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Share materials with new volunteers, stakeholders or byway advocates. Developed and produced by America’s Byways Resource Center or other organizations with an interest in byways, these titles provide insights to preserving, protecting or promoting your byway.

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America’s Byways Resource Center Books or Tools

Title

Quantity
Making the Grassroots Grow: Building and Maintaining Effective Byway Organizations
(2003) 274 pages.
Presents basic organizational concepts, case studies and best practices from the National Scenic Byways Program.		 Online only
Binder Cover and Spine for Byways 101
(2003). No interior content.
Inserts to put in 3-ring binder cover and spine for keeping your downloaded copy on your bookshelf.
Conserving Our Treasured Places: Managing Visual Quality on Scenic Byways
(2004) 180 pages, softbound book.
Easy-to-use manual and two-day workshop program that helps guide communities through the scenic conservation planning process. Prepares byway groups for scenic conservation planning: how to engage partners; assess, inventory and map visual resources; identify and prioritize scenic issues; and develop a scenic conservation strategy.
Wayshowing for Byways: A Reference Manual
(2010)
Reveals insights to the process of showing travelers how to experience a route and provides methods for improving the navigational element of the visitor experience. Note: This is only available as a PDF and will be e-mailed to you. Indicate a quantity of “1” on this order form to receive the PDF. You may make as many copies as you wish.		 Request
by e-mail
An Introduction to Online Strategies for Leveraging Your National Scenic Byway Designation
(2011) 20 pages.		 Online PDF
Economic Impact Tool
(2010) CD.
Includes both software program and Technical Manual. Allows local byway staff and/or volunteers to measure the impacts of byways and byway-related activities in their communities. The Economic Impact Tool is a Microsoft Excel-based software program with a user-friendly interface that allows even novice computer users to generate economic impact figures for their regions.		 Request CD

Journal for America’s Byways from America’s Byways Resource Center

Journal for America’s Byways - Issue 1
(June 2011) 54 pages.
Contents: Roads Designed for Pleasure (Part 1); Chik Wauk Museum and Nature Center; Mapping Visitor Experiences on America’s Byways; Byway Safety 101.
Journal for America’s Byways - Issue 2
(Oct 2011) 66 pages.
Contents: America’s Byways and North American Indians; Becoming a Nonprofit; Roads Designed for Pleasure (Part 2); Byways via Bicycle.

Vistas Newsletter from America’s Byways Resource Center

Vistas - monthly electronic issues
(March 2011 - Present).		 Online only
Vistas - various electronic/print issues
(Nov 1997 - Dec 2010). See website for topics in each issue; indicate on form which issue’s month/year you would like. NOTE: Hard copies only available for 2006-2010.
Please indicate month/year above.

Scenic Byway Award Winners: Case Study Series

Recognition and Inspiration for Better Byways: 2011 Scenic Byway Awards
(2011) 14 pages.
Contains summary descriptions of 8 award winning byway projects and 1 leadership award.
Sharing Success & Honoring Excellence: 2009 Scenic Byway Awards
(2009) 16 pages.
Contains summary descriptions of 8 award winning byway projects and 1 leadership award.
Sharing Success & Honoring Excellence: 2007 Scenic Byway Awards
(2007) 16 pages.
Contains summary descriptions of 8 award winning byway projects and 1 leadership award.
The Road Beckons: 2003 Scenic Byway Awards
(2003) 24 pages.
Contains summary descriptions of 8 award winning byway projects.

Tele-Workshop Fact Sheets by America’s Byways Resource Center (2003-2007)

4 pages each; also available as download.

Corridor Management

Byway Integrity: Preliminary Patterns and Projects (2003)
Geotourism: Sustaining and Enhancing a Destination’s Sense of Place (2007)
Preserving Treasured Places: Guides for Managing Visual Quality (2003)
Bicyclists, Pedestrians and Trail Users: Your Transportation Allies (2005)

Community Involvement

Community Involvement Toolbox: Online Help for Your Organization (2004)
Doing the Right Thing: Ethics & Legal Issues for Nonprofits (2005)
Making the Grassroots Grow: Building & Sustaining Byway Organizations (2002)
Expanding Travel and Tourism Partnerships: International, National and Regional Opportunities (2005)
Possibilities with Partners: Perspectives from National Scenic Byway Partners (2005)

Visitor Experience

Byways for Everyone: Making Sure Your Byway Is Accessible (2004)
Living Memorials Project: An Opportunity for Byways (2006)
Organizational Storytelling: A Leadership Tool (2004)
Traveling Gracefully: Interpreting Scenic Byways - Working with Consultants and Contractors (2002)
National Scenic Byways Marketing: Challenges, Successes & Opportunities (2006)
Online Opportunities for Byways (2002)

Finances

Alternative Funding: Looking Beyond Traditional Sources (2002)
Economic Impact Study: Developing a Pilot for Studying Effects of National Designation (2004)

Publications from Other Organizations

Scenic Easements Action Guide
(2005) 20 pages.
Defines “scenic easement,” describes types of scenic resources protected, special considerations in drafting scenic easements, case studies, and references and resources.
Power to the People: Strategies for Reducing Visual Impact of Overhead Utilities Action Guide
(2001) 16 pages.
Covers topics such as community quality of life and utility relocation, planning for relocation, case studies, and funding relocation projects.
Stories Across America: Opportunities for Rural Tourism
by National Trust for Historic Preservation
(2001) 40 pages.
Eighteen stories and case studies of successful rural tourism initiatives.