Town planning is the issue that both Karksi and Rujiena municipalities need to deal with in the nearest future as big crossing-roads that go through the towns are being renovated. Renovation of the roads alters the looks of the small towns quite a lot and requires new planning and in the future also reconstruction of the areas along the road and town centres.Town planning designing and reconstructions make the towns more functional for locals and visitors and more attractive for tourists. The towns are planning to advertise their developments widely and that is why an idea of a new tourism route development came into force. This new cross-border tourism product will help to attract more visitors to the area also create more contacts between the citizens of the border area. In long terms increasing the number of tourists will create new jobs and opportunities for local people and benefit to the economic development of the area. A very important aspect during the project is involvement of local people through social discussions and project weeks for schoolchildren during the detail planning process regular meetings and discussions between the two municipalities and the local people during the whole project. The activities also include study tours in Estonia and Latvia for experience exchange purposes a seminar about town planningand preserving the cultural heritage for town citizens and making a design project competition.