Don’t miss your chance to hear about all the NEW plans for the River District, mingle with downtown property and business owners and enjoy live music at the State of the River District Dinner on Friday, October 13th at 6pm. Purchase your tickets TODAY! http://www.wausauriverdistrict.org/state-of-the-river-district-dinner/

Make sure to check out this awesome haunted house from Imaginar Adventures right downtown in Wausau Center!!

So excited to have Jim and Tee in the River District soon!!

Don't forget to purchase your ticket before October 6th! Friday, October 13th at 6pm City Grill at Jefferson Street Inn This Annual Dinner for stakeholders and community members highlights the year's successes and challenges, as well as taking a cumulative look back over the history as a Main Street program and a look forward to the next year. The dinner format provides an opportunity for board members and business owners to network and mingle while enjoying dinner, drinks and live music.

Congrats on your Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting, The Paisley Mug!!

Throughout the week diners will have the opportunity to sample several three course menus from 11 participating restaurants throughout the River District. The three course menus range from $7 to $10 for lunch, and $10 to $35 for dinner, depending on the restaurant. All menus will be available at downtownwausaudining.com. Some restaurants will be creating new menu items for the event and others will be highlighting their customers’ classic favorites. Participating restaurants are listed below: The 319 An Eclectic Art Gallery & Bistro Back When Cafe THE CHATTERBOX City Grill: An American Bistro J Gumbo's Cajun Creole - Wausau Downtown Jalapeño's Mexican Restaurante & Bar, LLC La Prima Deli Malarkey's Pub Mint Cafe The Paisley Mug Peking Restaurant Politos Pizza Wausau & Rothschild A huge thanks to Fabiano Brothers - Wisconsin, Schenck, Habush Habush & Rottier S.C., and Compass Properties for their generous support of this event!

We could not be more honored and humbled to have helped with this amazing project!! HUGE THANKS to all the artists for their incredible work, property owners for their generous donation of space, the DJs for keeping us entertained, Newch's Banh Mi and Kreger's Kountry Oven Bakery and Deli for keeping us well-fed, neighbors for their patience, donors for making the prizes possible, and to The Glass Hat for having the vision and making this all possible in the first place. Our gratitude to all of you is beyond words. <3

Enter to win this basket of gift certificates and goodies when you complete the Cow Scavenger Hunt at Wausau Festival of Arts this weekend!!

We are so excited for the amazing progress of Jessica Grapa Kopecky's mural on the Needle Workshop/Quilting Workshop!!

Prepare for the holidays at the annual Christmas on First Open House! Enjoy in-store giveaways, refreshments, and great gift ideas. Fill your punch card and be entered to win a grand prize basket filled with goodies from local businesses!

We love how many fun things there are to do in Wausau! Take a look at this great list from Laura Schulte at Wausau Daily Herald to plan dozens of days and nights out in our area!

We are so grateful and honored that Jessica Grapa Kopecky had such a beautiful vision and is now working on bringing it to reality on the Needle Workshop/Quilting Workshop wall!! We love our artistic community!!