Carolina Kids Expo Canceled

Back on April 29th in my post called "Triangle Events in May" I talked about the Carolina Kids Expo, a great event that is held every year at the State Fairgrounds. While updating my Events Calendar on www.trianglemomnetwork.com, I went back to the Carolina Kids Expo website and found that they updated the website with the following message, "The Carolina Kids Expo will not be held in 2009. Check back to find out what's happening in 2010!". I called the telephone number listed on the website and the message just said that the event is cancelled for this year. I sent an email to the maketing firm in charge of the event but have not heard back yet. This was to be the 8th year of the event and I was looking forward to attending. I've been to the event for the past three years and my children and I have always enjoyed it. I don't want to make any assumptions but I'm guessing that the economy impacted the decision to cancel the event for the year. The event depends on businesses and government agencies to set up booths, give away prizes and marketing items, and have people spend two days working at the event. With so many businesses struggling, I imagine it was difficult to get enough vendor booths to make the event worth the effort. I'm disappointed but I understand that everyone has to cut back and make decisions that is best for their businesses and families. Hopefully things will turn around and the event will be on in 2010.