PHOENIX PARK IN FOCUS. Discover Wisconsin turned its cameras toward all of Eau Claire, originally airing "Eau Claire – Hanging with the Locals" in April of 2015,

Discover Wisconsin will re-air its spotlight on Eau Claire – Eau Claire – Hanging with the Locals – this weekend on Saturday (10am) and Sunday (5pm) on WQOW.  You can watch the episode right now (which they've broken into four parts) on Discover Wisconsin's website. It originally aired in April of 2015.

➜ Also, to rev up for the re-air, Discover Wisconsin recently posted 10 Things I Love About the Eau Claire Area, listing off things like the Dells Mill and Museum, Big Falls, the Silvermine Ski Hill, and our very Local Store & Volume One Gallery.

Host Mariah Haberman

The episode includes segments on some of the stuff that makes Eau Claire a unique place to live. Our favorite lawn game, kubb, gets some attention as Eric Anderson and the U.S. National Kubb Championship, which he founded, are among the features for the show. Part of our incredible music scene is also highlighted with the help of Bob Baca of UW-Eau Claire and Eau Claire Jazz Inc. and Nobuyoshi Yasuda of the Chippewa Valley Symphony. (A certainly biweekly cultural magazine will make an appearance, too.)

Discover Wisconsin partnered with Visit Eau Claire for this venture, and the episode was partially funded by a Wisconsin Department of Tourism Joint Effort Marketing Grant. Visit Eau Claire Executive Director Linda John had high praise for Discover Wisconsin, specifically the way they approached the project: “Working with Discover Wisconsin was great – they are very thorough and came in with a strong plan.”

The Discover Wisconsin episode “Eau Claire – Hanging with the Locals” will re-air at 10am Saturday, Jan. 16 and again at 5pm Sunday, Jan. 17, on our local ABC affiliate, WQOW-TV (Channel 18) You can learn more about the show and watch archived episodes at discoverwisconsin.com.