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What do a class of third graders and a group of volunteer fire department chiefs have in common? They are some of the groups that have been reached out to in the innovative public involvement approach that was utilized for the I-66 Corridor and Bowling Green Outer Beltline Planning Studies in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates (BLA) initiated a planning study in June 2001 for the 40-mile section of the I-66 Corridor in the vicinity of Bowling Green, and by January 2002, a planning study of the Bowling Green Outer Beltline was added. While each project serves a different purpose, the study areas for both projects are coincident, and thus the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) recommended that both projects be studied at the same time to ensure that the compatibility of the two projects is addressed. This led to an interesting dilemma within the public involvement program - How do you explain two distinct, but compatible, projects in one setting - whether that's a meeting, a newsletter, or a newspaper article? The answer - you don't! You take your message to the people and you make it fit your audience. This is where the third grade class and the volunteer fire chiefs come in. Following the round of public information meetings midway through the studies, it was determined that an effort was needed to reach out to groups within the Bowling Green community that either weren't represented by those attending the previous public meetings or have historically been left out of the planning process. Within Bowling Green, these groups included low income and minority communities, emergency service providers, and rural and small town residents. BLA worked very closely with the KYTC staff to come up with unique and innovative ways of taking the message to the people. This paper examines in more detail the tools utilized to reach these "unreachable" groups.

01043941

English

9p

2004

9th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities

CD-ROM

Figures (1) ; Maps (1) ; Photos (2)

Hazards and emergency operations; Highway planning; Low income groups; Meetings; Minorities; Outreach; Public participation; Rural areas; Small towns

Bowling Green (Kentucky)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Mar 7 2007 4:08PM

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