Here are some of the headlines you can read about this month include:

• Final Community Visioning Meeting for All-In Plan
• The UERPC offices will be closed for Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 12th
• October proclaimed Healthiest State Month
• Nature Explore Northeast Iowa Project
• Staff Retreat Held
• Upcoming IowaWorks Decorah Workshops
• Election Day is Tuesday, November 6th - Remember to Vote!
• Iowa DOT features Cresco in new video

Allamakee County is partnering with Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission (UERPC) to develop a new comprehensive plan for the County. Dubbed All In Allamakee, or the "All-In Plan" for short, the plan will consider a host of issues and topics that affect quality of life in the County, ranging from public infrastructure and housing to parks and transportation.

There are three upcoming community workshops for the All-In Plan that will be held in Postville, Lansing, and Waukon. At these workshops, attendees will help create a countywide vision for Allamakee County’s future through interactive community visioning activities. All residents of Allamakee County, as well as those who visit or work in the county, are invited and encouraged to attend

All workshops begin at 5:00 p.m. and will last about an hour and a half. There will be a brief presentation at the start followed by interactive activities. Members of the public are free to come and go at any time during the meeting, even if they miss the beginning. Light refreshments will be provided. The schedule for the three community meetings is below.

     • Postville: Tuesday, October 9th at UERPC offices, 134 West Greene Street
     • Lansing: Wednesday, October 10th at the Driftless Area Education and Visitor Center, 1944 Columbus Road
     • Waukon: Thursday, October 25th at the Senior Center at Waukon Wellness Center, 1220 3rd Avenue NW

Additionally, all residents of Allamakee County and those who visit or work in the county are invited and encouraged to give feedback on a broad array of issues by completing an online survey and a quick questionnaire. Visit the web addresses below to take the survey and answer the brief questionnaire.

Community Survey: www.tinyurl.com/yd69ng8w

Quick Questionnaire: www.tinyurl.com/ydebs423

Twitter and Instagram users are invited to tweet and share photos of everything they love about Allamakee County by using #allinallamakee. Those who participate may have their tweet or photo featured in the final plan document.

Those interested in being notified of updates and events related to the All-In Plan, as well as those interested in being part of one of the focus groups may contact Aaron Detter at adetter@uerpc.org or 563-382-6171.

Some of the headlines you can read about this month include:

• Revolving Loan Fund to Assist the City of Fayette
• UERPC Planner Achieves National Certification
• Career Learning Link Proud
• Lunch and Learn - Unemployment Insurance Lunch
• Safe Routes to School
• Hot Diggity Dog! Our Bus Got a Brand New Set of Wheels!
• Invitation for the Northeast Iowa Family STEM Festival
• Community Meetings for Long-Range Transportation Plan

Public invited to community meetings for 5-county Long-Range Transportation Plan

Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission (UERPC) has begun development of an update to the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) for the region consisting of Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek Counties in northeast Iowa. The Iowa Department of Transportation requires that our region’s LRTP be updated every five years. The current plan was adopted by the Upper Explorerland Transportation Policy Board in March of 2014.

The LRTP has a 20-year planning horizon and is intended to guide transportation investments in the five-county region in support of a transportation system that is safe for all modes and users, and that facilitates the efficient movement of people and goods. The plan includes a description of the region's existing conditions; identifies current transportation challenges; anticipates potential future needs; and explores various strategies for addressing those challenges and needs.

To ensure that the LRTP reflects the priorities and goals of the people who live in and visit our region, the public is invited to participate and give feedback in various ways. Community workshops have been scheduled in each of the five counties in the coming weeks. Residents of the region may attend any of the workshops, regardless of where they live.

All workshops begin at 5:00 p.m. and will last about an hour and a half. There will be a brief presentation at the start followed by interactive feedback activities. Members of the public are free to come and go at any time during the meeting, even if they miss the beginning. The schedule of community meetings is below.

• Cresco: Monday, September 10^th at NICC Cresco Center, Room 102, 1020 2^nd Avenue SE
• Fayette: Wednesday, September 12^th at UIU Student Center, 2^nd floor, Student Life Conference Room, 603 Washington Street
• Calmar: Thursday, September 13^th at NICC Wilder Business Center, Room 106, 1625 Highway 150 S
• Elkader: Thursday, September 27^th at Clayton County Office Facility, 600 Gunder Road NE
• Waukon: Thursday, October 4^th at the Senior Center at Waukon Wellness Center, 1220 3^rd Avenue NW

All residents of the five counties, as well as those who visit this area, are invited and encouraged to complete an online survey about transportation in our region. Survey responses are anonymous and the more people that complete it, the stronger and more representative of the region the final plan will be.

The survey can be accessed at www.tinyurl.com/ybfo4epe. Information on the LRTP, as well as a link to the survey, are also available on UERPC’s website, www.uerpc.org.

Those interested in being notified of updates and events related to the LRTP, and anyone wishing to request a paper copy of the survey, may contact Aaron Detter at adetter@uerpc.org or 563-382-6171.