Orange County Chamber takes expo to shoppers

Bringing business to the shoppers

TOWN OF WALLKILL – The Orange County Chamber of Commerce has held its annual business expo at Anthony’s Pier Nine catering hall in New Windsor for years, but on Wednesday, it was at a new venue, the Galleria at Crystal Run in the Town of Wallkill.
Chamber President Lynn Cione noted the former venue is on the eastern side of the county; the mall brought the event to the center of the county, and it brought the exhibitors right to their potential customers, the shoppers.
“We are not asking the consumers to come to us; we are coming to where the consumers are,” Cione said. “At the chamber, our businesses are business to business, but we also have business to consumer, and we have to balance that and this is a good balance for that.”
Over 200 businesses participated Wednesday with shoppers taking advantage of the opportunity to meet many of them.

Hank Gross

Hank Gross is the founder of Mid-Hudson News and a veteran journalist with over five decades of experience covering the Hudson Valley. A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, where he began his career in broadcasting, Hank has worked across radio, TV, and print media since 1970. His work has earned him numerous accolades, including an Associated Press “Best Newscast” award and recognition as a “Pillar of the Community” by the Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center. He lives in Middletown with his wife, Virginia.