PaliBu Board Chair Ramis Sadrieh with former chair Bob Benton at the last Expo in December.
Photo: RICH SCHMITT
The Malibu-Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce is holding a Recovery Expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 22. There will be street closures from Alma Real Drive to LaCruz Drive and on LaCruz from Sunset to Swarthmore Avenue. The event is free to the public.
There will be food trucks, contractors, L.A. City Departments, public adjusters and builders.
New at this expo recovery will be three different sessions of experts speaking on different topics that will be held in Ronald Reagan American Legion Post 283 Hall, at 15247 La Cruz Drive.
At 11:30 a.m. panelists will speak about revolutionary technologies and new building techniques. They include: Lisa Price, Lisa Price Interiors; Daniel Fogelson, Sonic Fire Tech;
Desiree Flanigan, Frontline Wildfire Defense; Bea Hsu, Builder’s Alliance; and Ramin Bassam, Rane Construction / Speccs App. The discussion will be moderated by Deborah Zara Kobylt, Award Winning Journalist + Podcast Host.
At 12:30 p.m. the topic will be Ask the Architects: A Future Informed by the Past, and include panelists: Patti Baker, Backen & Backen; David Lee, Fame Architecture + Design;
May Sung, SUBU Design Architecture; and Geddes Ulinskas, Geddes Ulinskas Architecture. This will be moderated by Maryam Zar, CEO of PaliBu Chamber & President, Palisades Recovery Coalition.
At 1:30 p.m. the question is “Should I Stay or Go?” Panel experts will include Alison Schweitzer, Flagstar Private Bank; Solishia Andico, Home Run Experts; Gregg Clifford, SunPoint Public Insurance Adjusters; Trace McGuire, The Home Gallery; and Eddie Lorin, Monument Home Builders. This panel will be moderated by Don Schmidtz of Schmidtz & Associates.
https://www.palibu.org/