NW Business + Cross-Border Expo
NW Busin ess + Cross-Bo rder
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(Left) BEN KINNEY, (top center) BRUCE MAC CORMACK, (bottom center) SIBYL BOGARDUS, (upper right) TRICIA HECHT-GLAD, and (lower right) JAMES PETTINGER (Photos courtesy of the speakers)
Standout speakers, panelists with cross-border theme give annual Business Expo extra appeal Oct. 23 By Business Pulse Staff
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very year our Business Expo provides you exposure to the most outstanding resources in our region’s business and commerce. This year we’ve taken it to new heights with a specially-themed Northwest Business & Cross-Border Expo, 106 | BUSINESSPULSE.COM
presented by the Whatcom Business Alliance in partnership with the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce.
The lineup of top-drawer programming is geared to provide you with useful resources in your business and career. The event takes place Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Silver Reef Exhibition Hall (Slater NW B u s i n e s s + C r o s s - B o rd e r
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Road and Haxton in Ferndale), 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. In this 30th consecutive year of the largest business expo of its kind north of King County, two featured keynote speakers highlight the day of activity: • Bruce MacCormack, a renowned principal consultant on Canadian commerce with Cascadia Consulting and Opportunity Northwest, and • Ben Kinney, owner of Keller