SUMMIT TWP - Some of the finishing touches are missing from Morgan II, one of Butler County's newest office buildings, but those who attended Wednesday's Butler County Chamber of Commerce business expo didn't seem to notice.

Hundreds of business owners and representatives visited the newly opened professional building owned by William Morgan and Morgan Management during the chamber's "We Mean Business" Expo.

County business owners, public officials and residents on Tuesday night officially opened the building at the intersection of Routes 38/68/422 with a gala dinner and dance.

Stan Kosciuszko, chamber president, said he was "ecstatic" about the turn out for the chamber's first business expo in three years.

"The luncheon was sold out, the seminars were well attended and the exhibitors seem to really like this space," he said of Morgan II's first and fourth floors.

The first floor features high ceilings and a large open space that Kosciuszko said, "doesn't look like your average hotel convention space." The top floor shows off the surrounding hills through large windows manufactured by United Plate Glass in Connoquenessing Township.

About 70 businesses from the county and beyond manned booths on the two floors, explaining their services to fellow businesses and the public.

Earl Brooks, a financial planner, and Curt Heakins, a loan supervisor, both with the Butler Armco Credit Union, said while they had both just come to work at the booth, the expo gave the credit union the opportunity to meet more business owners who may be interested in its services.

Patti Bicehouse, a contract and procurement specialist for Association of Retarded Citizens in Butler, said the expo was "wonderful," and provided organizations such as ARC "the opportunity to tell businesses about what we can do for them."

ARC works with 100 employees who have disabilities. The organization subcontracts with businesses to assemble and package products.

ARC recently received a contract with Penn Champ in East Butler, helping to assemble containers of cleaning products.

"That's why we are so glad to be here (at the expo). It helps us show what we can do and hopefully do more for community businesses," Bicehouse said.

Bill Cully, a chamber member and the retired owner of United Plate Glass, spent his time at the expo representing the Community Development Corporation of Butler County.

"This event is a credit to the chamber and to Stan (Kosciuszko) who is doing such a great job," Cully said. "Bill Morgan gave us the vehicle (the Morgan II opening) and it is a tribute to him and his hard work."

Kosciuszko said exhibitors and chamber members are already asking what the expo will be like next year.

"We are back to the basics - back to meeting the needs of Butler County business," he said.

The four-story Morgan II building has 52,000 square feet. It is designed for doctors and their patients with oversized elevators that can accommodate ambulance stretchers, and individual air conditioning and heating controls for each office and zones within offices.

The first tenant is cardiologist Dr. Martin Baker.

Morgan decided to build his new building after a fire on June 27, 2003, destroyed his Morgan Center on Brugh Avenue.