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Twentynine Palms debates visitor center future as staff weighs relocation near Joshua Tree National Park
Summary
Council heard five options for the visitor center — keep the current site, close it, move into a national‑park space (not allowed), place a Connex mobile unit at Freedom Plaza (cost est. $150,000–$250,000) or relocate to the Freedom Plaza gym lobby. Staff emphasized low current foot traffic (about 100/week) vs ~3,000/week at the national park center; council and stakeholders urged finding staffing solutions rather than closing.
City of Twentynine Palms officials spent an extended portion of their Nov. 11 meeting discussing whether to relocate or close the city’s visitor center and how to staff it. Staff presented five options: continue operations in the current building on Highway 62; close the visitor center; attempt to colocate within the Joshua Tree National Park visitor center (staff said that is not possible because the park facility is under a federal lease); install a Connex‑style mobile office at Freedom Plaza; or move operations into the Freedom Plaza gymnasium lobby.
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