Photo of Emma Delk Craig White wore two hats as director general of Grand View Park and Executive Director of the Grand Moundsville and the Visitors’ Office during the Marshall County Business and Health Expo Friday at Moundsville Center.
Friday, the 20th annual business exhibition of the county of Marshall began with a ceremonial ceremony of the ribbon at the Moundsville Center.
The Chamber of Commerce of the County Marshall organizes the exhibition, which unites local businesses, health care providers and community organizations to display their services and engage with the public.
The members of the room, the sponsors of the event and the managers of the city of Moundsville gathered for the ribbon cup. Executive director of the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce, Scott REAGER, said WVU Medicine and WV Unified Banking were sponsors of major events.
After the ribbon cup ceremony on Friday, the exhibition officially opened from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. REAGE said that up to 2,000 participants will visit the Mountsville Center during the exhibition to learn more about the services of the 85 suppliers participating in the event.
Reading said that a “well -balanced variety” of companies and organizations was represented at the exhibition.
“Sometimes the exhibition was a little meager, but this year, we have a lot of suppliers, including landscapers, entrepreneurs, real estate agents, financial services and lawn and garden services,” said REAGER. “We also have a concession stand led by bread and charcuterie butter.”
WVU Medicine participated in the exhibition with a stand announcing the Orthopedic care offers from the WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital. Jessica Moore, associated vice-president of the foundation and community relations for hospitals in Wheeling and Reynolds, said that the stand served as a way in the hospital to get in touch with community members who may need their services.
“We have had a lot of good conversations with people here who have gone through orthopedics or have had knee operations and want to talk about their recovery,” said Moore. “It’s a great chance for us to be part of the community and have these individual conversations with residents.”
Moore added that as a member of the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce, it was important for WVU Medicine to support the work of the Chamber to “help all community companies”.
“For this particular event, it is important that WVU medicine is involved so that we have documents available for the general population and so that we can be part of the community,” said Moore.
Craig White, Managing Director of Grand View Park and Executive Director of Greater Moundsville Convention and Visitors Bureau, had numerous information documents available at the Grand View Park and the CVB combined stand to inform participants of the Comté leisure opportunities. He noted that the county of Marshall was “unique” because of the variety of attractions he has to offer, from the Prabhupada gold palace to the Virginia-Western penitentiary.
“Unfortunately, I sometimes open the eyes of residents to what they have to do in their own city, but it’s an excellent opportunity to do it,” said White. “I have brochures at the table for the CVB and I also make people known on the new calendar of our Facebook and website which allows people to see which activities occur every week in the county. We want people to know that if they come to stay here for a weekend, there is more to do with great view. »»
Members of the American Legion Jim Davis and Robert Pope also had a stand at the exhibition to inform community members about the offers of the American Legion. Davis said they focused on the recruitment of younger members in the organization and to participate in their programs of boys and female state and oratorical competition.
“We have participated in the exhibition in the past 15 years to contact anyone who is not a member of the American Legion,” said Davis. “We generally get four to five people registered with American Legion during this event, so we try to let people know everything we have to offer.”