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The Wilson Community Bargain Shop is inviting the community to shop, eat and play at the first Community Bargain Expo at Wilson Ballpark from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 18.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRight now, we have 35 vendors signed up, from entrepreneurs to food vendors, businesses, nonprofits; this is a lot of local bodies coming together,\u201d organizer Antioch Artis said. \u201cThis group came about 15 years ago to connect local businesses online, selling items, and it turned into a community itself. We\u2019ve got 32,000 local members (on Facebook) and really just wanted to take it offline and create opportunities for small businesses. We\u2019re all about bringing the community together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Artis said admission into the expo is free, but certain areas are restricted behind ticketed access, like the kids\u2019 zone with a bounce house and treats. Artis said there will also be a live entertainment area for the adults. To purchase tickets for these attractions, visit wilsonbargainshop.com or purchase on the day of the event. Family packs are also available.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is something that we want to do quarterly or annually,\u201d Artis said. \u201cWe do still have some vendor space available. You can register for that online as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Artis said some of the businesses that will be at the expo include Southern Best Gifts, Flip Flop Shop, Hometown Pest Solutions, Ladybug Kettle Corn and Permanent Jewelry and Design.<\/span><\/p>\n He said last-minute singers and praise teams are also welcome to come to the expo.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019d love to have them.\u201d he said. \u201cI believe communities grow stronger when we support the people who live, work and invest here. This expo is about creating a platform for local businesses to shine while giving families a fun, memorable experience they can enjoy together. When we support local, everyone wins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Christopher Long<\/strong><\/span> is The\u00a0 Wilson Times\u2019 business reporter. If you have ideas for this weekly column, reach out to him at 252-265-7821 or clong@wilsontimes.com.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wilsontimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Wilson Community Bargain Shop is inviting the community to shop, eat and play at the first Community Bargain Expo at Wilson Ballpark from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. \u201cRight now, we have 35 vendors signed up, from entrepreneurs to food vendors, businesses, nonprofits; this is a lot of local bodies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2499188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22764],"class_list":["post-2499187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-local-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Down-to-Business-Community-Bargain-Expo-coming-to-Wilson.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499189,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499187\/revisions\/2499189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}