Makers Trail Passport | Creative Connections | Trails Challenge | Murals Challenge
Visit more places. Score more rewards.
The more places you visit, the more great rewards you can bring home. There is no limit to how many challenges you can do in a year or how many years you can participate in each.
How to take the challenges
To play, first download the FREE Visit Southwest Michigan app or pick up a FREE copy of the Creative Connections game brochure at participating venues. Plan where you are going for the challenges you are playing. Over a few days or a couple of weekends, you can earn at least one reward and have a fantastic time doing it! Keep returning to earn more.
Check in with your Makers Trail Passport
Southwest Michigan is renowned for its craft wines, beers, spirits and ciders. With this challenge, you can find your favorite beverages as you taste your way through Berrien County. At each Makers Trail stop, check in by opening the Visit Southwest Michigan app and scanning the QR code. The more Passport check-ins you complete by visiting different Makers, the more reward levels you can reach.
Each of the 40+ destinations on the Makers Trail has a distinct personality and serves specialties that showcase its liquid artistry. Participate in the Passport challenge from September through the end of April.
Take the Makers Trail Passport Challenge
Make Creative Connections with artists, actors and musicians
This challenge wows you with regional and national talent performing at our local theaters, art galleries, museums and concert venues. Show your Creative Connections brochure at each participating venue and collect an exclusive stamp. The more prize levels you complete between May 1 and April 30, the more rewards you can earn. Stay over in a hotel and get a bonus prize, too.
Take the Creative Connections Challenge
Take the Trails Challenge — hike, bike, paddle or enjoy winter sports
The best way to see the diverse beauty of Southwest Michigan up close is on our year-round trails. Climb giant dunes, twist and turn down rugged mountain bike trails, snowshoe in the vineyards, paddle beneath a canopy of crimson treetops, snowmobile across open land and so much more. Start the challenge soon as it's only open to the first 100 who complete it!
When you visit a trail, check in by taking your photo in front of the trailhead sign and uploading it to the Visit Southwest Michigan app. You only need to explore five different trails to complete the challenge. It’s that easy!
FIND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN’S VIBRANT MURALS
Explore and win prizes! Throughout our communities, artists have turned building walls and streets into canvases to tell our colorful local stories — some are whimsical, others historical, inspirational or puzzling. They beg you to stand before them and take a photo — exactly what we hope you do!
The Mural Challenge begins October 1 and runs until the first 100 participants claim all the rewards. To play, each time you find a mural, check in with the Visit Southwest Michigan app by taking a selfie (or ask someone to shoot a photo) of you in front of it. Be serious or silly, but have fun! Continue visiting 10 area murals to complete the challenge. Discover the stories these walls tell!