2011 Menomonie Destination and Living Guide

Menomonie ATTRACTIONS • DINING • ACCOMODATIONS • SHOPPING • LIVING • EVENTS • EDUCATION

Official Destination & Living Guide of the Greater Menomonie Area

2011

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Menomonie, Wisconsin is a vibrant western Wisconsin city right off I-94, just an hour east of the Twin Cities. The area serves up plenty of places to see, dine, shop, stay, visit and live. Use our hiking and biking trails, boat on our lakes, share in the arts and cultural activities and discover our hidden landmarks. Welcome to the Greater Menomonie Area.

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September 16 -18, 2011

Northern WI State Fairgrounds

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Explore History in Dunn County, Wisconsin

Call 715/232-8685 or visit www.dunnhistory.org

Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum From I-94 exit #41 South on State Highway 25, turn left on Pine Avenue to Wakanda Park.

Empire in Pine Museum

Six miles south of Menomonie on State Highway 25, turn on County C at Downsville.

Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park

Nine miles south of Menomonie on State Highway 25.

Community Events...........................................................................................4 Our History....................................................................................................5-6 While You’re Here........................................................................................7-10 Nature Valley Bicycle Festival..........................................................................9 Arts & Culture..................................................................................................11 Map of the Area.........................................................................................12-13 Places to Shop.................................................................................................14 Places to Dine.............................................................................................16-17 Places to Stay..............................................................................................18-19 Wellness & Education.................................................................................... 20 Living Guide.............................................................................................. 21-23

Advertiser Index 24/7 Telecom.....................................10 Chippewa Valley Renaissance.........24 Chippewa Valley Tech College.......21 Country Inn & Suites.........................18 Culver’s...............................................16 Dairy State Bank................................22 Dunn County Historical Society........3 Eagle Ridge Campground...............23 Eau Galle Cheese .......................... 5-6 First Congregational Church...........21 FreedomFest.....................................14 Junction Liquor.................................23 La dee dah.........................................14 Lakeview Floral and Gifts.................14

Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts...11 Main Street of Menomonie..............15 Menomonie Market Food Co-op...17 Menomonie Super 8.........................19 Motel 6...............................................18 Oaklawn Bed & Breakfast................18 Oktoberfest, Chippewa Falls............3 Pernsteiner Creative Group, Inc......23 Red Cedar Medical Center..............24 Robert Giede Design.........................2 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church . ............21 School District of Menomonie .......21 Tantara Apartments..........................19 University of Wisconsin-Stout...........2

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Community Events March 2011

June 2011

September 2011

December 2011

19-20, 26-27: Lambing at Govin’s Farm

June-August: Ludington Guard Band, Wilson Park.

Tuesdays, 8 pm

8: Great Community Cook-out

2-3: 2011 Mabel Tainter Fine Arts & Crafts Faire, Mabel Tainter

April 2011

4: National Trails Day

2-3: Lambing at Govin’s Farm

11-19: Annual Chippewa Valley Parade of Homes

7: Ladies Spring Fling

14: Flag Day Ceremony

12-13: HGMR Model Train Show, Menomonie Middle School

18: Nature Valley Bicycle Festival Race, Menomonie

16-17: WI Amateur Disc Golf Championships 24: Jack Harmon Dinner – Dunn County Fish & Game May 2011

28: Jack Harmon Dinner – Dunn County Fish & Game July 2011 4: FreedomFest, Wakanda Park 7: Ladies Night Out

7: Wakanda Disc Golf Tournament 20: Dunn Co. Relay for Life 21: Tastings 2011 Event at Mabel Tainter 22-26: WI Renaissance Faire, Chippewa Falls 24: Jack Harmon Dinner Dunn County Fish & Game 29: Wakanda Open Disc Golf Event May-September: Thunder Hill Speedway every Sat. May-October: Menomonie Farmers Market - Please contact (715) 235-2666 for more information.

9: Interfaith Garden Tour 16: West Wisconsin Sustainability Fair at Fairgrounds 26: Jack Harmon Dinner – Dunn County Fish & Game 27-31: Dunn County Fair 30: NTPA Truck & Tractor Pull, Dunn County Rec. Park

16-18: National Horse and Pony Pull 17: Pleasant Valley Tree Farm Country Store Grand Opening Sept 17-Oct 30: Govin’s Meats & Berries - Corn Maze and fall activities

8: Annual WinterDaze Parade January 2012

Sept 24-Oct 31: Fall Harvest Open Weekends, Pleasant Valley Tree Farm

27: Candlelight Ski Eventlast Friday of January, Red Cedar State Trail

27: Jack Harmon Dinner – Dunn County Fish & Game

February 2012

October 2011 Last 2 weekends in Oct: Govin’s Meat & Berries Haunted activities TBD: Trek Breast Cancer Awareness Ride 25: Jack Harmon Dinner – Dunn County Fish & Game 29: Fall-O-Ween 27: Witches Night Out

August 2011

November 2011

14: Dunn County Historical Society Family Fun Day

5: Annual Fall Brawl Disc Golf Tournament

16-21: Cucumber Fest, Boyceville

25-27: Special Christmas Activities (Santa and Mrs. Claus, Living Nativity) at Pleasant Valley Tree Farms

23: Jack Harmon Dinner – Dunn County Fish & Game

3-4: Santa and Living Nativity, Pleasant Valley Tree Farm

27: Downsville Day At The Mabel Tainter For a complete schedule of Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts events, gallery showings and performances, please visit mabeltainter.com or call (715) 235-0001

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1: Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet1st Wednesday in February.

19: Menomonie Wedding Fair Dates and times subject to change without notice.

For Jack Harmon dinner information, please call (715) 235-7521.

Looking for more fun?

Listed are just a few major events around the area, space limitations prevent us from listing every event. Visit menomoniechamber.org and click on Visitors & Tourism, then click on Community Calendar located on the upper tab of the page for the most complete and current information as well as contact numbers for the events we have listed. Or call 1-888-595-4223.

Our History Looking back, seeing the future Menomonie derives its name from the native word for “wild rice people.” Tradition says the name was proposed to honor the area’s first people by Captain William Wilson, the community’s first mayor and a principal in the lumber company around which the city grew. The city was built along a marshy area ideal for growing wild rice – today’s Lake Menomin.

The earliest residents were Paleo-Indians and later Indians of the Middle to Late Woodland Periods whose burial mounds still exist near the Red Cedar River; Santee Dakota and the Ojibwe followed. The arrival of European explorers, fur traders and settlers changed the Indian’s lives forever. In 1785, fur trader Jean Baptiste Perrault established the first trading post along the Red Cedar River.

