PORTAGE COUNTY COMMUNITY BUSINESS COUNCIL Your Chamber of Commerce for Portage County Brewery Tap Room Rendering | Stevens Point Brewery What’s New in the 715 Learn about new developments & additions to the Stevens Point Area. Grab a seat in the newest tap room at the Ruby Coffee, named the best coffee in Shegonee, Karen Ann Hoffman, and Ray Stevens Point Brewery. The space, opening Wisconsin by Food + Wine, has renovated a Reser are working on the interpretive trail this year, is adjacent to the current outdoor new space to welcome visitors for tasting signs to be installed after the opening. beer garden and will house the gift shop, tap experiences, just steps from their roasting CREATE portage county, with a mission room, and sampling area for tour guests. headquarters in Nelsonville. Their coffee to accelerate creativity, connection, is also available at their café in downtown Stevens Point will have a new hotel open its and collaboration to advance vibrant Stevens Point, which also serves food. doors in fall of 2024, with the addition of the and welcoming communities, will soon Home2Suites in the Stevens Point Business Looking for more 昀氀avor? Don’t miss a stop have a new home, as part of The Grove, a Park. Located off Interstate 39/Highway 51 at the new bubble tea haven, featuring redevelopment of the former Sisters of St. and just north of Highway HH, this 91-room traditional boba tea offerings along with Joseph’s Convent. CREATE will use 27,000 hotel will be the 昀椀rst all extended stay innovative and authentic recipes at BoBabes square feet as a community hub, coworking, exclusive property in the region. Bubble Tea. meeting, and event space – expanding the Step through the doors of the Opera House, Don’t miss the newest disc golf course in efforts of their current IDEA Center. The Grove also includes multi-generational when it reopens, a reimagined space central Wisconsin – open for its 昀椀rst full blending historic charm and a modern season in 2024 at the Wisconsin Lions Camp housing and a partnership with Farmshed. touch in downtown Stevens Point. Originally near Rosholt. The course offers 18 holes and See what’s growing at the Food + Farm commissioned in 1893 by G. F. Andre, it is open to more than just campers (though it Exploration Center, a state-of-the-art educational center aiming to bring farming was a community hub hosting a variety of may be closed throughout the year for on-site entertainment – including Harry Houdini in its events). to life. The facility offers interactive exhibits, early days. inside and out, connected to the art of Hit the trail to see additional bike trail modern agriculture in Wisconsin and Explore the 昀椀rst wood-昀椀red public sauna in improvements at Standing Rocks County the region, Nordic Night Sauna. Tucked into Park. While the park is known for their the world. an urban oasis in downtown Stevens Point, di昀케cult single-track mountain biking trails, Find more things growing at the Honey Bee you’ll 昀椀nd the sauna, surrounded by spaces new Enduro trails and reworked sections are Good Meadery & Plant Shop as part of the to relax and unwind. Cool off between rounds offering more fun – and beginner level access Central City Market. Stop in for a sample of with their outdoor shower and cold-water to the expansive offerings within the park. locally made mead, fermented using local dump buckets and rehydrate. Work continues for the Plover River Crossing honey, and peruse their menagerie of tropical Opening in 2024, the Starry Night Cat Café project to increase access to the Green Circle houseplants. will pair delicious food and drinks with an Trail, including prairie restorations in 2024. adoptable cat sanctuary. Partnering with the The project also includes adding a third of a Humane Society, foster cats will be available mile of trail and the creation of a pedestrian to interact with (and adopt) in a separate bridge over the Plover River, slated for Fall area, accessible by purchasing tickets and 2025. Ho-Chunk/Ojibwe artist Christopher WE SPECIALIZE IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT timeslots online. Sweet of Blue Bear Studio along with Chrissy 16 Stevens Point Area O昀케cial Visitors Guide | 2024 Stevens Point Area O昀케cial Visitors Guide | 2024 AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 17