Decorah selected for Iowa's Living Roadways Community Visioning program

Decorah is one of 10 Iowa communities that have been selected to participate in the Iowa's Living Roadways Community Visioning program in 2018.

The program helps communities to develop a transportation enhancement plan, as well as strategies to implement that plan.

The Community Visioning program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation in partnership with Iowa State University Landscape Architecture Extension and Trees Forever, an Iowa-based nonprofit environmental advocacy organization. In addition, professional landscape architects offer expertise in creating conceptual design plans for the communities.

The other 2018 visioning communities are Coon Rapids, Corning, Forest City, Glidden, Graettinger, Moville, Peterson, Plymouth and Wapello.

Since 1996, 245 Iowa communities have benefited from the Community Visioning program. To qualify for the program, a community must have a population of fewer than 10,000 residents, existing transportation-related issues and a committee of volunteers willing to dedicate their time and talents to the visioning process.