A couple of weeks ago, the Route 66: The Road Ahead initiative announced a series of collaborative workshops in seven cities in July.
This week, the initiative provided times and places for each workshop:
— Tuesday, July 21, Springfield, Illinois, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Route 66 Hotel Conference Center, 625 E. St. Joseph St. (map here)
— Wednesday, July 22, Springfield, Missouri, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Missouri State University, Duane G. Meyer Library, 1st floor, 501 John Q. Hammons Parkway (map here)
— Thursday, July 23, Oklahoma City, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Oklahoma History Center, 1st floor, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive (map here)
— Friday, July 24, Amarillo, Texas, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Gray’s Studio, 3317 SW 6th Ave. (map here)
— Saturday, July 25, Albuquerque, 12:30 to 3 p.m., University of New Mexico, George Pearl Hall – School of Architecture and Planning, Room 135, Central and Cornell SE across from the Frontier Restaurant (map here)
— Tuesday, July 28, Flagstaff, Arizona, 9 to 11:30 a.m., morning session of All-Community Scenic Byway meeting), venue TBA
— Wednesday, July 29, San Bernardino, California, 6 to 8:30 p.m., San Bernardino Department of Public Works, Training Room, 825 E. Third St. (map here)
More about the workshops:
The workshops are designed to provide an inclusive forum for Route 66 Stakeholders to:
— Learn about the Route 66: The Road Ahead Initiative.
— Provide input/consensus on the proposed draft mission, goals, and strategies for developing a national collaboration, which will then be used to determine next steps.
— Discuss ways you can be involved with the initiative moving forward.Participants attending the Route 66 Collaboration Workshops will learn about the background of the initiative including the strategic roundtable; the formation of the steering committee; and the genesis of the Route 66: The Road Ahead Initiative. Participants will then be asked to review, discuss, and provide feedback regarding a number of items, including: 1) a proposed Mission Statement and set of Strategic Outcomes and Strategic Goals for the Route 66: The Road Ahead Initiative; 2) a proposed organizational structure for the Route 66: The Road Ahead Initiative; and 3) ideas for future Federal involvement on Route 66.
The Route 66 Collaboration Workshops present an opportunity for everyone who shares a passion for America’s most famous road, to revive and renew Route 66 by helping chart its future.