Text Box: Free Gas? Visit the Iowa Tourism website to register to win one of 25 $50 gas cards from Kum & Go convenience stores. Registration deadline is June 30, 2006. Text Box: With the cut of a ribbon, Lt. Governor Sally Pederson will ceremoniously open the new Historic Hills Scenic Byway which was re-designated last month by the Iowa Department of Transportation. The event, which will be held Sunday, June 25 at West View Park in Donnellson, Iowa, is part of a “Re-discover Iowa Tour” which begins June 22 in Des Moines. John McCurdy, Chariton Valley Planning & Development Text Box: Community Planner says the ribbon cutting ceremony will be brief but important. “This event helps to recognize not only the Historic Hills Advisory Committee members who were steadfast in their efforts to receive the scenic byway designation, but to draw attention to what those in the Historic Hills Corridor already know—southern Iowa has natural scenic beauty,” says McCurdy. For more information, contact John McCurdy at 641.437.4359 or by email at jmccurdy@charitonvalleyplanning.com. Text Box: Chariton Valley Planning & Development staff joined tourism advocates from throughout the Central Iowa Tourism Region (CITR) at the organization’s annual meeting held at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines on May 24. Also attending were Appanoose County Supervisors John Arnold and Dean Kaster. Text Box: Lt. Governor Sally Pederson to cut ribbon for new scenic byway Text Box: MONTHLY POST Text Box: Historic Courthouse District 205 1/2 N 13th Centerville, IA 52544 Phone: 641.437.4359 Fax: 641.437.1161

Executive Director,

Tracy Daugherty Miller
Community Development Planner,

John McCurdy

Marketing and Design,

Kathleen Chester

June 2006

Volume 2, Issue 6

MEETING AND MANAGING CHANGE

Central Iowa Tourism Region Annual Meeting

Pictured L—R: Ann McCurdy, CRI; Denice Gradeless, Albia Chamber; John McCurdy, Chariton Valley Planning & Development; Joyce Bieber, Centerville Chamber; Gary Cridlebaugh, Centerville; and Tracy Daugherty Miller, Chariton Valley Planning & Development.