Chamber sets business Showcase

The Streetsboro Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking participants and sponsors for its annual Streetsboro Community Showcase & Business Expo.

The Event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Streetsboro Middle School, said Kori Brady, executive director of the chamber.

"Businesses get to have exposure", she said. "We have a lot of new residents in Streetsboro who come through. Business participants also get to have contanct with other businesses and community organizations."

The expo still needs a main event sponsor, which costs $1,000, said Brady, adding event planning is in the "early stages'>

Whoever sponsors the event gets their name on all the marketing material, press releases, a banner at the event, a full-page business article in the program, and a booth.

There are also several other sponsorship levels and 52 booths available for businesses, non-profits and community organizations, said Brady.

The event will include a variety of entertainment, food to sample at Taste of Streetsboro, and the oppurtunity to learn more about the community, she said.

"This is a great way for area residents to check things out and meet the people who run all these businesses," said Brady.

It's also free to attend,ees, she added.

Bruce Felber, president of the board of directors, said the event is about raising awareness of the available services at businesses and organizations.

"I also think it's important that other potential businesses get to see what a chamber of commerce does and the value of networking," he said. "It's good morale for the city, in geneeral to showcase the diversity of the community."

Taste of Streetsboro, which takes place in the Middle school cafeteria, is an opportunity for restaurants, caterers and grocers to feature some of their special products at the event, said Brady.

Tickets for attendees typically cost $1 per, or $5 for six tickets, said Brady.

For more information, call 330-626-4769.