CITY WELCOMES
PUERTO RICAN EXPO

Sarasota, FL: The City of Sarasota is pleased to welcome the first annual Puerto Rican International Expo to the Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail, Sat., August 30, 2008. The event, hosted by the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of Sarasota/Manatee Counties Inc., is open to the public for a festive time of entertainment, shopping and cuisine. The day portion, 11am – 5pm, is free to the public; the evening activities, 8pm – midnight, are $10 per person and will include comedian Bill Santiago from Comedy Central’s “Pardon My Spanglish”, plus a 12-piece band, Los Soneros Orquestra.

City Commissioner Kelly Kirschner will bestow two honorary citizenship citations during the expo. Dr. Manuel Figueroa, president of the Puerto Rico Products Association, and Jose Julian Alvarez-Maldonado, president of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce, will be honored for their continued commitment to export Puerto Rican products to the Sunshine State.

The expo, entitled “Crossing the Oceans”, will feature approximately 50 Puerto Rican businesses which help pump an estimated $3.5 billion a year into the Florida economy.

For more information on the Puerto Rican International Expo contact Elizabeth
Cuevas-Neunder: 941-966-2820 or puertoricanchambersm@msn.com

 

For more information, please contact:
Jan Thornburg, Public Information Officer (941) 954-2613
jan.thornburg@sarasotagov.com