Mission

The Foundation will assist other organizations in creating cooperative opportunities, developing human, financial and other resources and promoting scenic byways for the enjoyment of the public. It will educate byway professionals, volunteers and the public in matters relating to byways, conduct research for the benefit of byways and byway organizations, maintain a network for communicating between byway interest groups and individuals, recognize significant achievements relating to byways, develop partnerships with units of government and the for-profit sector and carry out byway related projects that might not be addressed by other organizations.

History

The idea of creating a national not-for-profit organization to support Scenic Byway first surfaced at the 2001 National Scenic Byway Conference. At the 2003 conference in Albuquerque a group of interested individuals asked for and received additional input from conference attendees then filed articles of incorporation and adopted bylaws. The Foundation has now received it's tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Purpose

The purposes of this Foundation are:

to educate the public, volunteers and byway professionals in matters relating to byways.
to conduct research for the benefit of byways and byway organizations.
to carry out charitable byway related projects that might not be addressed by other organizations.
to develop human, financial and other resources and promote scenic byways for the enjoyment of the public.
to maintain communication between byway interest groups and individuals.
to recognize significant achievements relating to byways.
to develop partnerships with units of government, the not-for-profit and the for-profit sectors.