In 1822, Hardin Perkins built a dam and mill on a stream today known as Wilson Creek. The mill changed hands a number of times. By 1870, the company controlled the Red Cedar River valley and incorporated as Knapp, Stout & Company in 1878.

Menomonie became a major trading site.

At its height, the company employed more than 2,000 men locally and had become the largest lumber and milling operation in the world.

These lumber barons left lasting marks on the area. The names Wilson, Tainter, Knapp, and Stout are today associated with many of Menomonie’s buildings, streets, and institutions. While these men reaped fortunes from the forests, they greatly contributed to the welfare of the area.

They established the first schools in Dunn and Barron counties. Wilson and Knapp contributed heavily to churches. Tainter built a civic center as a memorial to his daughter Mabel.

James Huff Stout, Henry’s son, funded a variety of civic projects. His best-known endeavor, the Stout Manual Training

School, opened in Menomonie in 1891 and integrated manual training and domestic science into the public school curriculum from kindergarten through high school.

Demand for teachers of these disciplines grew and teacher training soon became the institution’s main focus. After Stout’s death, the state assumed responsibility for what today is UW-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University.

Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum

Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum Located in Wakanda Park in North Menomonie. Headquarters of the Dunn County Historical Society, the museum interprets area history through extensive exhibits. It is home to the Dunn County Genealogical Society. The facility features a gift shop and auditorium. Hours: visit www.dunnhistory.org, call (715) 232-8685 or e-mail dchs@dunnhistory.org.

Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park

In the mid-1890s, genius Harry Miller worked in a local machine shop. Among his spare-time inventions were a fourcylinder gasoline outboard motor and a bicycle on which he mounted a onecylinder engine – an early motorcycle.

By the turn of the century, Miller was in Los Angeles designing engines for inboard racing boats and airplanes, but he made his reputation designing race cars. A Miller engine powered the 1922 winner of the Indianapolis 500, creating a demand for his cars through the 1920s. Miller cars won 73 of the 92 major U.S. races from 1922 1929. So strong were the engines that 27 of 33 starting positions in the 1929 Indy 500 were Miller-powered. Success continued through the 1930s, and today Miller is considered the greatest creative figure in the history of the American race car.

Miller’s engines and cars dominated American racing for almost half a century.

Menomonie continues to be a progressive community, proud of its colorful past and bright future.

Empire in Pine Museum The Empire in Pine Museum presents the rich logging and sandstone quarry history of the Red Cedar Valley. Hours: visit www.dunnhistory.org, call (715) 232-8685 or e-mail dchs@dunnhistory.org. Located six miles south of Menomonie on Hwy 25.

Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park In 1857 John and Harriet Woodhouse and their five children moved from the relative comforts of Boston to 160 acres of rugged Dunn County wilderness. One of the children, Caroline Augusta, inspired “Caddie Woodlawn” in a book written by her granddaughter, Carol Ryrie Brink. The book won the 1935 Newbery Medal for children’s literature. In 1970, the Dunn County Historical Society organized and created the Caddie Woodlawn Historical Park. The family’s actual house has been moved to the park from a nearby farm.

The wayside includes a covered picnic area, fresh water, and restrooms. Hours: open during daylight hours spring through fall.

The park and wayside is located nine miles south of Menomonie on Hwy 25.

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While You’re Here Get out and play – all year long If you’re looking for a place to get lost and escape the big city pace while enjoying a variety of shops and eateries, you’ve just discovered the Menomonie area.

In some of our more remote locations, you may be joined by an eagle taking off from a nearby pine or a whitetail deer as it peers from the brush. And the only sounds are the rush of the water and distant laughter of youth floating the river on inner tubes.

Got a boat?

The county maintains 16 parks, nine of them with river or lake boat access, and the City of Menomonie has five boat landings on Lake Menomin and the Red Cedar River.

Got a snowmobile?

The county has 300 miles of groomed and marked trails. Call the snowmobile hotline to see if the trails are open, (715) 664-SNOW or visit www.dunncountysnow.com.

Got skis?

In the winter, cross-country skiing is the primary use of the Red Cedar Trail (15 miles) and Hoffman Hills Recreation Area (9.1 miles).

Got snowboards?

The Dunn County Recreation Park is home to the newly developed Dunn County Snow Park. A dedicated group of volunteers cleared the way and built the park for everyone to enjoy.

Got skates?

Menomonie Youth Hockey Association provides public skating times at their rink in the Dunn County Recreation Park, and the city and villages flood temporary ice rinks when weather allows. For city rink information, call (715) 235-9958, or the Menomonie Recreation Department at (715) 232-1197.

Thrill of the hunt…and fish In the fall, over 14,000 acres of public wildlife and natural areas are open for public hunting.

Whispering Emerald Ridge in Menomonie offers 380 acres of managed habitat divided into seven hunting fields plus two training fields. Hunt the Flight Conditioned Manchurian Cross and the Rare Trophy Reeves Pheasant. Also enjoy Sporting Clays, the fastest growing of all the shotgun sports.

A relaxing tube float down the Red Cedar River

Whispering Emerald Ridge Game Farm www.whisperingemeraldridge.com (715) 233-1281.

The Menomonie Shooting Range is open to the public for the safe enjoyment of rifle and pistol shooting. It is managed by members of the Dunn County Fish and Game and the Menomonie Rifle and Pistol Club through an agreement with the Dunn County Facilities Department. Targets at distances up to 300 yards are available.

A range supervisor must be present at the range to be open. The range is located at E6007 510th Avenue east of Menomonie.

A location map, range calendar and hours of operation can be found at www.menomonierifleandpistolclub.org, or hours by calling (715) 664-6114.

The county also has 3,500 acres of lake fishing: northern pike, walleye, large and small mouth bass, and pan fish, with approximately 160 miles of trout streams.

For more information: Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources, www.dnr.wi.gov (715) 232-1519 or (715) 232-1517.

Hit the Red Cedar Trail

The Wisconsin National Horse and Pony Pull comes to Menomonie, Sept 16-18, 2011.

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A few miles from I-94, you’ll find the Red Cedar State Trail. The river is full of wildlife and is the ideal setting for tubing, canoeing, kayaking, biking, or hiking.

Some call it Wisconsin’s greatest trail, because it is one of the least disturbed in terms of crossways and street interruptions.

While You’re Here The Red Cedar State Trail, part of the Chippewa Valley Trail System, is nestled along over 14 miles of the Red Cedar River and continues for another 23 miles from Menomonie to the Chippewa River and finally to Eau Claire. This 37-mile state trail system provides opportunities to view Bald Eagles, rock walls, wooded bluffs, marshes, and floodplains of river bottoms.

