Kelly McNulty and Tina Jesson, who both live in Brownsburg IN, and Bill Mentgen came together to form Green Fest Expos Inc back in the summer of 2009

Bill, originally from Devour Colorado, had a vision of a large ‘green’ festival like those run in Chicago and West Coast, and when he saw that there was nothing like it in Indy, the question just wasn’t why? By why not? He decided to do something about it.

Kelly, from Wisconsin, met Bill through racing and Kelly, an entrepreneur and property investor herself, was helping Bill with sales in his Energy Conservations Solutions business. www.energyconservationsolutions.net

Tina and Kelly met at Earth Day 2009 and had spoken about running an event and Tina was interested in getting involved.

Tina is originally from the UK and has been working publicizing businesses for over 11 years, promoting them and helping to get their message out, both here in the USA and in Europe. Tina is founder of the British Academy of Business Success and through her Visibility Creator training program has worked with businesses around the world to get them exposure and connected to their target market. www.tinajesson.com

Bill had years of experience in health conferencing and Tina had experience in large home and garden events in the UK

Green Fest Indy 2010 was born were all 3 are committed to connecting green & eco friendly businesses with the wider public and Business Leader is proud to be one of the media sponsors for this land mark event.

The Indiana Green Business Awards – The 1st Annual Indiana Green Business Awards 2010 – sponsored by Rolls-Royce Corporation; will run in conjunction with Green Fest Indy 2010. The awards dinner will be held on March 25th 2010 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 6930 Intech Boulevard. Indianapolis IN 46278 at 7pm, the evening before Green Fest Indy 2010 opens its doors

Sara Snow, TV host of the Discovery Networks’, “Get Fresh with Sara Snow” will be presenting the awards and the sponsoring judges include representatives from Rolls-Royce Corporation; the USGBC (US Green Building Council), Whole Foods Market, Center of Wellness for Urban Women, Nuvo and IndyMetroBALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies)

Tickets for the evening are $50 per person and include a three course dinner and can be purchased from http://www.eventbrite.com/event/571975795

There will also be a raffle with tickets available on the night for $5. All proceeds will benefit Jameson Camp, the nominated charity for 2010. Companies wishing to donate prizes with a total value of $50 and above can do so by contacting info@greenfestexpos.com

So what is Green Fest Indy 2010 all about?

Green Fest Indy 2010 will be the largest green event in the State of Indiana with an expected 10,000 visitor turn out over 3 days, March 26, 27 and 28th, 2010. The event is held centrally at the State Fairground

Taking part will be local and national business and green/Eco-friendly organizations who reach out to the community.

The purpose of Green Fest Indy 2010 is to ‘take green mainstream’ to businesses and to regular people to empowering them with the knowledge to help them make good buying decisions to help rejuvenate the local economy and environment around us.

There is something for everyone including, competitions, a series of Eco chic fashion shows, grass roots involvement and community projects, and the first Indiana Green Business Awards. Local TV personality Sara Snow will be speaking on Sunday March 28th on the Green IT! Stage sponsored by Meijer.

Major Ballard will be opening the Green IT! Stage at 11am Friday March 26th followed by an interview with the winners of the Indiana Green Business Awards 2010 – sponsored by Rolls-Royce Corporation

Maribel Alchin, Healthy Living Advisor for Meijer will be running cookery demonstrations daily on how to cook healthily.

On Saturday there will be a series of 3 Eco Chic Fashion Shows sponsored by Fresh Fettle

11:00am    Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana and The Art Institute of Indianapolis present “The Sustainable Student Stylist Competition”

1:00pm      Local Designer Liz Alig presents ‘Spring 2010 The Village Collection’

4:00pm      Salon Orange Moon presents ‘Be Beautiful, Be Green’

Supporters of the Eco chic fashion showcase include Fresh Fettle, LLC, Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana, The Art Institute of Indianapolis, Salon Orange Moon, Liz Alig, LModelz Model Management

Tickets for Green Fest Indy 2010 are $8 for adults, children under 12 free. Tickets can be purchased before the event at your Meijer store for a $2 discount. Tickets purchased on the day have a $2 discount if you carpool 3 or more adults, or if you ride in on your bicycle or if you take an IndyGO bus, IndyGo Route 4 and Route 39 serve the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Go to IndyGo Trip Planner (www.indygo.net/tripplanner)

More information can now be found at www.greenfestindy.com