Annual Home & Outdoor Show Returns, Friday Through Sunday At Warsaw High School’s TRAC
Annual Home & Outdoor Show Returns, Friday Through Sunday At Warsaw High School’s TRAC
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Amanda Bridgman-
Annual Home & Outdoor Show Returns, Friday Through Sunday At Warsaw High School’s TRACThe annual Home & Outdoor Show is back on this year at the Warsaw Community High School Tiger Recreation and Activity Center (TRAC).
This year’s show will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The 40,000-square-foot TRAC will allow for social distancing for up to 100 vendors.
Admission is $5; 12 and under are free.
Frank Rhoades, co-chair of the show, said the Builders Association of North Central Indiana is looking forward to the annual show.
Attendees will be able to speak with experts and experienced consultants in a variety of industries, including contractors, windows, carpet, cabinetry and more. A lawn equipment and large equipment display will be outside the entrance, Rhoades said.
Exhibitors at the Home & Outdoor Show this year include: A1 Concrete Leveling, Advanced Solar, Affordable Remodelers, AJ Roofing & Construction, American Sunspace, Bawling Acres Woodworking, Bridgeport Homes, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Carpet Depot Interiors, Collier's Heating & Air Conditioning, Colorbilt, Coplen Construction, Cottage Watchman, Custom Concrete Leveling, Doors & Drawers, Everdry Waterproofing, G & H Hauling, Granite Ridge Builders, Gutter Guys Co., Ideal Coatings LLC, JayH Construction, Jaylor Plastics, Kosciusko County government, Kosciusko County Republican Women’s Club, Kosciusko REMC, Kuert Concrete, Legacy Family Chiropractic, Live Oak Electric, Maple Lane Cabinetry, Pet Wants Fort Wayne, Renewal Homes, Roof Maxx, Safe-Way Door, Shades Express, The Gravel Doctor of North Central Indiana, Triple S Remodeling, USA Insulation North Central Indiana, Vinyl By Design, Warsaw Custom Cabinets and Wetzel Insurance Agency Inc.
Warsaw Community High School Athletic Department will provide a concessions area on the east end of the concourse, Rhoades said.
The location for the growing annual show has been a problem in year’s past.
“The county’s in desperate need of an event center,” Rhoades said. Time and time again, the show has been shuffled around to areas that just can’t accommodate the vendors and the parking.
“Hopefully, this will be a permanent location, so the show can grow, so that’s our hopes here,” he said of the TRAC. “We’ve needed a home, this show has needed a home for a long time, and we just haven’t been able to come up with one. We’re thankful, and I want to express my appreciation to Warsaw Community School Corporation for opening this facility for us and working with us on it, to give us a place to have a home and outdoor show, which is very ideal and helpful for the community and the business health of our community.”?
Rhoades said his company, Rhoades Inc., that also does business as Cottage Watchman, built the business over the years by trade shows.
“I still feel they’re a very positive element to our community, and this year, being able to spread out as we are able to do, the health department is giving us the go-ahead at this point,” he said.
Masks will be required to be worn while inside the exhibit area, and hand sanitizer stations will be present.
With the past year’s COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, home remodeling and improvements have jumped in popularity.
Rhoades is hoping people will come out and meet the local companies providing services to complete their projects.
The association was formerly the Builders Association of Kosciusko-Fulton Counties, and has grown to include Marshall County to form the Builders Association of North Central Indiana (BANCI).
Rhoades said that means another home and outdoor show is planned for the end of April in Plymouth.
Admission from these events help support BANCI’s lobbying efforts at the local effort and in Washington, D.C., Rhoades said.
“It keeps our organization moving and organized, and there’s a lot of member benefits as a builder and an associate member like myself,” Rhoades said. “The biggest thing with Indiana is the lobbying efforts there.”
Right now, one of BANCI’s main focuses is on the wetlands legislation.
“We are doing what we can, and every member that belongs supports that mission,” he said.
