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Twentynine Palms council hears competing plans for visitor center; tables decision pending staffing and cost details
Summary
City staff presented five options for the 29 Palms Visitor Center, including keeping the current downtown site, a Connex-style mobile office near the Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center, or moving to Freedom Plaza; council tabled the item pending staffing and cost details.
Twentynine Palms City staff presented five alternatives for the city's visitor center and sought council feedback on whether to pursue a short-term, low-cost move near Freedom Plaza or retain the existing downtown building.
Staff said the current visitor center (staff cited the downtown address currently used by TBID) receives roughly 100 visitors per year compared with an estimated 3,000 weekly visitors to the Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center. The five options outlined were: continue operations at the current downtown site; close the visitor center; move into the federal Joshua Tree…
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