Coffee With Jim

Today we travel to Springfield, Illinois on an exciting, road trip inspiring, smile inducing adventure with Scoff Dahl, CVB director, as our guide. Submerged ghost towns, Route 66 and plans for celebrating the highways centennial, a restaurant that opened in the 1880s, a restaurant with a direct link to acclaimed folk artist Bob Waldmire, Abraham Lincoln's home, Route 66 landmarks and a neon sign park are just a few of the stops made during the tour of Springfield. 

It's another shared adventure from Jim Hinckley's America. Come along for the ride!

And after a brief intermission and a tune from The Road Crew, we wrap up with a look at an often overlooked Springfield treasure. And we provide a behind the scenes look at Coffee With Jim, and give our sponsors that will transform your Route 66 adventure a shout out.  

If you think of neon and tail fins when the conversation turns to Route 66, today's program will be a surpise. Today we visit with Geoff Ladd, Assistant Director, Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway and discuss the innovative Route 66 Monarch Flyway project that links conservation and building a sense of community with the most famous highway in the world.

The Illinois Monarch Project that debuted on November 18th, 2020, is a Route 66 centered 66-mile-wide corridor that stretches from Chicago to St. Louis across the state of Illinois. By planting native wildflowers and restoring monarch butterfly habitat a bit of color is added to the roadside, and a threatened species is brought back from the brink. 

For more information about this project contact Geoff at - gladd@illinoisroute66.org