Business View Magazine | October 2020

258 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2020 We’ve been picking and packing the highest quality beets, carrots, green beans and potatoes in Plover, WI since 1966. And we’re proud to provide more than 100 annual jobs and 440 seasonal roles! DelMonteFoods.com to expand their usage with a new facility with four sheets of ice. That would allow them to have more bonspeils (tournaments) and bring additional people in. We felt that facility was so important to the community that the Village offered the land for it at no cost.” With a $1.5 million pledge from the Sentry Insurance Foundation, the Stevens Point Curling Club broke ground for its new facility this past spring and, if the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t prevent its grand opening this October, the new Sentry Curling Center will be open for business. “It turned out to be a great location for them because it’s adjacent to our local interstate, I-39, and a development called Village Park at Plover, a small retail center with eating and drinking establishments, and hotels, as well. The Curling Club looks forward to growing their membership and adding more tournaments and opportunities for people to get more involved in curling. That’s something that’s very exciting to the people of the Village of Plover.” Another partnership was formed between the Village and the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association. “They have created an organization called Farming for the Future,” Mahoney shares. “That organization is looking at building a new facility and they have chosen Plover. The focus is to create an educational facility and museum that is designed to help people understand and appreciate where their food comes from and the people who grow it.” Construction on the $7-10 million facility is slated to start in 2021, with completion in 2022. “That facility will bring people from Portage County and the State of Wisconsin,” Mahoney proffers, “but it’s anticipated that it will also draw visitors from Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa, as well.” Another ongoing project in Plover is the Lake Pacawa Park Renovation Project near the Village’s southern boundary. “A couple of years back, the Village built a bandshell that is now available to the public and for other