Deborah L. Myerson, AICP
Planning and Development Consultant

Publications

• Co-author, Conserving Our Treasured Places: Managing Visual Quality on America’s Scenic Byways. America’s Byways Resource Center, Duluth, Minn.
• Co-author and project manager, Journey Through Hallowed Ground Online Travel Itinerary, National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, Washington, DC  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/journey/index.htm. 
• Author, Guide to On-Premise Sign Ordinances for Rural and Small Communities. Scenic America, Washington, DC
• Author, Community Action Steps to Preserve the Character and Beauty of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor. Scenic America, Washington, DC
• Author, Getting It Right in the Right-of-Way: Citizen Participation in Context-Sensitive Highway Design.  Scenic America, Washington, DC.
• Executive Producer, The Pleasure of a Lakefront View: Pursuing Scenic Byway Designation for the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway. (video, 13 min.) Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council, Ithaca, NY.
• Author, Route 90 Scenic Byway Nomination for the Cayuga County Planning Dept., Auburn, NY.

Workshops and Presentations

National

• Presenter, Corridor Management Planning for Scenic Byways.  U.S. Forest Service, National Forest Service Scenic Byways: A Meeting at the Crossroads, Arlington, VA .
• Presenter, Building Greenway Partnerships: Linking with Scenic Byways.  Second International Greenways Conference, Making the Connection II, Pittsburgh, PA 
• Presenter, National Scenic Byways Program Regional Workshops, Denver, CO; Nashville, TN, and Smuggler’s Notch, VT. 
• Instructor, New Opportunities with the National Scenic Byways Program.  ASLA Distance Learning Course, American Society of Landscape Architects. 
• Presenter, Protecting Our Quality of Place. TEA 21: Making the Most of the New Transportation Law. Chicago and Washington DC.
• Presenter, Using Tourism and Recreation to Protect the Landscapes of the “Journey Through Hallowed Ground.” National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Preservation Conference, Washington, DC.
• Presenter, Protecting Our Working Landscapes with Scenic Byways. Keep America Growing Conference, Philadelphia, PA .
• Presenter, Protecting the Landscapes We Love: Strategies for Conservation Planning on Scenic Byways. National Trust for Historic Preservation National Preservation Conference, Washington, DC. 
• Panelist, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Regional Program Leaders Meeting; Washington, DC.

Alaska

• Workshop Director, Dalton Highway Scenic Byway Visioning Session. Fairbanks, Alaska.
• Presenter, Opportunities with Scenic Byway Designation for the Dalton Highway. North Slope Borough Council. Barrow, Alaska.

Arkansas

•  Workshop director and presenter, Crowley’s Ridge Parkway Scenic Conservation Planning Workshop for the America’s Byways Resource Center.  Wynne, Arkansas.

California

• Workshop director and presenter, Big Sur Coast Highway Scenic Conservation Planning Workshop for the America’s Byways Resource Center. Big Sur, California.

Delaware

• Presenter, Highlights of the National Scenic Byways Program. Kennett Pike Preservation Committee, Greenville, Delaware.

New York

• Producer/Presenter, Community Challenges and Choices. (Presentation and handbook)  Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County, Auburn, NY.
• Presenter, Scenic Route 90 Scenic Byway Nomination Presentation.  New York State Scenic Byway Advisory Committee, Albany, NY.

Ohio

• Presenter, Looking at the National Scenic Byways Program: Traveling from Coast to Coast and Enjoying the View.  Ohio Scenic Byways Workshop, Columbus, Ohio.

Pennsylvania

• Presenter, Building Greenway Partnerships: Linking with Scenic Byways. Pennsylvania Greenways Commission quarterly meeting, State College, PA.
• Presenter, Keeping the Character in Our Community: People Protecting a Local Sense of Place. “Tools to Build the 21st Century,” Pennsylvania Planning Association Conference,  Champion, PA.
• Presenter, Making the Most of a Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway.  Mountain Laurel Chamber of Commerce, Donegal, PA.
• Presenter, A Visual Assessment of the Lincoln Highway. Pennsylvania Downtown Center Annual Conference, Gettysburg, PA.
• Presenter, Every Mile of the Day’s Run Was A Pleasure: Community Action Steps to Preserve the Character and Beauty of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor.
• Preservation Pennsylvania Annual Conference, “Routes of Heritage,” Greensburg, PA
• Downtown Chambersburg Annual Town Meeting, Chambersburg, PA
• Downtown Chambersburg, Inc., Chambersburg, PA
• Pennsylvania RC&D (Resource, Conservation, and Development) Councils Statewide Annual Meeting, State College, Pennsylvania
• Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Bedford/Fulton County Chapter, McConnellsburg, PA
• Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Franklin County Chapter
• Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Westmoreland/Somerset County Chapter

Virginia

• Presenter, Virginia Scenic Byways and the National Scenic Byways Program. Scenic Virginia Annual Meeting, Richmond, Virginia.