For our reception venue, we were looking for a large room with good floors for dancing and we found it at the new Phillips Event Center. My sister got married the DAY BEFORE ME (I know, crazy) and so we had a joint wedding reception after my ceremony. So we needed a place big enough for dinner and dancing for 400 people. The Phillips has a good sized patio where we put the food in a buffet line (part of it is covered). We also had the option of renting a large white tent if we wanted to cover the entire patio, but we decided to just used the covered portion of the porch since we figured not many people would want to mingle in the heat outside.
The ballroom is simple but beautiful, with sparkling wood floors and pretty lighting. They have a large kitchen for your caterer and nice restrooms for your guests.
Go to their website to see some great photos of the venue. The person we worked with was friendly but sometimes hard to get a hold of. You just have to be on top of things and assertive to get the job done (like maybe calling more than once to get a question answered). But overall we were very pleased and it turned out to be exactly what we were looking for.