 Over 150 vendors have descended upon the Brainerd Ascension Health Sports Center for the annual Everything Expo. Reporter AJ Feldman takes us there to show off some of the businesses that are on display. This week is the Brainerd Everything Expo, one of the largest expos in the area, which was created after combining both the Chamber of Commerce's and Hubbard Radio's trade shows. We decided to combine our efforts, combine all of our businesses that we were going after forward to be included in the show, participate in it, and then attendance has just skyrocketed from there. So it's been a great fit. The event makes it easy for local businesses to meet new customers just by having a booth at the Expo. You know, the Chamber has taken it upon themselves to work hard and promote this show. So it takes a lot off the shoulders of myself trying to get this amount of exposure. By having them do all that work, we get to come and benefit from the results of it. Well we get to tell people about the center and what all we do have to offer and of course our donuts are the best in town so we sell a lot of donuts at our booth. The wide range of vendors allows businesses to meet new types of customers who are usually excited to see them. I mean people are disappointed that I don't have beer but it's been really cool. I've got to talk to a lot of different people that don't normally come to the taproom so it's been a good exposure for us as a business. Many of the booths have games or activities giving people plenty of reasons to come on down to the Everything Expo. We've got a spinny wheel that we're giving away some prizes trying to get some people to come into the taproom too. The Chamber of Commerce is also unveiling a new app, Lakes Proud, where guests can check in at booths and win prizes for supporting local businesses. So with the Lakes Proud app we're asking people to download the app. They can check in at Lakes Proud Pledge Exhibitors with a four-digit code and then earn points to redeem for Lakes Proud swag. And then with our Snapchat they can snap to Lakes Proud and get a chance to win tons of prizes through Snapchat. Reporting in Brainerd, AJ Feldman, Lakeland News. Now Lakeland PBS will be at the Expo tomorrow. You can take pictures with Curious George from 10 in the morning until 1 in the afternoon. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.