Laura Knowlton: Golden Welcome Center needs pocket maps as visits surge; joins state program
Laura Knowlton of the Golden Welcome Center told the board the center is averaging about 163 visitors per day in June, is short of tear-off pocket maps volunteers use to orient visitors, and has been accepted into the Colorado Tourism Office welcome-center partnership program starting July 1.
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Laura Knowlton, who identified herself as representing the Golden Welcome Center, told the Visit Golden Community Marketing Board on a public-comment call-in that the center’s summer schedule and visitor volume have strained its supply of pocket-sized maps. “We are off to a gang buster start with summer hours, 9 to 5, 7 days a week,” Knowlton said, and later reported the Welcome Center averaged about 163 people per day in June.
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