Route 206 Mission Statement, Objectives and Plan

Route 206 Scenic Byway Association

Mission Statement, Objectives and Plans

As County and local Chambers, Business and Business & Professional Associations, Task Force, public utilities, State Legislative and Agencies' Representatives and local government officials, we join together to support, promote and augment the unique features along NYS Highway 206 to increase tourism, engender local pride and participation, and improve the economic well-being of all our stakeholder communities; residents, arts, cultural, education, historic, recreational, agricultural and religious institutions; manufacturing and retail businesses for the 21st Century.

Objectives: Short Range

Activate the Scenic Byway Sub-committee appointed 5/3/99. take initial steps to obtain seed funds and hire a professional planner to help the 206 Committee develop a New York State Scenic Byways Nomination and Corridor Management Plan.
Continue to build a strong advocacy group; continue efforts to promote events and features to increase local patronage and tourism traffic over Route 206, including support of the "Route 206 Guide."
Continue to inventory all resources
Continue to visit Town and Village Meetings, Service Clubs, Granges, Senior and other organizations as we can in order to gain maximum community and organizational support for our plans for Route 206.

Objectives: Short/Long Range

Promote Route 206 website (www.route206.org) search engine entries.
Obtain and service an "800" toll-free telephone number.
Join together on a billboard program on Route 17 and possibly, on Routes 7, 11, I-88 and I-81

Objectives: Long Range

Submit the completed Scenic Byway Nomination. Apply for grants to allow us to follow up strongly on Route 206 Corridor management and improvement
Position Route 206 at "the Scenic Gateway" to Central and Western New York from the East, and to the NY-NJ Metropolitan Area from Canada and the West.
Establish Route 206 seven rivers -- the Beaverkill, East & West branches of the Delaware, the Susquehanna, the Chenango, the Otselic and the Tioghnioga
Its Five Parks: Catskill, Bear Spring, Oquaga Creek, Cook and Dorchester
Its Communities, institutions, sights and events as destinations.
Attract repeat visitors, professional and craft elites, new services, new employers, primary and secondary homeowners to settle here, and continue to increase facilities to service them.
Continue to meet regularly and function as Corridor Committee

Composed by Robert Terry on November 6, 1999

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