2017 Fall Inspired Home & Garden Expo of Monterey to be held on October 14 and 15, 2017 at the Monterey County Fair & Ev

1. 2017 Fall Inspired Home & Garden Expo of Monterey to be held on October 14 and 15, 2017 at the Monterey County Fair & EventCenter Get ready for holiday entertaining! Create a beautiful living environment and hire an expert to get your home improvement projectsstarted! Learn great strategies for “Aging in Place” with John Lewis, owner of LewisBuilders Monterey, CA, August 02, 2017 - Save the date for the free 2017 Fall Inspired Home & Garden Expoon Saturday and Sunday October 14 and 15, 2017, at the Monterey County Fair & Event Center. Fall is a great time to evaluate your home and begin to initiate home renovation projects so you’ll be ready to enjoy holiday entertaining with family and friends. It’s also the perfect time to Get Inspired! Talk with hundreds of experts who can help you make both large and small changes to your home and garden area! Enjoy informative and entertaining seminars on bothdays. Presenting at this year’s Fall Expo will be John Lewis of Lewis Builders providing valuable seminars about effective ways for Aging inPlace! Ask the experts! This year’s event will feature an array of fascinating and useful Home and Garden Exhibits, Daily Seminars, Live Chef Demos, Shopping, and Charity Partners as well as Expo Sponsors. Stop by for a few hours and discover the very best in home-improvement products, adviceand inspiration.

2. Start by visiting the Inspired Home Expo to plan your home improvement and landscaping vision and meet trusted experts who can make it a great reality. Unleash your creativity and create a true sanctuary where you can relax and rejuvenate in your beautifulhome. • Be sure to bring all of your home improvement ideas and remodeling projects to the Inspired Home & Garden Expo of Monterey. Experts at the Monterey Home Expo are there to answer all of your questions and help you getstarted. • The Inspired Fall Home Expoexhibitors will include general contractors, flooring, landscapers, kitchen and bath, cabinets, closet organizers, landscape designers, painters, countertops, tile, granite, appliances, solar energy, fireplaces, and much more, most based in MontereyCounty! • At aGlance: • Saturday, October 14, 2017 10 a.m. – 5p.m. • Sunday, October15,2017 10 a.m. – 4p.m. • Free to allattendees! • The Fall 2017 Inspired Home Expo of Monterey will feature a full weekend of activities for homeowners plus the latest remodeling, landscaping and home accessory trends andtips. • Educational home improvement seminars by local professionals, cooking demos, local charity partners andmore. • Special Guest Appearance by John Lewis, owner of LewisBuilders • About JohnLewis • John Lewis found his calling as a college student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, though it wasn’t how you might expect a career path to unfold. Flash forward to 2017, as Lewis is now the founder of Lewis Builders, which specializes in designing and building custom homes, doing design/build remodelsand • “aging-in-place” renovations for retirees, older people and those with health concerns. His firmemploys • 15 people and moved into new offices in The Barnyard Shopping Center inCarmel. • “We have a passion for helping those who are aging and just want to keep their dignity and independence in their own homes,” says Lewis. “We're trying to educate the public on design/build and aging-in-place.” • Design/build, simply put, is the same company doing the design and construction, from conceptionto completion, of a custom home or remodel. Design/builders have a better conception of the real costsof

