Business Expo 2007 Draws Record Attendance, Exhibitors

More than 190 local businesses participated in the 2007 Business Expo, held at the Von Braun Center, making it the Chamber's most successful Business Expo to date.

Huntsville Mayor Loretta Spencer talks to Jeremiah Knight, the Verizon Wireless director of customer service for the Huntsville call center, at the 2007 Business Expo. Verizon Wireless was the presenting sponsor of the 2007 Business Expo.

The sights and sounds of vendors filled the Von Braun Center on Oct. 18 and featured more than 190 local businesses displaying their products and services to a record-setting crowd at the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County’s Business Expo 2007.

This year’s event, presented by Verizon Wireless, was themed A Smart Place to do Business and more than 1,000 people visited booths from a diverse group of companies that provided information on business services and government contracting support that are available locally.

The annual event is designed to showcase a variety of area business services and products that can be purchased to enhance the economic growth and vitality of the business community. “We sponsored this event because we want to promote buying from businesses that have local offices and also show that we want to see our economy grow,” said Jeremiah Knight, director of customer service for the Verizon Wireless Call Center in Huntsville.