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To learn more, visit watertownworks.com HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS WATERTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY 1 East Kemp Avenue | PO Box 332 Watertown, SD 57201 605 884 0340 | 888 898 6767 SD Greatest Fireworks Cookin’ on Vintiques Car Holiday Lighted Winter Show & Parade Kampeska Days Show & Shine Parade Wonderland July 3-4, 2020 July 17-18, 2020 September 12, 2020 November 27, 2020 Nov 28- Dec 25, 2020 800-658-4505 VisitWatertownSD.com W elcom e W atertow n NO W 1 Table of Contents Area Attractions . 3-13 • Bramble Park Zoo • Terry Redlin Environmental Center • Watertown Family Aquatic Center • Recreational Opportunties SM The Best Value Under the Sun • Lake Kampeska 2900 9th Ave . SE • Watertown, SD 57201 • Fishing & Boating • Watertown Shooting Complex (605) 886-3500 FAX (605) 886-0820 • 1-800-329-7466 • Hunting & Fishing watertowndigm@gmail .com • Mellette House • Joy Ranch Located 1/2 mile west of Terry Redlin Art Center The Redlin Art Center .....................14-22 • Complete Renovation • A Lasting Lagacy • Free High Speed Wireless Internet • Thanks for the Memories • Free Deluxe Breakfast • Milestones • Indoor Pool/Spa • Terry Redlin Conservation Park • Exclusive Shops • Beautiful Painting Tells a Sad Story — Since 2008 — • Redlin’s Paintings Inspired by Local Sites • Main Floor Gallery Map • Second Floor Gallery Map • Lower Level Gallery Map Days Inn and Country Inn & Suites • Terry Redlin Pays Tribute “An American Portrait” Watertown Artwalk . 23 What’s Brewing in Watertown . 25 15% OFF Historic Downtown Watertown . 26-31 • Shop & Dine In — Based on Availability — • A Downtown Ghost Story • Historic Downtown Watertown Renaissance ◆ Free Hot Continental Breakfast • Goss Opera House and Gallery ◆ Indoor Pool/Whirlpool ◆ Exercise Room • Codington County Heritage Museum ◆ Free Wireless & High Speed Internet Access St. Patrick’s Day Celebration . 38 Coupon must be mentioned at the time of booking. Accomodations . 32-33 Discount will not be given after guest has checked in. No other discounts apply. Expires April 30, 2021 City Map of Watertown . 34-35 Dining/Bar & Grill/Coffee Houses . 36-37 Arts are Alive and Well . 39 605-886-8900 Holiday Lighted Parade/Winter Wonderland . 40 1-800-456-4000 Mother of God Monastery . 41 Lake Area Technical Institute . 43 Jct. I-29 & Highway 212 Watertown, SD Health Care Services . 44-45 Across from Redlin Art Center Emergency Siren Locations . 46 www.countryinns.com/watertownsd Veterans Memorial . 47 www.facebook.com/countryinnwatertown Fishing & Hunting License Information . 48 Golfers - Available Greens . 49 Real Estate Guide . 52-53 City Parks & Recreation . 54 Library . 55 Why Watertown? . 56-57 Prairie Lakes Wellness Center . 59 Relocation . 60-67 Calendar of Events . 68 On the cover – “Sundown” by Terry Redlin The farmer has chosen a spectacular location high on a jagged point of land. It not only offers a grand panorama of the surrounding country, but a vantage point from which to watch the migrating waterfowl. At sundown he is rewarded by a close-up of giant Canadas as they pass a few feet overhead. 2 W atertow n NO W Table of Contents Destination: COME CLOSER! • Home to more than 800 animals representing 150 different species from around the world. • Interact with the animals at the KidZoo petting zoo • Aquariums • Big Cats • Bears • Monkeys • Otters • Wolves • Camels Summer • Kangaroos Hours • Sloth 10 am to 7 pm Winter Hours 10 am to 4 pm BRAMBLE PARK ZOO “Come Closer” to the best zoo in the area and get up-close and personal with the animals. View the new Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth Linus! Explore the Zoo and watch the otters play in their Ottertown Exhibit and then take your turn playing in the KidZoo Complex, all while connecting with nature. All facilities are handicap accessible and the zoo has concessions, a gift shop, picnic areas and many playgrounds such as Dino Park. Be sure to catch a Keeper Talk (Friday-Sunday) or a Bear Feeding (daily) Memorial Day through Labor Day. The Zoo offers special guided tours or Animal Encounters for groups booked in ad- vance and multi-purpose rooms to reserve for your next event. You can even celebrate BRAMBLE PARK ZOO North Highway 20 your birthday at the Bramble Park Zoo with a Wild Birthday Party Package. Want to get a Watertown, SD closer look at the Zoo? Schedule a VIP: Behind the Scenes Tour or Sloth Encounter! 