain air outside, and enjoy the valuable relationship-building inside! And for those of you in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties, we’d love to reconnect with you in your neck of the woods.

NOTES: Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. A full breakfast will be served. Parking is free; recommended spots include outdoors on the east side of the casino (enter near bus lobby entrance) or east side of parking ramp (take elevator near buffet entrance). The Spring Room is located on the east end of the casino, opposite the direction of the hotel tower.