The Chamber of Commerce will hold its second annual Pacific Palisades Community Expo this Sunday, May 16 from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. along Antioch Street, Via de la Paz and Swarthmore Avenue (below Sunset). ‘To make the Expo more exciting, we invited the Pacific Palisades Art Association to have their annual art show on the Village Green,’ says co-chair Roberta Donohue, publisher of the Palisadian-Post. ‘This year there will also be more merchant booths and entertainment.’ More than 52 businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs will be represented at shaded booths promoting personal health, the environment, education, financial services, camps, home and garden, religion, travel and technology. Another feature of this family-friendly event will be the exotic/classic car display on Via de la Paz that proved popular last year. This component will happen thanks to gold sponsor Stokes Tire Pros, located in Santa Monica and owned by longtime Pacific Palisades resident Jon Stokes. ’It takes a lot of work to position the autos on Via so they are displayed in an attractive manner. This year we have some awesome cars!’ says Ed Lowe, Graphics Director at the Post. ‘The subcommittee makes this portion of the Expo happen.’ Besides Lowe, this group included Tim Marschall (TMC Construction), Ruben Rodriguez, Carol Pfannkuche and Nicole Rosenloecher (Palisades-Malibu YMCA), Mazi Aghalarpour, Kendy Veazie (Palisadian-Post) and Jenny Donohue, with Roberta Donohue as the leader. The Expo’s other gold sponsors are Altour Palisades, the expert travel firm at 15309 Antioch, and Mike Sullivan’s LAcarGUY.com Family of Dealers. Wells Fargo Bank, newly relocated into the former Wachovia Bank building on Sunset, is the silver sponsor. The streets will be alive with music when Amazing Music’s Patrick Hildebrand takes to the bandstand at the corner of Antioch and Via de la Paz with his Amazing Music band, composed of students of all ages who have learned to play at his nearby studio. On Swarthmore near the Village Green, a small stage will feature the one-man-band Michael Cladis. The hard-working volunteer committee for this year’s Expo includes Joyce Brunelle, co-chair, Suntricity, Inc.; Roberta Donohue, co-chair; Brett Bjornson, attorney; Rena Bornstein of Cognitiatives Brain Training; Chris Erickson of the Aldersgate Retreat Center; Zara Guivi of Oppenheimer & Company, Inc.; Maisha Perry of Palisades Charter High School; Carol Pfannkuche; Shannon Watson of Vital Force Chiropratic; and PaliHi’s chief business officer, Greg Wood.
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