Kent Welcome Center — Local services in Kent

Lucky you! You can see this place on Google Maps! I put it here because I wanted to mark the fact that my wife and I had been here, but there was no labeled place to mark. It turns out that the place was so new, it couldn't even be seen on Street View. When we rolled into Kent that day in Oct 2017, this was near where we happened to park, and it was a good place to start our enjoyment of beautiful Kent.

I have learned now, directly by email from the Kent Chamber of Commerce, that the hours are 8am-8pm, 7 days a week, except for Jan, Feb, and Mar, when it'll be open Fri, Sat, and Sun during hours not yet known.

"The Welcome Center includes a directory and map highlighting Chamber [of Commerce] members and visitor attractions.

"The features of the Welcome Center include not only bathrooms, but also outdoor showers (coin operated), water bottle filler, electrical outlets for charging devices and trash & recycling bins.

"The Welcome Center is located behind the Kent Station Pharmacy and in between Webster Bank and the Railroad Square."

The Welcome Center doesn't have its own URL right now, so I have posted the Grand Opening announcement in lieu thereof. The phone number is of the Kent Chamber of Commerce, which runs...

I like that there is a coin operated shower at the back of the building, but they were not joking when saying it is “hot water.” That shower had the heat of a thousand suns. I couldn’t fully submerge for fear of my skin melting off. I only dared quickly splash myself. I did ultimately get clean, and I like the convenience of this and the free public restrooms at the front of the building, but surely they can turn down the heat? During the hot summer months lukewarm or even slightly below that would be a perfectly acceptable...

Kent has rolled out the carpet for Appalachian Trail hikers, campers and visitors of all types! This welcome center is just that, welcoming. Clean bathrooms, very clean. And a SHOWER in the back for visitors to use as they pass through. It is also CLEAN and well stocked with soaps and shampoos. Just walk down Main Street until you are standing near the railroad tracks, look around and you’ll see it. Nice job Kent, you are a...