Chesterton Tribune

 

 

Economic study for South Shore Heritage Project on PCCRVC agenda

Back To Front Page

 

The Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitors Commission Board of Directors will meet Thursday at 3 p.m. for its monthly public meeting inside the conference room at the Indiana Dunes Visitors Center, 1215 N. Ind. 49 in Porter.

On the agenda, the board will talk again about moving forward with an economic study for the South Shore Heritage Train Project and Operational Analysis. The results in the study done by Stone Consulting Inc. were discussed in November.

The South Shore Heritage Project aims to restore historic South Shore rail cars from a private collector that would run on a track and boost the County’s tourism numbers.

PCCRVC Executive Director Lorelei Weimer has said running the train cars from the Dunes State Park to the Visitor Center and into the towns of Chesterton and Porter would be too costly and she believes the best option would be to move the cars on a mile’s length of track behind the Visitors Center. The cost for this is estimated to be about $8 million, including $1 million for the restoration of the wooden rail car.

The board supported the next step which would be to examine the possible economic impact the attraction would have and what it would cost to operate.

Also on the agenda, the board attorney will make a report, as will board treasurer Richard Riley. Weimer will give the staff report.

The board will decide its attorney’s contract for 2016-2017.

There is no new business on the agenda. The public is welcome to attend and give comment.

 

 

Posted 12/15/2015

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

Search This Site:

Custom Search