New 34th Street Welcome Center to Open June 15
The information center will serve visitors entering the southern end of the island.
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Carpenters are at work this week customizing a $2,000 trailer to serve as a new visitor Welcome Center on 34th Street.
The new facility is located in a corner of the Acme parking lot and will open June 15, according to Councilwoman Karen Bergman, a member of the Ocean City Tourism Development Commission.
The Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce has operated information centers on the Route 52 causeway or Ninth Street for decades. The new Welcome Center will serve the visitors who enter Ocean City at the southern end of the island.
The center will be staffed by Chamber of Commerce employees with the additional staffing costs funded by the Chamber and the Tourism Commission. The facility will be open only for the summer.
Ocean City Business Administrator Mike Dattilo said the city bought trailer for $2,000 and that Acme is allowing the Welcome Center to use the spot at no cost. The trailer will be moved after the season.
The new Welcome Center will offer information on Ocean City accommodations, attractions and restaurants. Free printed brochures will be available. And beach tags will be for sale.
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Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce
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Acme Market
3428 Simpson Ave, Ocean City, NJ
Phyllis DePrinzio Bonner
12:21 pm on Friday, June 10, 2011
There's a south end in OC? No Way!!!!!!
Gary Trucano
11:26 am on Monday, June 13, 2011
How the Acme ever agreed to this disaster in the making is beyond me. On summer weekends that parking lot is overflowing with customers, and now valuable parking is going to taken up with shoobies looking to pick up a few pamphlets. The traffic in that area on Saturdays especially during change over is horrendous. I can't believe anyone thought this was a good idea.
Gary Trucano
Ocean City