NAVIGATION
Expanded West Wing
The historic West Wing of the KEC offers more than 76,000 square feet of additional indoor exhibit space.
The West Wing of the Kentucky Expo Center (KEC) is the new front door and hub of Equip Exposition. Shuttles will pick up and drop off here, and the show has created a commuter lounge for attendees with areas for badge pick-up and registration on site. New this year in the West Wing is Equip’s Certification Center, which will offer classes on scaling your business, developing crew leaders into better managers, pesticide management and application, tree and shrub pruning and plant health — in both English and Spanish. Many of these sessions are eligible for
to stop by the infinity pool nearby, sponsored by the Pool and Hot Tub Alliance, for education and information on adding this growing service to your business.
certification credit in several states. Equip Exposition also will give back this year with a special project that helps Louisville-based philanthropy, Blessings in a Backpack. Attendees visiting the West Wing can help stuff hundreds of backpacks with meals for distribution to school kids who may not have enough to eat over the weekend at home. The event is sponsored by Hunter and the TurfMutt Foundation, and held Thursday. TurfMutt is also sponsoring Mulligan’s Garden Park, a greenspace and garden center in the middle of the West Wing that highlights the benefits of the managed landscape. Be sure
Key West Wing Features: • Shuttle Bus & Commuter Lounge • Badge Pick Up & Registration • Certification Center • Blessings in a Backpack – Oct. 17
• Mulligan’s Garden Park • Infinity Pool Training
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