It’s been a tradition for more than 20 years, and this year’s Davis Chamber of Commerce Expo was once again a great success. That’s how chamber President and CEO Angie Osguthorpe described the event at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on April 29.
“As we usually do, we had a lot of high energy and the vendors were very upbeat,” she said. “The expo is always a place for a lot of good connections between our member businesses and the community — lots of great food and some amazing booths.”
She said the purpose of the event is to help elevate Davis County businesses and the people behind them. It helps increase their exposure and is part of the chamber’s involvement with the community.
There were about 90 booths at this year’s expo, everything from colleges to financial businesses to banks and credit unions, along with restaurants, the City Journals family of publications, public service organizations and health institutions.
Among the most popular booths were Texas Roadhouse in Layton, the Great Greek Mediterranean Grill in Layton, Game On! Sports for Girls, Symbol Arts engraving products, Safe Harbor, Western Sports Park in Farmington, Sliderbabe Recovery and Veteran advocates, Enable Utah, Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District, Iron Gate Catering, Bee The Hope, We Eat Bugs pest control, Climbaxe Tree Services and Davis County Community and Economic Development.
The Better Business Bureau, my529, WaFd Bank, HopeBox Theatre, Utah Purple Star Schools, Paw Tree, Weber State University, Larry H. Miller Senior Health, LSI, Security 101 and Bombshell Studios were participants as well.
In addition to the booths, prizes donated by vendors were given away every 15 minutes, and there were literally hundreds of free samples offered at the different booths.
“I’d never heard of some of these companies, so it was great to get an introduction here today,” said Diane Huggins, who came to the show for the first time. “There’s such a great variety of things that are offered in Davis County. This show really gives us a chance to broaden our horizons with local businesses.”