Residents, businesses and other organizations take note! Cattaraugus County DOES NOT publish, sponsor or endorse the Cattaraugus County Event Book by Heartland Marketing of Pekin, Illinois. This company has been contacting area businesses claiming to sell ad space for the Catt County Event Book.

This isn’t the first time that print businesses from outside of New York State have scammed Western New York small businesses. We have had at least three reported scams within the last 11 years.

Businesses in Cattaraugus County have received phone calls and/or placed ads in publications claiming to represent Cattaraugus County, including Heartland Marketing. If you have been solicited by someone claiming to represent a Cattaraugus County publication, please contact Cattaraugus County Department of Economic Development, Planning, and Tourism by phone at 1-800-331-0543 or email at info@EnchantedMountains.com.

Visit the Better Business Bureau’s reviews page for Heartland Marketing of Pekin, Illinois to see what consumers are saying about Heartland Marketing, Inc.

Cattaraugus County Tourism manages the advertising for the Cattaraugus County Activities Guide (Enchanted Mountains of Western New York). If your business is Tourism-related, you could have it listed in any of the FREE Cattaraugus County brochures and online at EnchantedMountains.com.

For more information as to what Cattaraugus County Department of Economic Development, Planning, and Tourism can do for your business or organization, please contact us at www.CattCo.gov/Tourism or call 1-800-331-0543