Several years ago, the businesses in Myerstown took up a collection to build a visitors center in the small town. A local hotel owner donated the land, and volunteers built the center off Interstate 78 and Route 501 in Lebanon County.
The center, owned and operated by the Hershey-Capital Region Visitors Bureau, opened in 2000. Now, the bureau says the center isn't receiving enough visitors to justify the expense of keeping it open.
Talk of closing the center has faced with stiff opposition. If the center closes, Lebanon County Commissioner Bill Carpenter said the county would withdraw from the bureau and take its $90,000 in hotel taxes.
The issue was expected to be …
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