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Mar. 25—Yuba City resident Blake Anderson made his first stop to the annual Home, Garden and Sportsman's Expo on Saturday morning amid a sprinkle of rain that dusted the previously dry grounds at the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds in Yuba City.
Anderson was in search of a product to renovate his family's home this spring. Home renovation is one of the central features of the home show, which celebrated 30 years this year in Yuba City.
Judy Brogden, a co-producer of the expo alongside Sapphire Marketing Group Chief Executive Officer Kary Hauck, has been in the business of growing the home show. This year's three-day event, which runs through Sunday each March, had over 100 exhibitors covering multiple facets of home renovation and other needs, including outdoor adventures like spas, RVs and boats for weekend camping, Brogden said.
Anderson called the show a "one-stop shop" that beats traveling all across Yuba-Sutter to community staples like Home Depot, Walmart or Lowe's.
Anderson was with his 7-year-old child, Teagan Anderson. The two were dressed in athletic gear, coming straight from a weekend sports activity and hoping to spot products to help spruce up their home in 2024.
Teagan Anderson had the opportunity to ride an excavator brought to the floor by Mechanical & Irrigation Solutions, Inc. (MIS).
MIS is one of several agricultural-related vendors covering the region every year. On Friday, MIS held its annual equipment rodeo where excavators were spotted across the West Onstott Road property. On Saturday, the company brought its featured equipment to the fairgrounds for folks to take a closer look at the vendor's specialties.
"It feels good to have a lot of these local people that are entrenched in our community continue to support us at the home show," Brogden said.
Eighty percent of the home show was inside the Main Exhibit building that Brogden said is approximately 16,000 square feet. But once a person stepped outside to brave the conditions on Saturday, they found excavators to the right, spas to the left and boats and RVs not far down the road.
"It's a mini-fair with no carnival," Brogden said. "We are a big sportsman's area and like to support it within our community. ... It's a huge deal for us."
In addition, Brogden referenced vendors selling products such as those to power up a person's home or cutting a front lawn with no gas. Electric lawn mowers were at the expo alongside a number of bathroom exhibits, heating and air conditioning booths and individuals selling Cutco knives.