It’s no secret that the City of Twentynine Palms wants to attract more visitors. Last night the City Council took a couple of steps in that direction. Reporter David Haldane was there and files this report…
Tourism. That was the main subject at last night’s meeting of the Twentynine Palms City Council, which took two actions promoting it. First the council voted to sign a memorandum of understanding with the federal Bureau of Land Management declaring the city a gateway community for visitors to the Mojave Trails National Monument. That’s the 941,000-acre preserve created last year which includes a long stretch of historic Route 66.
Next the council appointed five representatives of the local hospitality industry to the advisory board of the newly established Tourism Business Improvement District, expected to begin in October.
Both actions were taken unanimously with little discussion.
In other business, the Council approved the city’s General Funds budget for the next two years and heard a report on distressed palm trees at Joshua Tree National Park’s Oasis of Mara.
CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS TO BE OFFICIAL GATEWAY TO MOJAVE TRAILS MONUMENT
