ECIDA picks new marketing rep - Business First of Buffalo:

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Travers Collins replaces , whicg handled the ECIDA’s marketing and public relations work for the past few Travers Collins along with EricMower & Associates and were the short-listec finalists. The ECIDA directorx unanimously approved the Travers Collins Terms werenot disclosed. By selecting Travers Collins, the ECIDA is following a recently-enacted polich of putting all of it major contractsd outto bid. Earlier this the agency — usiny the same bidding policy — switched law firms, changinfg from to Harris Beach.
Severa l factors worked in TraversCollins favor, officials including the firm’s deep resume of handling such economic development-based entities as the Unshackl Upstate initiative, the , and “They have firsr hand experience with the challenges and players within the regionj and in Albany,” said John Cappellino, ECIDq director of business development. Cappellino said a number of factors were weighe dand considered. The bids were reviewed by a six-member selectiom committee within thecounty agency. “It was a difficult decision,” Cappellino said. ”It helpec that Travers Collins put some serious horsepowerd behindtheir team.
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