Eau Claire is home to entrepreneurs as well as 10,000 exuberant college students.

Here are some road trips worth taking within an hour of Eau Claire.

Courtesy Visit Eau Claire Visit Eau Claire 888-523-3866 
or 715-831-2345 www.visiteauclaire.com info@visiteauclaire.com What’s new: Eau Claire hopes to capitalize on it downtown riverfront, where the upgraded Phoenix Park has already proved that people like to be near...

If the size of your meeting group is 30 to 50, the Craddock Terry Hotel and Event Center in Lynchburg, Va., could be a perfect fit.

Poplar Forest, 10 miles west of  Lynchburg, looks like Thomas Jefferson’s well-known home, Monticello, in miniature.

Courtesy Craddock Terry Hotel Craddock Terry Hotel and Event Center 1312 Commerce St. Lynchburg, VA 24504 434-455-1500 www.craddockterryhotel.com What’s new: The hotel opened in 2007 as the first stage of Lynchburg’s riverfront development, which envisions a path and...

No matter the weather, skiers hurtle down a synthetic snow surface on a 5,000-foot-high mountain at Liberty University.

Meeting attendees can wander through a historic public park, view different kinds of armor, or get their art fix at some of the sites in Worcester, Mass.

Two projects on the Brazos River are among the signs: Waco, Texas, is making its move.

Courtesy Waco and the Heart of Texas Waco Convention and Visitors Bureau P.O. Box 2570 Waco, TX 76702-2570 800-321-9226 or 254-750-5810 254-750-5801 fax www.wacocvb.com What’s new: A $17.5 million redo and expansion of the Waco Convention Center wrapped up in July. ...