If you’re going to build it, they want you to come.
The Lewis Clark Home Builders Association (LCHBA) will present its eighth annual Home Show this weekend to offer help to area homeowners looking to repair, remodel or build anew. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Kiwanis 4-H Ice Center at 709 Whiting Drive.
“We put this show on as a service to the public,” said Tim Frohreich, the show’s committee chair. “It’s for anyone wanting to do home improvements — whether it be landscaping, kitchen or bathroom additions — or looking for ideas for building a new home. There’s just a wide array of different things.”
The Home Show will feature booths from approximately 50 businesses, most of which are from the Yankton/Vermillion area. Exhibits and demonstrations will cover the newest trends and products in many areas, including construction, windows and doors, gutters and siding, floors, lighting and electrical, heating and cooling, sunrooms, fencing and decks, closet and garage organization, fireplaces and finances.
“We’re getting the vendors out in front of people so they can see what is out there,” Frohreich said. “They can come to one spot and talk to a multitude of different people and businesses in the community and around the area to see what they have to offer.”
He added that the show has picked up numerous vendors compared to the last few years, which he attributed to recent economic recovery.
“I think you have more people that are comfortable where they’re at financially,” Frohreich said. “They’re looking at their houses and wondering, ‘What can I do to my house to make it better?’ or, ‘Do I want to build new?’”
In addition to having more home improvement vendors, this year’s Home Show will offer a new area containing items such as children’s books, jewelry and purses, said LCHBA executive officer Judy Studebaker. Members of the South Dakota Housing Development Authority and the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office will also be on hand to answer consumers’ questions, she said.
“I’m really excited because we have so many people coming this year,” she said.
Several door prizes will be given away at the Home Show, including a pond from NatureScaping Designs in Yankton as the grand prize.
Admission for the event will be taken at the door. Those who bring a non-perishable food donation for the Yankton Food Pantry will receive $1 off the admission price.
Frohreich encourages everyone to attend the show and to take advantage of a rare opportunity to talk to several experts at once.
“Rather than having to go to Sioux City or Sioux Falls or Norfolk or Mitchell, you can come here and see all the new things that are out there and get some ideas,” he said.
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