Iowa DOT News Release

AMES, Iowa – April 6, 2017 – The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) will join the 10-state Mississippi River Parkway Commission at its semiannual meeting Wednesday through Friday, April 19-21. The semiannual meeting will be held at La Quinta Inn & Suites, 3960 Coleman Crossing Circle, Paducah, Ky.

The Iowa MRPC will conduct a brief business meeting at 6:45 a.m. Friday, April 21, at the meeting site in Paducah.

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For more information, contact Mary Stahlhut, Iowa Department of Transportation, at 515-239-1369 or mary.stahlhut@iowadot.us.

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The MRPC is a multistate organization that works collectively to preserve, promote, and enhance the scenic, historic, and recreational resources of the Mississippi River; to foster the economic growth of the corridor; and to develop the national, scenic, and historic parkway known as the Great River Road.

As part of the MRPC, the Iowa MRPC focuses on the same mission objectives in relation to Iowa's portions of the National Scenic Byway, the Iowa Great River Road, and the Mississippi River Valley. The governor appoints members to the Iowa MRPC from each of the 10 counties that border the Mississippi River. These include Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Louisa, Des Moines, and Lee counties. The Iowa MRPC also includes ex officio members from the Iowa Department of Transportation, Iowa Natural Resource Commission, and Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Iowa Tourism Office.