Pocatello event promises day of fun, shopping geared toward women

POCATELLO — The What Women Want Expo and Vendor Market will bring together section mini businesses for an day of shopping, food, portion and fun.

The event’s organizer, Nikki Waliser, puts connected respective akin events each twelvemonth — including The Spring Soiree, Christmas astatine The Yellowstone, February Sip N’ Shop and galore mini pop-ups. The newest summation to her arena calendar, nan What Women Want Expo, for illustration nan others, shows Waliser’s committedness to helping her neighbors.

“I’m benignant of obsessed pinch helping nan organization and driving nan organization support and awareness,” she told EastIdahoNews.com. … “If we tin support nan money successful our organization and support these mini businesses, why not do it?”

The expo will tally from 11 a.m to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 29 astatine nan Mountain View Event Center — 1567 Way to Grace Avenue successful Pocatello. As portion of her ngo to boost section businesses, Waliser explained, each of her yearly events are hosted astatine a different venue — sparkling a ray connected those venues on pinch nan vendors who participate.

Admission to nan arena is free, and nan early arrivers will person nan action to acquisition 1 of 85 $5 “swag bags,” featuring items from galore of vendors involved.

But nan arena is astir truthful overmuch much than shopping.

The expo will bring together things that galore locals — specifically moms — want to do but whitethorn not person nan opportunity. There will beryllium a institution offering windshield repairs and car detailing, on pinch nan mobile mammogram autobus providing exams.

Waliser said that, successful her years of moving pinch section business owners and vendors, she has heard respective times really nan Pocatello area lacks events geared towards women.

“So, that’s, benignant of, wherever nan thought came from,” she said. … “We’ll person things that moms can’t mostly get retired and do.”

One of nan things moms are wanting to do much than they astatine times are capable to, she added, is conscionable bask a time retired pinch friends.

“It’s not conscionable a time astir shopping, it’s a time astir getting retired pinch your friends and having fun,” Waliser said. … “As parents, there’s really not a batch to do without your kids. We want to get retired and person fun, but still beryllium location successful clip to put nan kids to bed.”

With nosy successful mind, drinks — some alcoholic and non — will beryllium disposable from a booth tally by The Yellowstone Restaurant, pinch nutrient astatine different booth tally by Palate Bistro.

Waliser hopes this expo will go nan latest of her yearly events. The goal, she explained, is to big 3 aliases 4 specified events each twelvemonth — each 3 aliases truthful months.

For accusation connected different akin events hosted by Waliser, travel The W Group connected Facebook — here.

The adjacent specified arena will beryllium nan Business Women of Pocatello cornhole tourney this Saturday, June 15.