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What are your thoughts about the Bountiful Byway tourism plan?

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Experience Olympia and Beyond will hold six public workshop sessions beginning Monday, August 8, seeking community members’ thoughts on the Thurston Bountiful Byway Corridor Management Plan.

During the sessions, Experience Olympia staff, in partnership with consultant Otak, Inc., will discuss “key byway destinations, experiences and desired improvements” on the project, which will include:

  • Key tourism assets throughout the county and characteristics of these assets.
  • Description of existing experiences, places, facilities and services for visitors.
  • Strategies, ideas and opportunities to improve infrastructure and promote tourism and visitation throughout the byway.
  • Wayfinding and signing concepts to reinforce the Thurston Bountiful Byway brand and identity.
  • Recommendations for funding and implementation of the plan.

Schedules for the in-person meetings will be:

Rochester

Monday, August 8, 3:00–4:30 pm

Swede Hall, 18543 Albany St. SW, Rochester, WA 98579

Tenino

Monday, August 8, 5:30–7:00 pm

Tenino City Hall, 149 Hodgden St. S, Tenino, WA 98589

Tumwater

Tuesday, August 9, 5:30–7:00 pm

Heritage Distilling Event Center, 4200 Capitol Blvd. SE, Suite 104, Tumwater, WA 98501

Yelm

Wednesday, August 10, 5:30–7:00 pm

Yelm Community Center, 301 2nd St. SE, Yelm, WA 98597

Lacey

Thursday, August 11, 3:00–4:30 pm

Lacey City Hall Council Chambers, 420 College St. SE, Lacey, WA 98503

Olympia

Thursday, August 11, 5:30–7:00 pm

Swantown Inn & Spa, 1431 11th Ave. SE, Olympia, WA 98501

These events, along with a map to each meeting location, are included in The JOLT’s Community Calendar.  Click the links above for the specific meeting.

Community members can also provide comments online via a tool that will be introduced during the sessions. Comments and accommodation requests can be sent to either Jeff Bowe or Mandi Roberts.

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  • FirstOtter

    My thoughts are that the rampant development of every bit of green space left in Thurston county needs to be stopped. Look at what is going on in Tumwater-they're building everywhere, warehouses and apartments, without any concern for the environment or zoning. Tumwater, especially, is on a landgrab, gobbling up properties (they call it 'annexing, like the Russians 'annexed' Crimea and now Ukraine) so that they can put in yet another warehouse. It needs to stop. I am sure that once Tumwater runs out of available land they'll be coming for Littlerock, Maytown, probably Millersylvania. Even the Capitol Forest..oops, no, it's not a Forest anymore. It's Capitol Slash Pile now. I don't believe they'll give a darn about the Bountiful Byway as anything more than a problem that lots of money greasing legislative palms will solve.

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