2011 Home Improvement Expo
Summit on the Park

Canton’s ninth annual Home Improvement Expo was a huge success with over 120 vendors and 5,000 attendees. The Expo was held last weekend at Canton's Summit on the Park and was sponsored by Canton's Building and Inspection Services Division, the Canton Chamber of Commerce, and The Observer and Eccentric Newspapers.

Highlights of the Expo included: live broadcasts from special guest stars Murray Gula, Host of "Your Home with Murray Gula" on 1130 WDFN and Joe Gagnon "The Appliance Doctor" on 1600 WAAM; how-to workshops on a variety topics from landscaping to installing brick pavers; a free roof give-a-way sponsored by Rapid Roofing; live woodcarving demonstrations; a bench give-a-way sponsored by Canton Construction and the Michigan Carpenter’s Union; and a live broadcast of 104.3 WOMC’s Sunday Brunch with Chris Edmonds and Stacey DuFord.

Awards were also given to: The Rock Shoppe, Marygrove Awnings and Rapid Roofing for their outstanding exhibits. Home Depot also donated several woodworking projects for a special hands-on children’s craft center where children of all ages constructed over 250 projects.

Plans for next year's Home Improvement Expo are already in the works. 2011 will mark the Expo’s ten year anniversary and we’re looking for your input to help make it a huge success. Please take a few minutes to fill-out our on-line survey above. Information collected from the survey will be used to plan the 2011 event which will be held on Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, 2011.

If you attended this year’s Expo, make sure to keep your canvas Expo bag to reuse at next year’s event. As an incentive, the first 100 people to bring their bag to the 2011 Expo will receive a special gift. For more information on Canton’s Home Improvement Expo, please call Building and Inspection Services at 394-5200.