3. a project and how to fit that into a client's budget; it saves significant time in the overall project; and the construction team works collaboratively with the designteam. • Aging-in-place is customizing homes with innovative, aesthetically pleasing solutions that alleviate the physical challenges of aging orinjury. • It's not just a specialty, Lewis Builders is a credentialed expert in CAPS (Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist). A program of the National Association of Home Builders, the Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) designation program teaches the technical, business management, and customer service skills essential to competing in the fastest growing segment of the residential remodeling industry: home modifications for theaging-in-place. • “When people discover that cost of living in an assisted-living facility can be $10,000 or $20,000 a month, making modifications to their own homes becomes a no-brainer," he says. “The ultimate result is that people are able to live comfortably and safely in their homes into their later years, rather than moving into costly assisted-livingfacilities.” • Born and raised in Monterey County, the youngest of five children, Lewis’s passion for the creative process of designing and building custom homes and remodels that started with small repair jobs in college, has now become his life'swork. • Additional informative and fun free seminars will be available both days during the Fall 2017 Inspired Home & Garden Expo of Monterey (full schedule will be coming soon oninspiredhomeexpos.com) • The Grand Prize for attendees of the event: $100 Gift Card to HomeDepot • Free admission &parking! • Location: Monterey County Fair & Event Center, 2004 Fairground Rd. Monterey, California. (Please enter at Gate 3 on GardenRoad) • For more information, go to InspiredExpos.com or call (831)222-0772. • During the Fall 2017 Inspired Home Expo of Monterey weekend, there will be an outstanding line-up of seminars in the home, food and garden areas that include many experts in their field. Attendees can plan their visit to the Fall 2017 Inspired Home & Garden Expo of Monterey around many valuable remodeling workshops and home improvement seminar presentations by local experts and live chef demos and some seminars are now listed below. Updates about the seminars and the presenters will be posted on the website,InspiredExpos.com. • CorporateSponsors: • Noble Pride Roofing Media CorporateSponsors: • Monterey CountyHerald · KRML Radio 102.1 FM and 1410AM

4. Times PublishingGroup • Exhibitor booth and Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, go to www.InspiredExpos.com/Expos/Monterey. • More about the 2017 Fall Inspired HomeExpo: • Learn from and become “inspired” by top professionals in the field. Come meet the experts from the community who can help you create a more beautiful living environment, make a space more comfortable or fix an issue in your home. The event gives you the opportunity to build relationships with the people who can help you make your dreams become reality. There’s something for everyone, whether you’re looking for ideas for Fall projects, inspiration or just browsing home improvements large too small. Talk with expert local home contractors that can create all your “inspired”, images from your clippings and Pinterest boards, meet your Google search list face to face, and make your home improvement dreams areality. • The free, fun and informative Fall 2017 Inspired Home & Garden Expo of Monterey will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15, 2017 at the Monterey Fair & Expo Center, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey, CA. This not-to-be-missed event will feature about a hundred LOCAL home and garden professionals on site, many based in Monterey County, with all of your home project solutions. They will be available to answer all of your questions and provide expert advice for enhancing your indoor and outdoor livingspace. • The Fall 2017 Inspired Home & Garden Expo will feature displays and exhibits of the latest ideas in home improvement, remodeling, interior design, decorating and landscaping. In addition, it will provide educational and informative seminars and demonstrations designed to help you enhance the beauty and the value of your home. Quality contractors, expert craftsmen, premier designers and home improvement professionals are there both days to focus on all of your needs to make your home meet yourvision. • PublicityContacts: • Wendy Brickman (831) 633-4444 orbrickman@brickmanmarketing.com • Marci Bracco (831) 747-7455 ormarci@chatterboxpublicrelations.com • About Simply Clear Marketing & Media: • Simply Clear Marketing & Media (SCMM) is a professional event management and marketing company based on the Central Coast. SCMM currently produces 7 successful INSPIRED trade show events peryear • and is expanding its events and services. The Inspired Home Expos are designed to create an environment for consumers to find the products and services they need to create the home oftheir • dreams. The vision behind the home expos is to create a location for local residents to meet face toface • with local companies who can help them to create a beautiful living environment and increase the value of their homes. The health expo provides a location for residents to meet face to face with a varietyof health, wellness, and fitness providers in the area.

5. Simply Clear Marketing & Media’s mission is to help small businesses grow by connecting them with potential clients through events and marketing. For more information, go to www.InspiredExpos.comor call (831)222-0772. Contact: Marci BraccoCain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA93901 (831)747-7455 http://www.InspiredExpos.com