Newsletter

Hello from Green Lake Wisconsin!

Personal Note:  Green Lake is looking towards a great 2008!   We hope you can make it to our Green Lake events because it is people like you who make these events successful and fun.  Please feel free to share any comments or ideas about any event(s) that you have participated in.  Any input is greatly appreciated.

Winter in Green Lake

We have snow!!  Snowmobilers are out on the Green Lake County trails.  For up-to-the-minutes trail status please call 920-294-3220 or visit www.greenlakecountysnowmobiletrails.com.  Other fun outside winter activities are ice skating, fishing, cross-country skiing and sledding.  Sledding can be done on Zobel Park's sledding hill.  Please check ice condition before venturing out on the ice.

Winterfest, February 8 & 9, 2008

For a great winter fun event come to Winterfest in Green Lake.  Your hosts are the Green Lake Area Chamber and the Green Lake Kiwanis Club.  Start out Friday at noon fishing in the Fisheree, catch the Green Lake Boys Basketball Game located in the Green Lake School gym and watch the crowning of Miss Winterfest during half time.  Saturday is filled with activities.  New this year will be a Cribbage Tournament at the American Legion Hall starting at 11am with registration at 10:30am and a vintage snowmobile show.  Other activities include outdoor volleyball tournament, HOT food, beverages, games for young and old, soup contest, build a snowman craft, helicopter rides, ice golf and ice bowling (pictured), hovercraft demonstrations, medallion hunt, live entertainment including Karaoke, raffle, Caestecker Library book sale and Willy Porter at Thrasher Opera House on Saturday.  Brochures are here in the office, in the outdoor rack and on-line (click here).

Summer Solstice, June 21, 2008

Green Lake's 11th Annual Summer Solstice event with bed races, tricycle races, live entertainment, cutest pajama & bedroom slipper contests, howl at the moon contest, car show, food and refreshments, raffle for Giant Green Lake Gift Baskets, insightful readings, medallion hunt, face painting, specials in participating businesses and more.  Pictured are Summer Solstice cookies that won most creative in last year's cookie contest.

FUTURE CHAMBER EVENTS AND MORE

Here is a partial list of other up-coming events that you may want to mark on your calendar or if you are like me...get a reminder sent via e-mail by going to www.visitgreenlake.com, click on events, then click on the event(s) you want and sign up for a reminder at the bottom of each page.  A full list of events can be found at www.visitgreenlake.com, which has most of 2008 already scheduled events listed!
--------Concerts in the Park, starts Wednesday June 18, 2008 (9 total concerts)
--------Green Lake's 4th of July Celebration, July 4, 2008 (Friday)
--------Fine Arts Show, August 9 & 10, 2008
--------Art Walk, August 15, 2008
--------Chalk Art Festival, August 15, 2008

WHAT GREEN LAKE AREA HAS TO OFFER...

In Green Lake, there is always something to do and/or see.   Unique shoppes, great dining, fishing, bison farms, wonderful accommodations, horseback riding, bowling, hot air ballooning, hiking, biking, live entertainment, wagon/hay rides, community activities and more. OR just relax and enjoy the beautiful sights.  For more information check out our on-line pocket guide by visiting http://www.visitgreenlake.com/visitgl/pocketguide.asp.

Until next time, take care and hope to see you soon!