Red Cedar State Trailhead, 921 Brickyard Road, (715) 232-1242 or (715) 235-9087

On the north side of Hwy 29 is the City of Menomonie’s Stokke trail. This asphalt surfaced trail proceeds north along the Red Cedar River about a mile to the Hwy 25 bridge. No trail pass required.

Trail Things to Know Depot Visitor Info Center The original railroad freight depot in Menomonie houses an interpretative center with various nature and historical displays. Trail passes and souvenirs can be purchased here. Friendly staff are able to answer questions and tell you about other area attractions and activities.

Trail Passes

Candlelight Ski by the illuminated Red Cedar Ice Wall

The Red Cedar State Trail is limestone surfaced during the spring and summer months and groomed for cross-country skiing (traditional-stride and skate-skiing) from Menomonie to Downsville during the winter. From Downsville to County Rd. Y, the trail is also groomed for snowshoeing Hot summer days are perfect for a river or trail excursion. Several nearby bicycle shops provide repair services for families who bring their own bikes.

Walkers and runners of all ages use the trail for free, but the Red Cedar State Trail requires bicyclists and skiers ages 16 and older to purchase a trail pass.

Daily and annual passes are available.

Annual passes are good for all Wisconsin State Trails. Please use the self-registration boxes if attendant is not available.

Bike Rentals & Information For Bike Rentals call Simple Sports at (715) 233-3493 or log on to www.simplesports.com. For further information, contact the Greater Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce at (800) 283-1862 or go to www.menomoniechamber.org.

Take a ride on the picturesque Red Cedar Trail

Hoffman Hills Established in 1980, these hilly 705 acres are located northeast of Menomonie off County Road E. The park is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and has over nine miles of hiking and skiing trails of varying difficulty. The park features 15 acres of prairie restoration as well as a 1-mile wetland trail. It’s also a great area to view birds, trees, and nature in general.

Climb up the 60-foot observation tower, which crowns one of the highest points in Dunn County, for spectacular views of the surrounding countryside especially during autumn. There are three picnic areas within the park for your enjoyment.

During the winter, trails are groomed for cross-country skiing (traditional-stride and skate-skiing); there’s also a two-mile groomed trail for snowshoeing.

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While You’re Here There is no entry fee to Hoffman Hills, but trail passes are required for all skiers 16 years and older. Youth group camping is available by reservation by calling the Department of Natural Resources at (715)-232-1242. Contact the Greater Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce for a Hoffman Hills brochure and trail map. No motor vehicles, bicycles, horses, or dogs are allowed.

weather depending. For more information call the Menomonie Recreation Department at (715) 232-1664 or visit www.menomonierecreation.org

City of Menomonie Dog Park Menomonie’s new dog park sits on over 11 acres off of Brickyard Road. A group of citizens, now known as the “Friends of Menomonie Dog Park” helped design the park and developed rules/guidelines. Dogs must have a license and a Dog Park Tag. Purchase tags at the city or purchase day passes at a park kiosk at the entrance.

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Enjoy Our Parks Menomonie is home to over 20 public parks and playgrounds with numerous opportunities to picnic, recreate, and unwind (no pets allowed, except for Dog Park). A few of the many parks include:

Spend a day at Wakanda Waterpark

Wakanda Park Menomonie’s largest and most popular park is Wakanda Park which has baseball and softball diamonds, playgrounds, walking trails, waterfront access to Lake Menomin, Wakanda Waterpark, disc golf, and several reservable picnic shelters.

Also in Wakanda Park, elk, deer, reindeer, and bison abound at the Lion’s Club Game Park. The park is free and also offers a 2030 minute, self-guided nature walk. Turn east on Pine Ave., off North Broadway (Hwy. 25), continue six blocks to Wakanda Park, and take a left at the Game Park sign on Game Park Drive.

Wakanda Waterpark One of Menomonie’s favorite summer destinations is the Wakanda Waterpark.

The park features a multi-depth pool, a 230-foot Superslide, diving boards, dropslide, giant tree slide, water lily challenge, in addition to beach volleyball and a concession stand. The Waterpark is located at the entrance of Wakanda Park.

The Waterpark is generally open from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend,

Menomonie Skatepark The City of Menomonie opened its skatepark in the Spring of 2004. The Menomonie Skatepark is located at Phelan Park. The concrete facility is a youth favorite as it offers a variety of contour features that test skills of all levels.

Skateboards, inline skates, and bikes are allowed in the skatepark. All users of the park are required to wear a helmet.

If your family would like to pick berries, visit Govin’s Meats and Berries at N6134 670th Street east of the city.

Call (715) 231-BERRY to find out if the berries are ready. When the lambs are born in March, come see the new babies.

Pick your own also works with pumpkins in the fall and Christmas trees in winter.

Call Pleasant Valley Tree Farm at (715) 879-5179 to see what is happening there, off of County Highway E just west of State Highway 40 on the way to Colfax.

Take on the corn maze at Govin’s Farm

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While You’re Here Bicycle Festival returns to Menomonie June 18, 2011 The organizers of the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival have selected Menomonie, Wis. again as the host site for Stage 5 of the 2011 Professional Bicycle Race scheduled for June 18, 2011. This is an exciting event for the City of Menomonie, Dunn County and West Central Wisconsin. This professional bicycling stage race, in its 12th year of competition, crossed the state line in 2010 to race in Menomonie for the first time. The event went so well, it returns again for a second year to Wisconsin, specifically Dunn County to experience real hills.

The Nature Valley Grand Prix Bicycle Festival has five host cities (St Paul, Cannon Falls, Minneapolis, Menomonie and Stillwater) that each host a stage of the bicycle race over five consecutive days.

Each race brings a national/world spotlight on the host community plus over 200 professional cyclists, both men and women professionals, and thousands of fans and bicycling enthusiasts. This is a great opportunity to put our community on the cycling destination map.

In addition to professional bicycle racing, the festival hosts many family activities.

Stunt Riders thrill spectators with their high flying acrobatics on wheels. A Kid’s Fun Race, free to all participants, will be held for kids 12 and under. The Wheaties Fan Zone features information and activities about professional bicycle racing.

An expo area consists of booths for local and regional businesses to offer cycling gear and other goods and services.

“Menomonie is filled with area residents who love cycling and we are thrilled to have the Nature Valley Grand Prix to the city for the second year”, said Lisa Montgomery, CEO of the Greater Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center. “ The Nature Valley Bicycle Festival is one of the premier cycling events in the country. We look forward to hosting what will become another memorable race for the cyclists as well as everyone who attends.”

