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What is a Connection Expo?

A Connection Expo is a simple way to connect people with the groups, organizations and activities that make a community thrive.

Getting involved matters. Clubs help people make friends, volunteering builds purpose, and hobby or identity-based groups create spaces where people can connect, learn and belong. These shared experiences strengthen communities and help combat social isolation.

By bringing many organizations together in one place, a Connection Expo makes it easy for people to discover opportunities, meet organizers, ask questions and even try activities. Instead of searching online or attending event after event, attendees can explore everything at once.

More than an event, a Connection Expo is an invitation to participate. It helps people find their place while strengthening the connections that make communities more vibrant, engaged and resilient.

What people are saying

“Clubs I had never heard of”

  • Thank you very much for putting it together! I’ve been in the area for 15 years and generally “in the know” of community groups and events, and there were multiple clubs I had never heard of that I was excited about.

    From our 2026 survey
  • Everyone was just excited to be there. Congrats on a great event!

    From our 2026 survey
  • I really enjoyed this! Lovely variety of groups, individuals, commercial and non-commercial. I found a couple of groups that I will be pursuing.