IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jean Leier (704) 432-0496
CATS SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT ON TWO-YEAR BUDGET
Charlotte, N.C., September 19, 2008 - CATS is in the process of establishing its budget for the next two years and we are coming to you for input. Members of the community are encouraged to participate in any of the public meetings listed below to learn more about CATS’ budget process and share transit service ideas for the community.
“We want to have a dialogue with citizens to share CATS’ progress and challenges faced over the past nine years and to ask for the community’s opinion on shaping the future of the transit system,” said Dee Pereira, CATS’ Chief Financial Officer. “At each meeting we will be asking attendees to fill out a survey to help us gauge what service(s) is most important to the community.”
The same information will be shared at each meeting. Meeting times and locations are as follows:
September 23
North Mecklenburg
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Cornelius Town Hall
21445 Catawba Avenue
September 25
Matthews
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Matthews Town Hall
232 Matthews Station Street
September 30
West Charlotte
6:00-8:00 p.m.
West Boulevard Library
2157 West Boulevard
October 7
Center City
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Main Library
Francis Auditorium
310 N. Tryon Street
East Charlotte
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Memorial United Methodist Church
4012 Central Avenue
October 9
North Charlotte
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Sugar Creek Library
4045 N. Tryon Street
October 14
South Charlotte
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Park Road Baptist Church
Community Center
3900 Park Road
October 16
University City
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Cambridge Corporate Center
10101 Claude Freeman Drive
*Traveling westbound on Mallard Creek Road, go past Claude Freeman Drive and take immediate left just before flashing emergency signal. Follow signs to North Wing Entrance.
For more information about the meetings or transit service near the meeting locations, contact 704-336-RIDE or visit www.ridetransit.org.