Details about the race course, including schedule, routes, parking, volunteer opportunities and other specifics for the Menomonie Road Race can be found at www.naturevalleybicyclefestival.com.

New this year to the Nature Valley Festival will be the addition of Gran Fondo and Spectator Rides. Two Gran Fondo rides will challenge fit cyclists to pre-ride the same course the pros ride later in the day. Three spectator rides are available for families and recreational riders to get them out on the course to viewing spots ahead of the pros and return to Menomonie for the exhilarating finishing circuits.

Stage 4 - June 18, 2011 Menomonie Road Race Schedule of Events 11:00 a.m. Expo Opens 12:00 Noon Start Pro Men 12:15 p.m. Start Amateur Criterium #1

About The Festival & Race

1:30 p.m.

Start Pro Women

The Midwest Bicycle Festival is one of the nation’s top celebrations of bicycle culture.

The Festival’s Nature Valley Grand Prix is the premier stage race on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar. The Midwest Bicycle Festival is a volunteer-run event, with all proceeds donated to Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, the festival’s benefiting charity. More info at www.naturevalleybicyclefestival.com.

1:40 p.m.

Start Amateur Criterium #2

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Start Amateur Criterium #3

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Pro Men Arrive, for 4 laps of In-Town Circuit

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Kids’ Race

4:15 p.m.

Pro Women Arrive, for 4 laps of In-Town Circuit

Photos courtesy: Nature Valley Bicycle Festival

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While You’re Here Golf Courses Menomonie is home to three golf courses: Chippewa Valley Golf Club, Menomonie Golf and Country Club, and Pinewood Golf Course.

Whitetail Golf Course is located off Hwy. 40 in Colfax, about 20 minutes away.

Chippewa Valley and Whitetail are 18-hole courses, while Menomonie Golf and Pinewood are 9-hole. Each offers a proshop, restaurant, and lounge.

Call courses for tee times.

Also nearby are Wild Ridge and Mill Run Golf Courses off of Kane Road in Eau Claire. These 18-hole courses offer a country setting for golf without all the distractions of a metropolitan golf course development.

Speedways Exciting weekly races are held every Friday night beginning in April at the Red Cedar Speedway, that includes WISSOTA Late Models, Modifieds, Super Stocks, and Street Stocks.

The Red Cedar Speedway is located on the east side of Menomonie off Highways 12 & 29 in the Dunn County Recreation Park. For the latest information on race schedules, call the Red Cedar Speedway at 715-235-6318, or visit www.redcedarracing.com Thunder Hill Speedway offers Dirt Kart races on a clay track off of County Road C six miles east of Downsville.

Weekly races are held Saturday nights at 6:30 p.m. starting in May. Check out the website at www.thunderhill-speedway.com.

MORE THINGS TO DO Looking for suggestions for other great activities? Contact us at (888) 595-4223 or www.menomoniechamber.org.

• Rollerskate at VisionQuest, (715) 235-7769 • Visit Pleasant Valley Tree Farm, (715) 879-5179 • Tour a cheese factory: Cady Cheese, (715) 7724218 or Eau Galle Cheese Factory, (715) 283-4211 • Catch a trout at Bullfrog Fish Farm, (715) 664-8775 • Discover Downsville Day held late August • Menomonie Thunderhawks, menomoniethunderhawks.com

Disc Golf This is a big year for Menomonie disc golf. Area courses will be featured in the Wisconsin Amateur Disc Golf Championships held on April 16 – 17, 2011.

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Six local courses are dedicated to this growing sport: Brickyard Disc Golf Course is short and technical, you will need your putters to score low.

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Lamb’s Creek at the Pioneer is short, technical, and challenging with a few holes over water, terrain is quite steep.

For a relaxed round, Wakanda Disc Golf is a great public park to rip a few drives, 18 holes, longer.

Menomonie Middle School is a great introduction to the game, 12 hole layout, with the longest hole in the Chippewa Valley at 700 feet.

Brush up on your short game at UW-Stout while practicing your putting!

Axldog Acres Disc Golf is a private course in Boyceville on land that is reserved exclusively for the enjoyment of disc golf.

Make reservations at (715) 643-9287 log on to http://fp1. centurytel.net/AxldogAcres DiscGolf/.

For a map of local disc golf course locations, log on to www.menomoniechamber.org.

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Arts & Culture Arts, culture, and entertainment are alive here If you’re looking to unplug and experience arts and culture in real time, you’ll find it in the greater Menomonie area.

Step back in time without going far.

In May and June, the Chippewa Valley Renaissance Faire is presented in Chippewa Falls, www.festfun.com. In July and August, the Wisconsin Renaissance Faire is held in in Glenwood City, visit www.wirenfaire.com.

To find more festival, event, music, and theater announcements, visit our website, www.menomoniechamber.org.

Ludington Guard Band in Wilson Park Bandshell

Ludington Guard Band The strains of John Phillip Sousa fill the warm air in Wilson Park Tuesday nights, June through August. The Ludington Guard Band is just one of the 100-year-old institutions that make living in or visiting Menomonie so magical.

Mabel Tainter Center The Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, built in 1889, is where ballet, drama, chorus, folk song, blue grass, and opera take turns filling the stage. Find center events at www.mabeltainter.com.

Performing at the Mabel for over 40 seasons, the community-based Menomonie Theater Guild presents 3-4 shows every year, including a major musical. To get involved or find out what is coming up, contact the Guild at (715) 235-2228.

Summer Festivals The Greater Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center presents the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival Race, June 18th.

On July 4th, FreedomFest fills Wakanda Park with music and lights up the sky with fireworks at dusk.

July 27-31 is our popular Dunn County Fair. For Fair information call the Fair Board (715) 232-4005.

A Place for Fine Art If art is food for the soul, then prepare to be well fed in one of western Wisconsin’s most respected art communities.

The local arts are further supported by ACT, Arts Coming Together, a consortium of artists, art organizations, and art advocates working cooperatively to nurture artists in their own communities, while fostering lifelong involvement with the arts. ACT maintains a gallery and space for classes, located behind the Wilson Place Mansion.

The future of arts is bright in Menomonie with new strategic initiatives. One such initiative, called Renaissance Menomonie, will promote the importance of arts to our region’s quality of life and economic health.

The greater Menomonie area is home to potters, stone cutters, photographers, jewelers, sculptors, metal workers, and painters. Many open their studios for special occassions throughout the year where art lovers can enjoy and puchase art.

