The Lake Scene: Spring 2024

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Business After Hours

Mango’s Bar & Grill hosted Business After Hours for the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce on April 19. Chamber members were treated to music, food, beverages and door prizes during the two-hour networking event.

Nancy and Rick Ellett with Sea Tow Smith Mountain Lake
Laura Moritz (left) with Mariners Landing and Crystal Knuttgen with The Conner Group
From left, Terri Parenti (Premier Appraisals), Casey Johnson
(RE/MAX Lakefront Realty), Tim Bird (Kheystone Legal) and Debra Gatto (RE/MAX Lakefront Realty)

SML Business Expo

The 20th SML Business Expo took place on April 9 at EastLake Community Church. Free and open to the public, the event saw hundreds of residents and visitors engaging with local business professionals representing more than 100 companies.

Tim Gardner (left) with Inspecx and Phil Hager with Phil Hager Insurance Agency
Dany Turner (left) and Travis Terry with Next Generation Designs
From left, Burt Spangler, Allan Mower and Barry Wright with WSLS Channel 10

Rock Outdoors Grand Opening

Sporting goods retailer Rock Outdoors held the grand opening of its Westlake store on April 20 with special deals, raffles, ice cream from Homestead Creamery, sandwiches from Chick-fil-A, face painting and more.

Grace Wimmer
Adam Roberts (left) with Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources and James Hale of the Virginia Conservation Police Association
Pleas and Sue McMichael

Portside BBQ Battle

A wide variety of tasty barbeque was enjoyed at the third Portside BBQ Battle on April 27 at Virginia Dare Marina. Eleven teams competed for top honors and patrons packed the lawn to enjoy live music by Christian Q. and The Funky Groove.

From left, Matt Bell and Tommy Merricks of Chief’s BBQ of Altavista placed first for both Judge’s Choice and People’s Choice
From left, Robin Firestone, Cindy Barber and Peggy Rintye
The crew from Chubby Nubbins of Burnt Chimney, from left, Scotty Malicoat, John and Hannah Poindexter and Charlie Wiseman
From left, Nick Baird, Park Kissner, Jack Rice and Sam Majadan of Greensboro
Gretchen Hocker of South Dakota
Troy Oldt of Chesterfield and Reps Haskins of SML
Christian Q. and The Funky Truth
From left, Sarah Hachney, Locan Turner, Lucille Craun and Jessie Craun of Staunton
The crew from Anderson’s BBQ at SML

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