From the Rapid City Journal, some in city government may be happy over the proposal to put the Black Hills Visitor Center inside the upcoming Cabela's in Rapid City, but the Visitor Center folks aren't thrilled.
Marilyn Oakes of the Black Hills Badlands & Lakes Association (the Black Hills Visitor Information Center is a division of that group) says
"There are a lot of reasons why it might be to our advantage, but 20 times more reasons why it is not to our advantage," she said.
Oakes said, speaking for herself and not as a member of the association, this is an example of wasting taxpayers' money.
"They built this building eight years ago, and now, they're going to throw it away. They're literally throwing away, not only the building, but the land it sits on, which is very valuable and increasing in value every day because of the proximity to Exit 61," Oakes said.
Honerkamp said the association feels the visitor center is in a great location for tourism.
"Basically, we feel we're in the catbird seat here, in terms of a hospitality district where you hear rumors of another hotel, another restaurant, every week," he said.
"That was always the thought about this location. That's why the visitors center was built here and obviously that's why a lot of new development is moving in. It's a very critical junction in the Black Hills."
The topic is generating a lot of "Rapid Reply" comments at the online version of this article.
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