UW-Stout’s art department contributes to the richness of the local arts. Two galleries are housed in the department, a student gallery and the John Furlong Gallery.

The Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts offers a monthly featured artist in the upstairs gallery, and maintains a gift shop that offers one-of-a-kind finds by local artists. The Mabel is also the site for the Annual Fine Arts and Crafts Faire in 2011, on December 2-3.

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Golf Courses 1. Chippewa Valley Golf Club 2. Menomonie Golf & Country Club 3. Pinewood Golf Course 4. Whitetail Golf Course

Accomodations 1. Americinn 2. Quality Inn & Suites 3. Country Comfort Bed & Breakfast 4. Country Inn & Suites 7. Econolodge Inn & Suites & Conference Center 8. Menomonie Super 8 9. Motel 6 10. Oaklawn Bed & Breakfast 11. Skoog’s Parkside

Boat Landing

Rest Area

Score Field (Airport)

Red Cedar Medical Center Parks 1. Bongey Park 2. Brickyard Disc Golf Course 3. Cedar-Rama Park 4. Dunn County Rec Park 5. Elmwood Park 6. Fowler Court 7. Galloway Creek Park 8. Lakeside Park 9. LaPointe Park 10. Lake Menomin Park 11. Leisure Service Center 12. Lion’s Game Farm 13. Miller Park 14. Oakwood Park 15. Park Circle 16. Phelan Park & Skate Park 17. Point Comfort Park 18. Ridgewood Park 19. Riverside Park 20. Sanna Park 21. Stout Technology Park 22. Veteran’s Memorial at Knapp Park 23. Wakanda Park/Waterpark 24. Wilson Park 25. Wilson Creek Park 26. Wolske Bay Park

Destination Points 1. Caddie Woodlawn 2. Chippewa Valley Tech College 3. Devil’s Punch Bowl 4. Dunn County Fish & Game 5. Dunn County Healthcare Center 6. Dunn County Judicial Center 7. Government Center 8. Hoffman Hills 9. Johnson Field House 10. Louis Smith Tainter House 11. Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts 12. Menomonie Field House 13. Menomonie High School 14. Menomonie Middle School 15. Menomonie Public Library 16. National Guard Armory 17. Red Cedar State Trailhead Depot 18. Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum 19. Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center 20. Don & Nona Williams Stadium 21. Wilson Place Mansion

Greater Menomonie Area Map

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Places to Shop Shop to your heart’s content Shopping is to the soul to what reading is to the mind. The more you do it, the better you get at discovering the wonders that await you. Menomonie’s variety of shops offers a wide range from the handmade to the everyday. Come on in!

Gifts from La dee dah

Those seeking unusual gift shops, clothing boutiques, art galleries, florists, book stores, plus fine coffee and chocolates can find it all in historic downtown Menomonie.

Summer flower baskets and many other features make downtown Menomonie a vibrant place to shop, dine and relax.

The area hosts over 200 retailers, with four major shopping areas: • Downtown Menomonie • L-Mart Shopping Center • Shops Off Broadway • The retail hub located in North Menomonie, includes several major retailers, smaller malls, and shops.

Nearby Dunn County communities all offer their own selection of antique shops, cheese shops, potter’s studios, and specialty stores.

Interested in dining? You can find that at several local restaurants and taverns, or you can pick up food at the deli counter at one of our supermarkets or the local food cooperative, and take it to one of our parks, or to a picnic table on the lake bank.

Menomonie’s retail climate is diverse. Retailers provide a wide array of products and services in stores of all sizes. If you can’t find it in Menomonie, you probably don’t need it!

MONDAY, JULY 4TH GREAT MUSIC Upper Park: “Menomonie’s Got Talent” & live music Lower Park: The Cutaways and Sassy Magoo

GREAT EVENTS Red Cedar Medical Center’s Firecracker 1 Mile & 5K Run/Walk Menomonie Fire Department “Fire Hose Fun” Pudding Eating Contest • Crafters & Food Vendors Children’s Inflatables • Storytelling Petting Zoo • Dunk Tank Kickball & Softball Tournament

FIREWORKS AT DUSK! Held at Wakanda Park in Menomonie, WI

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Places to Dine Something to please everyone’s tastebuds Where will you find one of the oldest pubs, one of the most celebrated new cuisine restaurants, a “sanctuary” for raw food lovers, an award-winning chocolatier, one of the fastest growing food co-ops, and an entire host of food destinations? You guessed it, right in Menomonie.

Pizza in a bistro, a specialty beer in a cozy brewery, or coffee and scones in a Coffeehouse – Menomonie offers it all, along with traditional Friday night fish fries and Mexican or Chinese specialties at chains and locally owned eateries.

Menomonie also hosts some one-of-a-kind places where you can get dishes assembled from raw ingredients.

Interested in tasting some of our many specialty cheeses? Visit Eau Galle Cheese Factory or Cady Cheese.

While you are sampling locally produced fare, try the award-winning truffles at Legacy Chocolates or visit The Grain Bin Market & Bakery for delectible delights.

This is Wisconsin, after all, and sports bars abound – with big screen TVs for catching a game while you munch on a big, juicy, made-just-for-you hamburger.

Café/Coffee Houses Acoustic Café 102 W. Main Street, Menomonie 715.235.1115 Caribou Coffee 2321 Hwy. 25 N. Suite 308, Menomonie 715.235.3627 Golden Leaf Cafe 1706 Stout Road, Menomonie 715.231.5323 Java To Go 701 E. Main Street, Menomonie 715.308.3396 Legacy Chocolates 623 Broadway Street, Menomonie 715.231.2580 Raw Deal Restaurant & Coffee Shop 603 S. Broadway, Menomonie 715.231.3255

Fast Food Burger King 544 Main Street, Menomonie 715.235.6017

Sweet Deliciousness!

