Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern, Hammond Chamber host Business EXPO Wednesday

Contact: Christina Chapple

9/7/06

     HAMMOND – Participants can enjoy “A Taste of Hammond” and learn about the master plan for a new Hammond mall at the 2006 Business EXPO being sponsored Wednesday by the Hammond Chamber of Commerce and Southeastern Louisiana University’s Southeast Louisiana Business Center.

     The event at Southeastern’s University Center is scheduled for noon-6:30 p.m. and also will feature more than 70 exhibitors, said Sandy Summers, assistant director of Southeastern’s Small Business Development Center. 

     Summers said Jimmy Maurin, chair of Stirling Properties and former chair of the International Council of Shopping Centers, will be the EXPO’s luncheon guest speaker. Maurin is expected to unveil the master plan for the new Hammond mall facility being developed for a 100-acre site currently encompassing Hammond Square Mall. A special redevelopment team is presently designing the project. 

     Tickets for the luncheon are sold out, but the master plan will be displayed at Stirling Properties’s EXPO booth in the University Center arena. The booth will be one of many sponsored by companies and organizations to showcase a wide variety of business services.
     From 4:30-6:30 p.m. the EXPO will host “A Taste of Hammond,” featuring Hammond Chamber of Commerce member restaurateurs and caterers. 

     “’A Taste of Hammond’ gives restaurants and caterers an opportunity to feature their signature items and display food menus for event planning and holiday/corporate entertaining,” Summers said.