Attendance = 22, including guests Meg Pachmayer-WUPPDR, Eldon Johnson-Pres-Houghton Rotary, Tom Liljigren-CLK Rotary Alumni, and Betty Kilpela
Reminders:
Ø Feb 15 at 5pm Visioning Project – All CLK Rotarians need to attend. Irish Times Feb 15 at 5pm <
Ø March 11 – CLK Rotary Spaghetti dinner
President Eldon Johnson – Houghton Rotary club thanked our club for participating in the CHOICES program. The local Rotary Clubs have provided CHOICES training to over 1000 students! Eldon announced the CHOICES program will be modified somewhat for the next year including gaining support from Bill Gates.
Tim Baroni asked the Club for happy Dollars – a few were collected. Not many announcements this week!
Program: Scott See introduced Meg Pachmayer from WUPPDR. Meg is a planner who has been working on the US 41 Scenic Byway project. This is a project centered upon US 41 from Hancock to Copper Harbor as a Scenic Byway. The project has been defined to include the entire Keweenaw Peninsula.
Partner groups include Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, the Keweenaw Historical County Society, MDOT, the Keweenaw National Historical Park, and others.
The Commission is working to provide common marketing through Website with logo, a 5 year master plan, signage, viewing areas and determined methods of financing improvements. For example: Brockway Mountain Drive has been identified as an area that needs work improving the overlooks area, pullouts on the road for viewing, repairs to the rock walls, interpretive signs, and land acquisition.
The designation as an American Byway includes the Keweenaw in national advertising (only 150 sites in the US have this designation). The hope is more people will come to visit and explore by car, motorcycle, and bicycle.
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