Businesses explore possibilities of new monument designations (Needles Desert Star)

Needles Desert StarNovember 25th, 2016Tips for tapping into a flood of international tourists coming to visit newly-designated national monuments in order to vitalize Southern California’s desiccated economy were shared by some of the folks credited with promoting their creation in the Needles Chamber of Commerce quarterly general membership meeting.Held Nov. 17 in the Wagon Wheel Restaurant, the headline presenters were Danielle Segura, executive director; and Frazier Haney, conservation director for the Mojave Desert Land Trust. The program closed with an unannounced additional presentation by well-known Route 66 promoter Jim Conkle and artist Len Nordmann who have teamed up for the Gateway Community Project, designed to place tourism-attracting parks in towns along the Mother Road...Read Full Article