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Upstate NY MCAA Chapter Breakfast Meeting

Words: Mike PalmerDear Upstate NY Mason Contractors Association of America Chapter members and interested parties, our next membership breakfast meeting will be held October 26, 2016. Coffee will be served at 7:00, breakfast at 7:30, program/committee reports at 8:00, out by 9:30.

The breakfast will be held at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown (formerly The Hotel Syracuse) 100 East Onondaga St. Syracuse, NY 13202 (parking garage at 235 Harrison St.)

The cost is $23.00/pp, check or cash. RSVP by Oct 17th to: 315 662 7035, or mpalmer@remlapconstruction.com.

The board is excited to be holding this meeting at “The” landmark hotel in Syracuse. We hope you are as interested as we are in seeing the results of this ambitious renovation.

We have been very busy in several areas of interest, and it’s important that you know what the board is doing on your behalf.

Please put this event on your calendar today and support the organization that is promoting the masonry industry.
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