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After thirty years of operating
the Frederick Center at
in Frederick, the Tourism Council of Frederick County determined that future
visitors to the City of
would be better served at
another location. Road changes currently underway suggest that arriving
visitors will be best assisted at a center located along the
extension to a new I-70 interchange, creating a new gateway to Downtown Frederick
at a location central to the network of roads to other destinations in the county.
Preliminary analysis indicated that the preferred location
would be along
between East South Street and Street. A new Center could provide amenities
not currently available, ranging from simply having more adequate
restroom facilities to exhibits and orientation film viewing
areas. The center would ideally also house the Tourism Council
offices, with a combined floor area of 6,000 to 6,500 square
feet for the visitor service area and offices. In 2005 the Tourism Council identified
and purchased a circa-1899 industrial warehouse to be converted into a new
visitor information center, along the new "gateway" and within the
corridor through Frederick. In 2006 the Tourism Council, with Frederick County as the cosponsor, applied for
and was awarded Transportation Enhancement Program grant funds toward the rehabilitation
and adaptive reuse of the building.
The project will be completed to coincide with the opening
of the new access road and interchange currently planned for
early 2009. Ground was broken for the road construction project
in November 2005.
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