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For Immediate Release: September 9, 2011

Contact: Paul S. Pfeiffer
(716) 541-1738 or (716) 913-6283
ppfeiffer@buffaloniagara.org 

Jenna Kavanaugh
(716) 541-1750 or (716) 867-5762
jkavanaugh@buffaloniagara.org

WNY CEO’s Offer ‘A Million Reasons’ to Do Business in Buffalo Niagara

BUFFALO, NY – Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE) will be premiering a new business attraction video as part of the business development organization’s new “A Million Reasons to Expand Your Business to Buffalo Niagara” marketing campaign.

The five minute video features interviews with local business leaders, including John Koelmel, Chief Executive Officer, First Niagara; Jeremy Jacobs, Principal, Delaware North Companies; Robert Brady, Chairman & CEO, Moog, Inc.; Eric J. Taylor, President, ElectroSonic, Inc.; Dottie Gallagher-Cohen, President & COE, Visit Buffalo Niagara; Michael Montante, Vice President, Uniland Development Company; and Paul Bonaro, Data Center Facilities Manager, Yahoo. The video was produced by First+Main Media and sponsored by National Grid and National Fuel.

The new video is part of a series of videos that BNE is introducing in tandem with the campaign’s print and online ads, also sponsored by National Grid. The first print ad will appear on a 24-foot-long banner at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

“We’re very excited about by the potential for these new tools to impact our business attraction efforts,” said Thomas A. Kucharski, President and CEO of BNE. “We’ve had incredible success in 2011, especially with Canadian companies like Econ-o-pac that made the decision to expand or relocate across the border.”

Carolyn Powell, Business Development Manager for the Canadian market, said the Buffalo Niagara region offers a host of attractive benefits to companies in Southern Ontario and elsewhere in Canada.

“Business owners are sometimes surprised by the dedicated workforce and availability of real estate options our region has to offer,” Powell said. “With this new campaign, we hope to reach the 1.9 million Canadians that travel through the Buffalo Niagara airport every year, plus many more.”

The “Million Reasons…” campaign will also target specific industry sectors in the U.S. and Canada such as data centers, back office services, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, agribusiness, and logistics. BNE worked with Block Club Creative on the campaign.

View video: http://www.youtube.com/user/buffaloniagara.

About Buffalo Niagara Enterprise - Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, a private, non-profit, marketing, business and economic development organization, is the point of contact for business attraction and investment in the eight counties of the Buffalo Niagara region. Working with local economic development groups, real estate & development professionals, governmental agencies, utilities and private sector business leaders, BNE assists businesses seeking to re-locate or expand in our region with access to the various incentives, financing, site selection and other services relevant to their project.  For information on doing business in Buffalo Niagara, visit www.buffaloniagara.org.