What's New in Door County
Travel
Green Wisconsin certifies tourism businesses that have made a committment to
continuously improve their operations in order to reduce their environmental
and social impact. This program helps businesses evaluate their operations,
set goals, and take specific actions towards environmental, social, and economic
sustainability. Door County businesses that are currently Travel Green
certified include: Blacksmith
Inn on the Shore, Black
Walnut Guest House, Door
County Kayak Tours, Journey's
End Motel & Cabins, Lodgings
at Pioneer Lane, Quiet
Cottage Bed & Breakfast on the Lake and The
Bridge Internet Cafe.
Information about the
Travel Green Wisconsin program has also been included in the 2008 Door County
Official Visitor
Guide on page 36.
For more information
about the Travel Green Wisconsin program, visit www.TravelGreenWisconsin.com.
Door
County Plein Air Festival: This summer, the Peninsula Art School will
host its second annual Plein Air Festival. Painting en plein air requires
an artist to be quick and observant in capturing the changing light. The final
paintings will be fresh, full of color, life and light. What better place for
an artist to paint than Door County? Offering an abundance of lake, land,
and sky, with historic architecture, beaches full of people, and wild spaces
that beg to be explored - this is an artist's dream. Join them at their
Collector's Preview Gala, and take home a piece to remember Door County by.
Click here
to download a PDF information sheet about the festival being hosted by the
Peninsula Art School, or visit www.doorcountypleinair.com.
Explore
The Door video travel Podcast: Check out this award
winning Door County video travel Podcast...available on-line at DoorCounty.com
here or read the media release about
the premiere of the show here.
Explore The Door, a production of the Door County Visitor Bureau and hosted
by Jon Jarosh, is an on-line video travel show highlighting Door County's activities
and attractions. Want to make sure you know when the latest show is posted?
Subscribe to the Explore The Door video travel podcast via iTunes here.
Recently added to our
local video &
audio podcast page are two audio podcasts that will help you figure out
what to see and do while here in Door County. Check it out here.
Door County is featured
in the Patricia Schultz best seller 1,000 Places To See in the USA
& Canada Before You Die. Door County, referred to as
the "Cape Cod of the Midwest," is included in the Wisconsin section
of the book on pages 575-576. The listing talks about waterfront towns,
Door County Fish Boils, activities at Peninsula State Park, Washington Island,
and others. The Door County section ends with the quote, "...Ringed by
a horizon of water and woods, you can fully appreciated the landscape that has
been luring vacationers for decades." More info on the book here.
Geocaching
– Door County is “caching” in on geocaching - a hot new activity that's
growing in popularity across the country. There are several hundred caches scattered
throughout Door County, and one local business, the AmericInn
of Sturgeon Bay, has put together a special geocaching package that is available
to anyone – whether they're an overnight guest of the inn or not. And
for someone giving geocaching a try for the first time, their package is the
perfect introduction. It includes usage of a portable GPS unit, geocaching instructions,
secret information on their 3 private geocache locations, 2 special Door County
geocache t-shirts, a compass, a disposable camera to document the adventure
and more. All the necessary ingredients are included to help you explore Door
County via this fun 21st century treasure hunting activity. For more information
about this new geocaching package, visit the AmericInn
of Sturgeon Bay's web site or call Al Duessler at (920) 743-5898.
For more information on geocaching in general, including other cache locations
in and around Door County, visit www.geocaching.com.
For additional assitance,
contact the Bureau's Marketing Director, Jon Jarosh, at jon@doorcounty.com
or (920) 743-4456.