For Immediate Release – April 23, 2024

Contact:
Brian Otten, Marketing Director
Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce
715-848-5947 | botten@wausauchamber.com

Chamber names Best in Show recipients at Business EXPO

ROTHSCHILD — The Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce named the recipients of the 2024 Best in Show Awards at the annual Business EXPO held at the Central Wisconsin Convention + Expo Center in Rothschild on Thursday, April 18. Recipients were named in four different categories at the event which was a signature event during the Chamber’s Business Month.

Exhibitors at the EXPO were judged by a panel of volunteers on how visually exciting their booth looked, the originality and uniqueness of their display and how well it creates traffic. The awards were sponsored by Fully Promoted of Wausau.

The recipients in each of the categories were:

Overall: Weinbrenner Shoe Company’s EXPO layout included a variety of their footwear and a giant inflatable Thorogood boot.

Best Theme: Jim Kryshak Jewelers offered a Friends-themed booth.

Attention Strategy: Ho-Chunk Gaming – Wittenberg offered table games and a vacation motif to their booth’s visitors.

Eats & Treats: Fun Factory Sweet Shoppe’s booth was filled with gelato and popcorn flavors.

Interviews with each of the recipients can be viewed on the Chamber’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Business EXPO 2025 will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at the Central Wisconsin Convention + Expo Center. Registration for this event is open at the Early Bird rate now on WausauChamber.com.

The sponsors for the 2024 Business Month are The Dirks Group at the platinum level, Ho-Chunk Gaming – Wittenberg, Northwest Tool & Manufacturing Co., Inc., Rhyme - Wausau, Ruder Ware LLSC and Wausau Smiles Dental LLC at the gold level, and American Family Insurance – David J. Cooper Agency Inc, REI Engineering Inc, TDS Telecom – Wausau and Yach’s Body & Custom Inc at the silver level. Media sponsors for the week include Midwest Communications – WDEZ/WIFC/JACK FM/WSAU/The Game, The Business News and WAOW Newsline 9. The EXPO sign sponsor is Graphic House Inc and the EXPO award sponsor is Fully Promoted. The printed program and map sponsor is RotoGraphic Printing Inc.

Caption for Bestof2024_1: A booth hosted by Jim Kryshak Jewelers was named the recipient of a Best of Show Award in the Best Theme category at the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce’s Business EXPO 2024 on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Caption for Bestof2024_2: A booth hosted by Ho-Chunk Gaming - Wittenberg was named the recipient of a Best of Show Award in the Attention Strategy category at the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce’s Business EXPO 2024 on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

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The Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce is the source for business information in the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The organization has earned a 5-Star Accreditation, one of only two chambers in the state with that designation. The Chamber strengthens member businesses and enhances the region by building business success. For more information on the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce, visit us online at www.wausauchamber.com or call 715-845-6231.