Just east of Downtown Menomonie on Hwy 29 Culvers of Menomonie

1330 Stout Road

(715) 233-0330

www.culvers.com

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Cenex 709 Main Street, Menomonie 715.232.6200 Culver’s Restaurant 1330 Stout Road, Menomonie 715.233.0330 Jimmy John’s 1301 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.7827 Taco Johns 1526 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.4477 Wendy’s 1627 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.233.1080

Places to Dine Sit Down Eateries/Bars Applebee’s 2303 Highway 25 N., Menomonie 715.233.3036 Das Bierhaus 120 6th Ave. W., Menomonie 715.231.3230 Cancun Mexican Grill of Menomonie 1919 Stout Road, Menomonie 715. 235.0851 DAV Banquet Center & Foxhole Bar E4710 County Rd BB, Menomonie 715.235.9085 Dean and Sue’s 2002 Midway Road, Menomonie 715.235.9940 Exit 45 Restaurant & Bakery 2100 County Rd. B, Menomonie 715.235.1166 Fuzzy’s Bar & Grill, LLC N5729 410th St, Menomonie 715.233.2002

Silver Dollar Saloon & Brick Co. 315 E. Main Street, Menomonie 715.235.9390 Skoog’s Parkside 932 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.6124 Sparx 1827 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.3000 Stout Ale House 1501 N. Broadway Suite 1500, Menomonie 715.233.3333 Whitetail Golf Course E8414 760th Avenue, Colfax 715.962.3888 Wild Ridge & Mill Run Golf Courses 3905 Kane Road, Eau Claire 715.834.1766

Los Cabos Mexican Grill 2401 State Hwy 25 N, Menomonie 715.231.3322 Menomonie Golf & Country Club 802 Heller Road, Menomonie 715.235.3595 Menomonie Log Jam 709 S. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.0703 Perkins 1720 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.2234 Pioneer Grill & Saloon E5699 Cty Rd D, Menomonie 715.235.9927

Cady Cheese Factory & Gift Shoppe 126 Hwy 128, Wilson 715.772.4218 Eau Galle Cheese N6765 State Hwy 25, Durand 715.283.4211 Lammer’s Food Fest 1408 9th Street, Menomonie 715.235.2134 Legacy Chocolates 632 S. Broadway, Menomonie 715.231.2580 Market Place Foods 207 Pine Avenue West, Menomonie 715.235.4201

Zanzibar Restaurant & Pub 228 East Main Street, Menomonie 715.231.9269 Menomonie Market Food Co-op 521 2nd Street East, Menomonie 715.235.6533

Jake’s Supper Club E5690 County Rd. D, Menomonie 715.235.2465 Kyotes Den E2339 Hwy 29, Menomonie 715.235.2777

Specialty Food Shops

Zanzibar Restaurant & Pub delicacies

Pizza Places Jeff’s Pizza Shop 145 E. Main Street, Menomonie 715.231.3131

Raw Deal Restaurant and Coffee Shop 603 S. Broadway, Menomonie 715.231.3255 The Grain Bin Market & Bakery, LLC E4548 County Road FF, Boyceville 715.632.2800

Papa Murphy’s Pizza 1506 9th Street, Menomonie 715.233.1380 Pizza Hut Wing Street 2307 Highway 25 N., Menomonie 715.235.9044 Ted’s Pizza, Inc. 306 Main Street, Menomonie 715.235.0606

Tasty offerings from Menomonie Food Market Co-op

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Places to Stay Places to rest, relax, and recharge When you visit Menomonie for an overnight stay or to attend one of the various weekend events or festivals, you have a range of places to stay – from Bed and Breakfasts to hotels and campgrounds.

Menomonie has a local airport for business and personal aircraft along with a smaller airport in nearby Boyceville.

There is a regularly scheduled van shuttle to Humphrey and Lindberg International air terminals 90 minutes away in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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The Chippewa Valley Airport in Eau Claire, is just 30 minutes away.

Campgrounds range from Twin Springs, located just north of the city near Cedar Falls, to Irvington Campground in Menomonie, to Myron Park Campground near Sand Creek in northern Dunn County. Camping is also permitted at the Boyceville Airport.

Motels/Hotels AmericInn of Baldwin 500 Baldwin Plaza Drive Baldwin 715.684.5888 www.americinn.com

Menomonie Super 8 Motel 1622 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.8889 800.800.8000 www.super8.com Motel 6 2100 Stout Street, Menomonie 715.235.6901 800.466.8356 www.menomoniemotel6.com Quality Inn & Suites Menomonie 1721 Plaza Dr. NE, Menomonie 715.233.1500 Skoog’s Parkside Inn 932 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.6124 www.skoogsparkside.com

AmericInn of Menomonie 1915 N. Broadway Menomonie 715.235.4800 800.396.5007 www.americinn.com

Sleep Inn & Suites 5872 33rd Ave., Menomonie 715.874.2900 www.sleepinneauclaire.com

Country Inn & Suites 320 Oak Avenue, Menomonie 715.235.5664 800.456.4000 www.countryinns.com/ menomoniewi

Bed & Breakfasts

Econo Lodge Inn & Suites 1815 N. Broadway, Menomonie 715.235.9651 800.622.0504

From I-94 take exit 41 and go south (towards downtown) to the 2nd stop light on the south side of I-94 (Oak Ave.) turn left: go one block and turn left (Stout St.) and go to the end of the street.

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Country Comfort B & B N5126 410th St., Menomonie 715.233.0113 www.staycountrycomfort.com Oaklawn Bed & Breakfast 423 Technology Dr., Menomonie 715.235.6155 866.235.5296 www.oaklawnbnb.com

Places to Stay Campgrounds Boyceville Airport Park Boyceville First come, first served www.boycevillewi.com Twin Springs Campground

Highland Ridge Campground W501 Eau Galle Dam Rd. Spring Valley 715.778.5562

Irvington Campground E4176 County Road D, Menomonie 715.235.2267 www.menomoniecamping.com

River Ridge Campground 2302 Nelson Road, Chippewa Falls 715.556.0071 www.riverridgecampgrounds.com

Myron Park Two miles north of Sand Creek and one mile west on County Road I, Sand Creek 715.658.1335 715.837.1066

Twin Springs Resort Campground 3010 Cedar Falls Road N6572 530th St., Menomonie 715.235.9321

Tube & Canoe! Looking to tube or canoe down the Red Cedar River, Irvington Campground Irvington Campground

offers tubes and canoes for rent. Call 715-235-CAMP for more information.

Enjoy a cozy stay at a comfortable price.

1-800-456-4000

320 Oak Avenue, Menomonie, 715-235-5664 (Just off I-94, Exit #41)

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Tantara Apartments Colfax Manor Apartments Carriage Hills Apartments Ridgeland Manor Apartments Bowman Lane Townhouses Boyceville Manor Apartments

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Wellness & Education Healthy bodies, healthy minds For Your Body

For Your Mind

Menomonie is the ideal setting for those who enjoy healthful living and all the resources to maintain that standard of living.