605-882-6269 brambleparkzoo.com https://www.facebook.com/BPZandLAZS A ttractions – brambleparkzoo.com W atertow n N O W 3 Destination: ONE ADMISSION the for BOTH Zoo and TREC brambleparkzoo.com at Bramble Environmental Center Park Zoo The Terry Redlin Environmental Center (TREC), attached to the Bramble Park Zoo, includes: local interactive displays, native South Dakota fish, and aquatic wildlife displays. This facility also houses the Upper Big Sioux River Watershed Project. • 10 large aquariums • Tropical fishes such as giant gourami, pacu and piranha • Native South Dakota fishes • Giant alligator snapping turtle • Native turtles and frogs • Interactive glacial formation exhibit Upper Big • Interactive watershed exhibit Sioux River Watershed • Interactive tall grass prairie display Project • Interactive wetland display • Rent the classroom for your next social event BRAMBLE PARK ZOO • TERRY REDLIN ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER • UPPER BIG SIOUX RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT North Hwy. 20 • Watertown, SD • 605-882-6269 • brambleparkzoo.com 4 W atertow n NO W A ttractions – brambleparkzoo.com Destination: Watertown Family Aquatic Center Location: U .S . H ighw ay 212 and 3rd S t. SW Phone: (605) 882-6267 The Watertown Family Aquatic Center Email: jhem iller@ w atertow nsd.us • watertownparkandrec.com features a bath house with concessions, family change rooms and a three pool POOL HOURS complex including a main pool with zero depth SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY entry, lap area, floatable, 3/4 meter diving board, drop slide, water walk, frog slide, in-water 9:00 a.m. Lessons – 9:00 to 12:30 p.m. – Monday-Friday playground and four additional interactive play CLOSED 10:00 a.m. Adventure Small Group Adventure Small Group Adventure features that are guaranteed to get you wet. CLOSED Open Swim Rentals Open Rentals Open Swim Take a leisurely float down our 550 foot Lazy 11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Swim 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Water Fitness River on a single tube, or float with a friend on to 12:00 noon to 12:00 noon 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon to 12:00 noon 11:00 a.m. 12:00 noon to 12:00 noon to 12:30 pm the double tubes. But be careful - the Overhead Tumble-Buckets and the River Falls feature are 1:00 p.m. ready to douse you with water when you least 2:00 p.m. expect it! For all the little wee-waders, we have a special 3:00 p.m. Daily Open Swim – 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. place built just for you. The completely zero-depth entry Adventure Pool boasts four interactive play 4:00 p.m. features to keep the young ones wet and wild all 5:00 p.m. day. The maximum depth is only 18” to ensure the 6:00 p.m. safety of the little ones. Still want more? Cruise on over to the beach-like Sand Play Area, where 7:00 p.m. Full Facility Full Facility Lessons – Monday-Friday you will find play structures, water, buckets and Rental anywhere from Rental 8:00 p.m. 7:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. to shovels to create wonderful castles and more. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. and 7:15 to 8:40 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. For those who are craving the true thrill of water, speed down one of our three slides: fly USAGE FEES Open Swim – Unlimited usage of Waterslides and down the Open Flume Body Slide, try the heart Lazy River including tubes. All patrons entering pounding Totally Enclosed Flume Slide, or start the Aquatic Center will pay usage fees. No outside food or beverage allowed to be brought into pool area. your Lazy River trip with a ride down our Tube SESSION Individual (all ages): $7.00 Slide. Waterslide riders must be at least 48” tall. SEASON Individual (all ages): $70.00 No matter what level of fun you are looking Family: $185.00 Complete list of facility rules can for, you will find it at the Aquatic Center. It is truly be seen at the Aquatic Center. TICKETS (transferable): 10 For $60.00 focused on being a family experience that you will want to relive over and over. A ttractions – visitwatertownsd.com W atertow n N O W 5 Destination: watertownparkandrec.com Recreation opportunities abound in Watertown. ummer is just around the corner. That means More junior and/or Teener baseball is CAMPING S– despite anyone’s claim that he or she is played at Foundation Fields. Neighborhood Campers can enjoy lake views from the bored and there is nothing to do — there are parks such as Belmont, Harper, Highland, modern campgrounds at Stokes-Thomas City myriad activities to keep one busy throughout Morningside, Lincoln, Diamondball and Park, Memorial Park, Sandy Shores and Pelican most of the year .