Abilene Chamber of Commerce hosts ‘Out of this World’ Business Expo

Tobin Smith
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ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The Abilene Chamber of Commerce hosted its 40th annual Business Expo to support local businesses.

Abilene Chamber of Commerce plans ‘Out of This World’ Business Expo

The Business Expo was held at the Abilene Convention Center, where several local businesses had the opportunity to connect with each other and gain potential new customers. This event has attracted many businesses over the years, several of which are repeat vendors. One of those vendors is Jacob Lopez with West Texas Solar, who outlines how the connections made aren’t just with customers.

“This is our third year here. We love it,” said Lopez. We got a little more traffic this year, too. I think the past couple of years have been bad with the weather, but it’s been good here. It’s a good turnout. We meet a lot of businesses locally around here, and we enjoy it.”

Visitors got the opportunity to do more than just check out local businesses. Several vendors offered prizes and free goodies, all under the theme of “Out of this World,” and many were seen wearing some space-themed attire. It’s an extra bit that President of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce Doug Peters said adds fun to the whole occasion.

“It means that this chamber is able to convene the business community to come in and find a way to add excitement to this event that we’ve been doing for 40 years, so every year is different,” Peters shared.

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Dr. Kelsi Mangrem, owner of The Holland Hearing Center, explained how the Abilene Chamber helps Abilene businesses beyond the scope of the expo, including year-round support for success.

“The chamber really is kind of a really good guiding force with small businesses,” said Mangrem. “As business owners, we don’t have a whole lot of time to search what everybody else is doing, and I feel like the chamber really does a good job at just good insight on what we should be doing going forward.”

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