Dreaming of a new home? Updating your current home? Buying your first home? The North Florida Home Show in February is the perfect place to make your dreams come true. It is truly a one-stop shopping and inspiration center, featuring more than 150 local businesses all ready to work with you to make your idea of happily ever after a reality.
Today’s homeowner or prospective homeowner has so many choices when it comes to builders, remodelers, landscapers, electricians, plumbers, heating and cooling specialists, financing, security providers, designers…it can be overwhelming and paralyzing when it should be exciting and energizing.
When it comes to researching, nothing compares to face-to-face contact with an expert, and a show like the North Florida Home Show offers just that. It is precisely the place to provide some clarity and order to the countless decisions and options families face when contemplating their home building and updating options. Nothing compares to the value of looking someone in the eye, shaking his or her hand, and having a real conversation. The good news is personal touch is alive and well and abounds at every turn at the North Florida Home Show. This human experience provides a level of comfort, trust and understanding that nothing else can. The exhibit hall is filled with local specialists and experts just waiting to give special attention and personalized recommendations to fit your specific needs and challenges. These are people who have committed their life’s work to helping families make choices that fit their lifestyle, budget and personality. Many hours are spent building recreations of actual outdoor living spaces, kitchens, baths, and hundreds of examples of products or services to provide the opportunity to actually envision what your dream space can look like.
New technologies that make life easier, safer and more automated bring new innovations right to your doorstep when you visit the North Florida Home Show. No matter the size of your family, your budget, or your dream, the vendors are ready to connect your vision with their expertise and tools.
Additionally, many of the exhibitors are family-owned businesses, and that family dynamic is what sets the North Florida Home Show apart from others. Family is a priority for everyone at the show all the way down to the show’s new organizers. A family-run business, RR Events brings more than 65 years of show management experience between the members of this all-family team. RR Events LLC put together the show for the first time last year, but they bring a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to this event. Led by Samantha Wickham Schreck and Melanie Wickham, this daughter/mother duo combines varied talents with a lifetime of understanding. Creative and organized, Samantha is the go-to team member who turns ideas into dreams and seamlessly manages exhibitor needs with show priorities. She calls on her experience as an event planner for a nonprofit retail association, event coordinator for high-profile charity events and retail manager for her family’s agri-tainment farm business to get the job done. Detailed and perceptive, her mother, Melanie, is busy solving issues before most people even see them. A background that includes management of a major outdoor farm show that hosted 60,000 visitors and 600 exhibitors has uniquely prepared her for navigating this new venture. They both work as exhibitor and visitor liaisons for other shows that the team manages. The third component of the team is Drew Wickham. Husband and father, he’s the quiet, stealthy member of the team keeping things in line behind the scenes. In addition to handling budgets and logistics, he is the manager of the twice-annual Central NY Boat Show, which is host to more than 100 exhibitors and 15,000 attendees. Together they run an agri-tainment farm operation that provides fall fun and memories for countless families every fall.
This team may be from the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, but they have proven they are motivated and inspired to work with Florida businesses to bring area residents a premier home show. Connecting businesses and homeowners with ideas and solutions to make their dreams a reality is a dream come true for this family team.
It’s easy to see that the 29th edition of this annual home show truly is an incredible mix of experience and innovation as well as dreams and reality. We can’t wait to help you find your happily ever after at the 2020 North Florida Home Show. 
Melanie Wickham
North FL Home Show / RR Events LLC
