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Oswego Hometown Expo spotlights community businesses, organizations · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Hometown Expo spotlights community businesses organizations. Written by Eric Shelkoff,
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by ever litt Sukidestril of Rock continues to
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  Speaker 1: see more customers at its Oswego locations since holding its
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  Speaker 1: grand opening in December twenty twenty four, and the Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Area Chamber of Commerce Hometown Expo at the Oswego High
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  Speaker 1: School on February twenty eighth provided another opportunity for people
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  Speaker 1: to learn more about School of Rock, which had a
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  Speaker 1: booth at the expo. School of Rock provides music lessons
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  Speaker 1: for students of all ages. We start with students between
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  Speaker 1: three and four years old and we go up to
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  Speaker 1: however old you want to be, said franchise owner Becky Adamitas.
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  Speaker 1: I have a lot of people come up to me
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  Speaker 1: and say I'm too old for that. No, you're not.
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  Speaker 1: We have an amazing adult base. Actually, students at this
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  Speaker 1: school have the opportunity to perform in front of an audience.
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  Speaker 1: Her students recently played at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora
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  Speaker 1: and will be opening for the bands Seventh Heaven at Vetfest,
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  Speaker 1: which will take place August eighth, at Venue ten twelve
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  Speaker 1: in Oswego. The Oswego Hometown Expo is a way for
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  Speaker 1: people to learn about businesses they don't know about. That's
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  Speaker 1: my favorite part about the expo, said Oswego Economic Development
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  Speaker 1: Director Kevin Lady. I like stopping in, talking to them
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  Speaker 1: and seeing what their experiences are. It's a great way
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  Speaker 1: for them to get community oriented exposure and for people
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  Speaker 1: to be able to put a face to a business.
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  Speaker 1: The Chamber does a great job. The Oswego Hometown Expo
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  Speaker 1: also puts a spotlight on area organizations such as the
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  Speaker 1: Veterans Assistants Commission of Kendall County, which also had a
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  Speaker 1: booth at the expo. The mission of the Veterans Commission
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  Speaker 1: is to better the lives of veterans and their families.
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  Speaker 1: Community engagement is the foundation of what we do, said
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Gavin, outreach specialist for the Veterans Commission. You might
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  Speaker 1: not be a veteran yourself, but maybe a family member,
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  Speaker 1: your spouse, or your neighbor is and having access to
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  Speaker 1: all the resources that are available is truly important in
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  Speaker 1: affecting the day to day lives of our veterans. The
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  Speaker 1: expo also featured the artwork of various students and adults.
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  Speaker 1: This was the fifteenth year the Oswego based Fox River
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  Speaker 1: Academy of Music and amp Art and the Oswego Area
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  Speaker 1: Chamber of Commerce have put on an art show at
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  Speaker 1: the expo.