School District of the Menomonie Area encompasses five elementary schools, a charter school, a 4-year-old kindergarten program, a middle school, high school, and a virtual school. The district is comitted to continuous improvement, collaborative environments, and excellence. www.sdmaonline.com

The Menomonie area is uniquely well served by nationally respected medical organizations – Red Cedar Medical Center and Marshfield Clinic – as well as a large group of independent practitioners in urology, eye care, dentistry, and chiropractic. A critical care hospital, two large multi-specialty medical clinics, physical therapy, and mental health practices provide health care to the region, as well as air links to the highest levels of care in nearby cities like Eau Claire, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Rochester, Minnesota.

Wellness involves more than traditional care. It consists of a number of independent massage therapists, day spa facilities, a homeopathic practitioner, hypnotherapist, and others.

Wellness depends on making healthy lifestyle choices.

Menomonie Food Market Co-op The region offers plenty of opportunities for outdoor exercise in all four seasons. Fitness centers and use of local school and college facilities exist for those who prefer indoor exercise.

The Menomonie area also boasts numerous restaurants, grocery stores and farmer’s markets who provide healthy eating alternatives.

Finally, wellness is aided by the quality and depth of your personal connections. The Menomonie area is proud of its stable population of people who have known each other for decades. Through extended family networks Relax at Lake Menomin connected through church, school, and clubs, the area offers a chance to develop a lifeenhancing community for anyone who seeks that opportunity.

Menomonie High School serves over 1,000 young adults in grades 9-12. MHS has a long history of excellence in academics as well as extracurricular activities. The school offers a wide range of academic programs including an advanced placement program for college-bound students. MHS is also proud of its excellent extracurricular programs. mhs.sdmaonline.com Established in 1890, St. Joseph’s Elementary School serves children in preschool through sixth grade. Rich in Catholic tradition, St. Joseph’s provides for the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth of its youth through prayer, instruction, fellowship and play. menomoniecatholic.org/school.htm St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran School operates full day classes from Kindergarten through grade 8. They also offer part day preschool classes for 3 and 4 year old children. St. Paul’s Lutheran School’s goal is to reach out to all the families of their congregation as well as other families interested in a Christ-centered education. www.spwels.org/site/school Chippewa Valley Technical College delivers superior, progressive technical education which improves the lives of students, meets the workforce needs of the region, and strengthens the larger community. www.cvtc.edu Globe University, established in 1885, opened doors on its Eau Claire campus in 2008. One of the Midwest’s first business schools, Globe is pleased to extend its presence to Wisconsin in Eau Claire. www.globeuniversity.edu University of Wisconsin-Stout is a comprehensive, careerfocused polytechnic university where students, faculty and staff use applied learning, scientific theory and research to solve real-world problems, grow the state’s economy and serve society.

UW-Stout has a long and rich history of providing a distinctive array of programs that produce graduates who are prized in the marketplace. www.uwstout.edu

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Living Guide Residents love our amazing quality of life Our amenities make the Menomonie area a special place to live, work, and raise a family.

Surveys show that the beauty of the area – more than anything else – convinces families to locate (and stay) here. Our people – friendly and willing to help – also make life rich here.

Public Schools Boyceville School District 715.643.4311 Colfax School District 715.962.3773 Elk Mound Area School District 715.879.5066 School District of the Menomonie Area 715.232.1642

Higher Education

Churches

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Cedarbrook Church N6714 470th St Menomonie 715.231.5433 First Congregational United Church of Christ 420 Wilson Ave. Menomonie 715.235.5838 Liberty Christian Center 2110 Hwy 12 W, Menomonie 715.231.9673

1100 9th St., Menomonie Church: 715.235.9621 School: 715.235.9622

City Contacts

Globe University 715.855.6600

City Administrator/Mayor 715.232.2369

University of Wisconsin-Stout 715.232.2441

City Assessor 715.232.2271

Private Schools

City Clerk 715.232.2180

St. Joseph’s Catholic School 715.232.4920 St. Pauls’s Lutheran School 715.235.9622

School District of the Menomonie Area

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School

Chippewa Valley Technical College 715.232.2685

Immanuel Baptist School 715.235.3561

Roxann Vanderwyst Menomonie Campus Manager 403 Technology Drive East Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751 715-233-5358 • www.cvtc.edu

Opportunity

City of Menomonie 800 Wilson Avenue Menomonie 715.232.2187 www.menomonie-wi.gov City Treasurer 715.232.2221

Excellence

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Living Guide Fire & Ambulance Non-Emergency 715.232.2414 Planning/Cedar Corp.

715.235.9081

Electric/Natural Gas Commercial Electricity 800.481.4700

Police Non-Emergency 715.232.2198

Dunn Energy Cooperative (electric service outside of city limits) 715.232.6240

Public Library 715.232.2164

Natural Gas Hookup 800.481.4700

Recreation 715.232.1664

Xcel Energy (in city limits) 800.895.4999

Water & Sewer Hookup 715.232.2395

Real Property Lister 715.232.1401 Register of Deeds 715.232.1228 Zoning 715.232.1401

Telephone 24-7 Telcom 715.231.2000

Bus Service

Propane Cedar Country Co-op 715.232.6200

CenturyTel 866.655.6283

Dunn Energy Cooperative 715.232.6240

Cable/Internet

Garbage Disposal

24-7 Telcom 715.231.2000

Menomonie Disposal 715.235.9511

Charter Communications 800.581.0081

Hospital & Clinics

Village of Downing 715.265.4952

Veolia Environmental Services 715.839.9553

Village of Downsville 715.664.8622

Dunn County Numbers

Village of Elk Mound 715.879.5011

Clerk of Court 715.232.2611

Red Cedar Medical Center - Mayo Health System 715.235.5531

Village of Knapp 715.665.2495

County Treasurer 715.232.3789

Airport Shuttle

Village of Ridgeland 715.949.1029

Motor Vehicles Dept.

608.264.7447

Village of Wheeler 715.632.2449

District Attorney 715.232.1687

Other Communities Dunn County 715.232.2429 Village of Boyceville 715.643.2351 Village of Colfax 715.962.3311

Health Department 715.232.2388

Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, Eau Claire 715.839.4900 (commercial and charter) Menomonie Municipal Airport 715.235.9831 (charter and private aircraft)

AT&T 800.924.1000

Zoning/Building Inspector 715.232.2241

Airports

Marshfield Clinic Menomonie Center 715.233.6400

17th Avenue Shuttle Service 715.338.6645 Airport Passenger Service 800.869.5796 715.835.0399

Human Services 715.232.1116 Menomonie Post Office 715.235.2055 22 • Greater Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce • 1.888.595.4223

Jefferson Bus Lines 800.451.5333 Chippewa Valley Airport Service 715.830.9400 877.811.4211

Financial

Dairy State Bank Menomonie Main 2405 Schneider Ave 715-235-5511 Menomonie 2320 Hwy 25 N 715-235-6801 Menomonie 600 Second St 715-235-6983

Local Transportation Dunn County Transit 715.235.7433 Menomonie Transportation 715.235.4995

Living Guide Newspapers

Menomonie Post Office 235 Main St E, Menomonie 715.235.2055

Dunn County News 715.235.3411 Eau Claire Leader Telegram 715.235.9018

Visit Eau Claire 4319 Jeffers Road Eau Claire 715.831.2345 www.visiteauclaire.com

Stoutonia 715.232.2272

Dunn County Economic Development Corp.

