Three cities in the Raccoon River Valley have been selected to participate in the Iowa Living Roadways Community Visioning Program next year.

Adel, Scranton and Granger were named among ten communities that will take part in 2017.

The award-winning program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation in partnership with Iowa State University Extension Landscape Architecture and Trees Forever.  It “integrates technical landscape planning and design techniques with sustainable community action to assist community leaders and volunteers in making sound and meaningful decisions about the local landscape.”

In order to qualify for the program, communities must be home to less than 10,000 people, have existing transportation related issues and there must be a committee of volunteers willing to dedicate their time and talent to the visioning process.