There will be a new venue for the fifth annual Livonia
Home Improvement Show next year.
The Livonia Chamber of Commerce event will move to the
Livonia Community Recreation Center on Saturday, March 21. Parking and event
admission will remain free for visitors to the one-day event which will be
sponsored by Bright House Networks. Show hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“The venue will give us more room and more foot traffic
for our exhibitors,” said Dan West, president of the Livonia Chamber. “The
city’s parks and recreation staff has been very helpful and enthusiastic about
moving this event to the Rec Center.”
The chamber established the event in 2011, and held the
first four home improvement shows at Livonia Churchill High School. A variety
of trades and services were featured in at least 50 exhibit spaces each year of
the Livonia Home Improvement Show. There will be room for as many as 68
exhibits in the MAC gymnasium of the Rec Center.
“Our exhibitors usually saw serious consumers at our
show, but some of our exhibitors believe we will see even more traffic with the
regular Saturday activity at the Rec Center,” West said.
Prior to the creation of this event, Livonia had not
seen any kind of home show in recent history to highlight established local
companies that provide roofing, heating and cooling, plumbing, concrete, and
other home repair services.
The chamber, West said, developed the show as the
economy improved this decade, more Livonia residents explored home improvement
projects, and called the Livonia Chamber for referrals of reputable companies
for those projects.
“We refer contractors that are members of our chamber,
and we were able to add more contractors and highlight them with this show,”
West added. “Studies indicate consumers have a more favorable view of companies
that are members of their local chamber.”
Nationally, the home improvement industry continues to
see growth. According to the Home Improvement Research Institute, sales for
home projects rose 4.2% in 2013, and were expected to climb an additional 6.5%
this year.
Exhibitors now can begin securing 10-by-10-foot spaces
at the revamped Livonia Home Improvement Show. Pricing will remain the same for
chamber members. Many spaces will have electrical capabilities and
opportunities to hang signs. For more details, contact Laura Tahmouch at
734.427.2122, or via e-mail at tahmouch@livonia.org.
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CONTACT: Dan West, President, Livonia Chamber of Commerce, 734.427.2122
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