401 Technology Park Dr E Menomonie 715.232.4009 www.dunnedc.com

Miscellaneous Contacts Department of Motor Vehicles Drivers License & Renewal 800.924.3570

Main Street of Menomonie, Inc. 342 East Main St Menomonie 715.235.2666 www.mainstreetmenomonie.org

2521 Hils Court Suite L, Menomonie

715-232-0815

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9 Starts at of race / $18 on day $15 in advance # ____ Open House 5K Activity 9:15 a.m. by a paid adult) at Mother’s Day starts 5K run must be accompanied and plant Drive All ages (children 3700 Monterey the nature center day plants Wolfe Park, Bring her to a.m. on race on a spring deadline: 8:45 Celebrate Mom! take home. Lead her Registration spring wildflowers. flowers to a pot 36 ofThe Rec in search of beautiful world. Come and hunt Center scavenger is out of this style. a sundae that open-house Treat her to Program is special day. enjoy Mom’s 4 p.m.

Ave. 11, 1 p.m. W. Franklin Sunday, May Center, 8300 Westwood Nature (non-resident) (resident) / $5 $4 per person Activity #____ program is filled deadline: when uispark.org Registration • www.stlo

the Louis Park Park live raptor as you celebrate ways Aquatic face with a to learn simple by Get face to with local organizations Make a difference planet.

Earth. Visit musical impact on our litter. The interactive to make a big or picking up will be performing. planting trees with Rachael” and stick around group “Kidtime Bring a lunch p.m. s provided.

Truth” at 12:30 Refreshment of “An Inconvenient This event is cofor a showing on page __.

See movie descriptionManagement.

by WasteHills sponsored - noon 22 Westwood Ave. 26, 10 a.m.

AprilCenter 8300 W. Franklin Nature Saturday, Nature Center, Westwood Hills required no registration Free

St. ages All18

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9 AM

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up through a variety of tennis. Rotate the U.S. Tennis the benefits from Experience run by a professional or use one of ours. of fun lessons own racquet Bring your Association. will be awarded.

Door prizes – 1 p.m.

17, 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, May Xylon Ave. S. courts, 3110 Aquila tennis Activity # ____ 12 Free deadline: May Registration

Ages 6 and

your lawn lunch, bring Pack a picnic take flight. watch the kites with chairs and it kite and fly Or, bring your Kite Society. the Minnesota members of 4 p.m.

19, Noon S. Saturday, April Louisiana Ave. Park, 3400 Louisiana Oaks required no registration Free

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Tennis

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All ages

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Enjoy beautiful scenery on a family-friendly benefit the St. run to Louis Park Youth Scholarship Fund!

MAY 6

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Trail Map

Fishing

Southwest Trailtrail goes from the Kennilworth

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by date. listed in order Activities are registration. one-day events. requiring advance us for these for activities Please join is available Online registration Block Party

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for everyone by visits enjoyable Please make park rules. Thank you! under the following these on a leash and • Dogs must be at all times. dog owner’s control and dispose of must pick-up • Dog walkers waste receptacles. excrement in includes snowmobiles, vehicles. This • No motorized all-terrain vehicles. motorbikes or or defacing property.

• No littering • No golfing. beverages.

• No alcoholic handbills.

• No posting

13 minutes 29 minutes 6 minutes 5 minutes 11 minutes 12 minutes 27 minutes

.66 mile

Otten Pond Shelard Park NC Westwood Hills

It features A Tier 1 skateboard Monterey Drive. with Rec Center, 3700 box as well as two platforms rails and a grinding There is no admission charge. four ft. high ramps.

Park Rules

in nine city parks.

Outdoor Skating crews flood rinks

Time Distance Walking at 3 m.p.h.

Aquila Park

ice year-

as a practice and The Rec Center, east arena serves the home ice for the is ice arenas. The teams. the west arena game rink, while Benilde-St. Margaret’s hockey and St. Louis Park fee for skating.

There is an admission

Trails trails for leisurely Paved Walking offer paved walking Ten city parks walking. strolls or power

can get on the

Arenas indoor Rec Center Ice3700 Monterey Drive, has two youth

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Trail Lake Trail Cedar Lake Extension connects the Cedar Trail in trail 2009 pavedFall This 4.3 mile to the Southwest

of the on the west side Skateboard Park park is located grinding

The 2,350 bubbling lets tots activate splash pad is free.

Island Avenue, Entrance to the and sprinkler arches.

trails that wind Westwood Hills three miles of preserve, has nearly forest, pine/spruce plantation, through hardwood marsh. Park entrance is free. and restored prairie - .72 mile • Basswood Trail - 1.54 miles • Marsh Trail .21 mile • Pine Trail - .11 mile • Prairie Trail Trail - .25 mile • Wildflower

20th Annual

City of St. Louis Park The Rec Center 3700 Monterey Drive St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Pad Rhode Oak Hill Splash pad, located at 34th Street andnozzles sq. ft. splash hoses, water

a 160-acre nature Woodland Walking Nature Center,

Restroom (seasonal)

A free day to step back

in” water playground Our 20,000 sq. features a “wade side of the park Monterey Drive, splash toys. Anotherbetween drop slides with geysers and e the choice four-stories high. offers the adventuresom slide that’s nearly also or a winding water a 25-meter lap pool. There’s enjoy and refreshment Swimmers will picnic gazebo a daily a wet sand playground, Park is through to the Aquatic stand. Entrance fee or season pass.

for walkers, Bike Trail Etiquette use safe and enjoyable

Outdoor Grill(s) Picnic Table(s)

Water Fun

ride or sitting of fun is a bike Whether your idea St. Louis an outdoor concert, back and enjoying a sample of activities for you! Here’s Park is the place more about team community. For available in our call the Parks or skating lessons, or sports, nature classes (952) 924-2540 Department at and Recreation official web site St. Louis Park’s visit the City of ark.org. at www.stlouisp

Field(s) Baseball/Softball Basketball Court(s)

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