Dozens of community members descended on Sturgis Park this week for a chance to climb aboard the town’s new riverboat.
On Tuesday, the Town of Snow Hill hosted an open house to give area residents the chance to get an up-close look at the Black-Eyed Susan. The Black-Eyed Susan, purchased by the town last year thanks to a loan from Worcester County, arrived in Snow Hill in early June and is now docked at Sturgis Park.
“It’s definitely an exciting opportunity for Snow Hill,” Mayor Jennifer Jewell said.
Jewell and Jim Washington, the boat’s operator, welcomed visitors onto the boat and answered countless questions as community members came to see the new attraction Tuesday afternoon. The 149-passenger riverboat, purchased by the town in 2020, arrived in Snow Hill in early June after spending months at Murtech Marine in Salisbury undergoing repairs. Snow Hill officials selected Washington, a retired culinary arts instructor and former operator of Tavern on Green Street, to be the boat’s operator this spring.
He told those touring the boat Tuesday that he expected to have it open to the public by August. He hopes to offer various cruises, such as cocktail, lunch and dinner options, and to serve a buffet in the formal dining room on the boat’s main level.
The taxpayers will never recover all, if any, of their money spent on this turkey.
Nobody cares !!! DEAD town had it’s day along time ago !!!!!
Nothing on the river to see but trees !!!!
I predict yet another failure in “slow hill” as this washed up town (along with Pokemoke) continue the downward spiral.