Business Expo 2020 set for Tuesday
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 2 months AGO
Barry Sterner, branch manager of Summit Mortgage in Moses Lake, with his wife Rebecca at last year’s Moses Lake Business Expo. This year’s expo, with a ’20s theme, is Tuesday.
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Chamber to celebrate ‘The New Roaring ’20s’
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake businesses will be “Puttin’ on the Ritz” – and showcasing what they do – at Business Expo 2020, from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Commercial Building at the Grant County Fairgrounds. The expo is sponsored by the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Admission is free, and the expo is open to the public. Broadcasters from KDRM Radio will be the emcees.
Chamber marketing director Lori Robins said 54 businesses will have booths at Expo 2020. Recognizing the centennial of a tumultuous decade, “The New Roaring ’20s,” is the theme.
The 1920s is good for costumes. “Don your furs, pearls, top hats and tails. Be a flapper, silent film star or gangster,” said the Chamber’s press release.
Vendors will be giving away prizes, Robins said, and the Chamber is sponsoring a “scavenger hunt” during the evening. Attendees start with a “passport,” and winners will be drawn from attendees who get a stamp from each vendor. Prizes include a Ring doorbell and an Echo Show 8.
Vendors include health care businesses and agencies, financial businesses, insurance agencies, technology businesses, hotels and motels, restaurants. Bud Clary is the title sponsor, and major sponsors are Samaritan Healthcare, Confluence Health, KDRM Radio, Horizon Credit Union and Signs Now.
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