Woodbury launches a new visitors bureau and website – Twin Cities

What does Woodbury have to supply?

Trails, parks and scenic views for lovers of the outside, eating places for the foodies and “cellphone eats first” Instagram crew, energizing points of interest for adrenaline junkies, native companies and, better of all, neighborhood, in keeping with Eric Satre, advertising supervisor for the town’s new guests bureau, Vacation spot Woodbury.

“We all know Woodbury is a welcoming metropolis and we all know it’s a fantastic place to go to,” Satre mentioned.

Destination Woodbury, a city-funded vacation spot advertising group, launches Saturday on the Woodbury Group Expo. There, Satre will unveil the model’s new web site, parks and trails map and host stay demonstrations of what the location has to supply.

“We’ll present itineraries, issues to do and locations to remain,” Satre mentioned. “It’s actually only a one-stop store for customer sources.”

The thought for the vacationer bureau has been within the works for a number of years, Satre mentioned. As the town continues to develop and develop, with places like Central Park re-opening within the fall, and companies like Top Golf and Main Event opening later within the 12 months, “now appeared to be the suitable time,” he mentioned.

Satre, whose place is funded by Woodbury’s lodge lodging tax, has been within the tourism enterprise for 18 years, having beforehand labored with Visit St. Paul and Visit Inver Grove Heights.

Discover Minnesota lists dozens of cities and areas which have their very own tourist information websites, much like Vacation spot Woodbury. And whereas the principle goal of Vacation spot Woodbury is likewise to draw guests exterior of the 50-mile radius, it’s additionally meant to serve Woodbury residents seeking to uncover new points of interest and guide venues for particular occasions like weddings and household reunions, Satre mentioned.

The group additionally promotes native companies by offering them a platform to share their stories, he mentioned.

“The neighborhood in Woodbury is rising and creating and I really feel like Vacation spot Woodbury can develop alongside of it,” Satre mentioned.

Woodbury is a chief spot for guests, Satre mentioned, as Interstate 94 connects it to the town of St. Paul and vacationers can now use Metro Transit’s new Bus Fast Transit route, the Gold Line, to discover.

“We’ve a fantastic location right here for guests whether or not they’re staying in Woodbury or possibly they wish to make it their residence base and go to a live performance in downtown St. Paul, a sport or the St. Croix River Valley,” Satre mentioned.

As of now, Vacation spot Woodbury is simply an internet site, however it would open as a customer’s desk in Woodbury Central Park this summer time, in keeping with Satre.

“Company can come and ask questions on what there may be to do, locations to go, native eating places and so forth,” Satre mentioned.

Satre mentioned the group will assist streamline the messaging of what Woodbury has to supply.

“My imaginative and prescient is to to launch the model and the web site in 12 months one, then develop it from there,” Satre mentioned. “I imply, that is actually only the start, which may be very thrilling.”

For extra data go to destinationwoodbury.com. To submit a enterprise, attraction or occasion for consideration, contact [email protected].