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Introduction <br /> A cartoonist once portrayed a lost tourist a case when perception is reality, and our <br /> asking a local resident for directions,to challenge is to deal with the perception and <br /> which the laid back homeowner replied, to keep customers coming. <br /> "Mister,you can't get there from here." <br /> Little did the cartoonist realize that"You The Minnesota Department of <br /> can't get there from here"would become Transportation(MnDOT)recognizes that <br /> an idiom that's repeated every time a driver businesses located in a work zone have <br /> is lost, confused, or detoured by highway special needs. It's critical that their <br /> construction. customers have access to business and that <br /> they continue to patronize the businesses, in <br /> The cartoonist did no favor for businesses spite of any road work inconvenience. <br /> that rely on customers having an unimpeded <br /> path to their doors."You can't get there <br /> from here"became the convenient excuse <br /> for shoppers to take their business <br /> elsewhere. <br /> You can get there from here <br /> "You can't get there from here"should be +� Y <br /> stripped from our lexicon. It should be <br /> �-- replaced by a can-do attitude epitomized <br /> by the children's story"The Little Train <br /> That Could."It would be helpful to recall <br /> the courageous attitude of the Pilgrims and <br /> other immigrants who crossed treacherous <br /> oceans to get here or pioneers who pushed MnDOT helps these businesses in a variety <br /> westward across mountains and plains to of ways and tries to help businesses to <br /> find new homes in the West or Midwest. help themselves. <br /> They were not people easily intimidated by <br /> challenge;they wouldn't be intimidated This workbook is a compilation of <br /> by today's orange barrels at road techniques that have been used successfully <br /> construction sites. The barrels would be in several Minnesota communities and in the <br /> welcome beacons to safely guide them to state of Wisconsin. It includes samples of <br /> their destinations. what others have done, and descriptions of <br /> Deal with perceptions their efforts. It is offered to business and <br /> Now the reality check: Without a strong community leaders as an idea source as they <br /> motivation, it is human nature to avoid plan for road construction closer to home. <br /> orange barrels, barricades, Road Closed This workbook includes an array of ideas <br /> signs, big trucks, earthmovers and other communities might implement,worksheets <br /> indications of dusty, dirty construction to follow progress, and a timeline to check <br /> zones. The perception that you can't get off accomplishments as they are completed. <br /> there from here"may be wrong. But this is <br /> 3 <br />