There is an Ithaca home sharing club, so contacting superhosts in Ithaca might be a way to offer to host an event for them?
I am local but not yet actively hosting, so not yet a member of the Ithaca group, sorry about that.
Hope you are enjoying the FLX, we may not have mountains here, but the wine is great and there is NO traffic (native Seattlite speaking...).
@Ryan241 send me a private message if you want a few more possible contacts - I've been lurking the CC for a while and some local hosts look like thought leaders, you could start with them (conveniently I know one of them irl).
Depending on your event goals, you may wish to offer some portion of the event for any local host (not just superhosts) - plusses and minuses either way.