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Conclusion: Proposed Schedule of activities
As noted in Point 4, the IVSB Board should continued to meet twice ♦ Host meetings with invited stakeholders to discuss projects
per year to evaluate this CMP’s effectiveness and determine the focus along the Iowa Valley Scenic Byway, concerns and possible
for the following six months or more. The Byway Manager should directions.
lead these meetings, and additionally, host meetings with invited ○ Advocate for the Byway in terms of land use, transportation,
stakeholders to discuss projects along the Iowa Valley Scenic Byway, preservation, safety, economic development, heritage tourism,
concerns, and possible directions. Once the manager is hired, he/she conservation, and other areas to ensure the Byway voice is
should also oversee the various activities discussed below. heard.
ProPoSed SCHedULe of aCTIVITIeS ○ Apply for and manage byway-related grants.
○ Regularly communicate with the Byway Board to ensure its
Italics indicate ongoing responsibilities, beyond the year first mentioned.
participation in implementing and modifying the CMP.
Year 1: 2013 ○ Publish an annual short report on the Byway, delivered to
● IVSB Board stakeholders and available to the public. The annual report
should discuss the progress of implementation strategies,
○ Submit intent to apply for FHWA National Scenic Byway
designation. challenges facing the Byway, upcoming initiatives, and should
present ways the public can become involved.
○ Apply for FHWA implementation grants to hire a Byway
manager, who will take responsibility for effecting most of the ○ Solicit new IVSB Board members as appropriate.
forgoing goals. ○ Lead IVSB Board meetings twice per year, meeting to:
○ Hire a Byway manager. ♦ Evaluate CMP effectiveness and determine focus for the
following year or more.
○ Complete the IVSB Website
♦ Evaluate if any partnering committees should be formed or
● Byway Manager. The bullets below represent regular IVSB Byway
manager responsibilities. disbanded to meet the evolving needs of the IVSB (see year
2 for details).
○ Oversee implementation of the CMP.
○ Continually solicit friends of the IVSB members and people to
○ Communicate with Byway stakeholders, particularly to serve on partnering committees (see year 2).
encourage their participation in implementing the CMP.
○ Develop and continually refine the IVSB website, taking care to
promote it.
