Visitors glided from the “cloud” into the pure air of filtration machines at the 2012 Back to Business Expo, and then they sipped cups of clam chowder. The annual event of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce put businesspeople face to face with the public and each other for a look at the latest products and services- and some were unexpected.

Those who stopped at the St. Mary’s Parish Center in Manahawkin were in the right place not only to meet their banker, but to learn about…