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Show ChamberBureau passes up log cabin in search for information kiosk design by CHRISTOPHER SMART Record staff writer What is a visitor information kiosk? The board of directors for the Park City Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau is asking ask-ing itself that question again. In a meeting last week, the board did decide, however, what a kiosk isn't. In a split vote, the board decided that a kiosk is not a log cabin. The kiosk is to serve as a welcoming welcom-ing and information center for visitors as they enter town. Pro posals for the information center have varied and some have included plans for employees and even offices. of-fices. But the board moved away from a manned center last week in favor of a facility that would resemble a billboard with a city map and a telephone. While the idea of an information center has been discussed for a number of years, the city council took the lead on the project after a suggestion by Deer Valley's executive ex-ecutive vice president, John Miiller, in a 1984 city budget session. Earlier this year, city councilman Jim Doilney teamed with the Chamber's chairman for economic development, Bill McComb, to move the proposal ahead in time for ski season. The ChamberBureau leased ground on the outskirts of town on Utah Highway 224 across from the Park Meadows subdivision. And the city has spent $36,000 in site improvements. im-provements. McComb then suggested sug-gested the Chamber use for the kiosk a cabin that has been used as a sales office and hospitality room for the Pine Inn condominium project. But the board voted down the plan. According to the ChamberBureau's new executive director, Bill Clinger, the board still is trying to determine what a kiosk is. A special task force will bring back a recommendation to the board Nov. 12, he said. McComb said he was disappointed the board voted against the cabin. "I'm sorry I got down the road as far as I did before the board of directors stopped it," he said of the plan. McComb said the ChamberBureau has $45,000 in its budget for the information center. He said the organization could have purchased the cabin for $15,000. |