North Fulton Business Expo Opens this Morning in Alpharetta

A few thousand business people will make their way to the Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta on Windward Parkway today for the annual North Fulton Business Expo.

Check your email this morning on your smartphone if you pre-registered, and you can download a mobile ticket. It will required installation of the EventBrite app, if you don't already have it. Or, if you prefer, print out a ticket.

More than 85 exhibitors signed up, selling out the event space for another year.

"We are excited to have Verizon as our title sponsor this year," said the North Fulton Chamber's Kendra Plotkin.

• Ribbon cutting: 9:15 a.m.
• Doors open: 9:30 a.m.
• Food from restaurants, caterers: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Business After Hours: 3-5 p.m.
• Expo closes: 5 p.m.

More than 70 items have been donated for a silent auction. All the items are donated by chamber members.

Free parking will be available, with signs near the event site directing you to those spots Avoid parking at the Marriott, as you are likely to be turned away. Free trolleys will take you from the parking to the door at the Marriott.

• MARTA Park and Ride Lot accessible from North Point Parkway
• 5900 Windward Parkway, east of the North Point-Windward intersection