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Public Notice of The COMET Board of Directors Meeting for August 2024
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday August 28, 2024, at NOON. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in the Derrick E. Huggins Boardroom, 2nd ...
Public Notice of The COMET Service Committee Meeting for August 2024
There will be no regularly scheduled Service Committee meeting for the month of August 2024.
Public Notice of The COMET Finance Committee Meeting for August 2024
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in the Derrick E. Huggins Boardroom, ...
COMET TO HOST COMMUNITY MEET AND GREET EVENTS WITH CEO, MAURICE PEARL
(August 5, 2024) Columbia, SC – The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) will host a series of community meetings with their new Executive Director/CEO, Maurice Pearl in partnership with the Richland Library during the months of August and September. The following dates and times are scheduled: Tuesday, August ...
Public Notice of The COMET Board of Directors' Meeting for July 2024
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors Meeting will be held on the FOURTH Wednesday of each month at NOON, unless otherwise noted. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in ...
Public Hearing on Richland Penny Tax to be held on Tuesday, July 9, 2024
A public hearing of the Penny Tax will be held on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at Richland County Administration Building at 2020 Hampton Street. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers. The public is invited to attend. The COMET is expected to receive 22% of the Penny ...
Notice of Cancellation/Postponement of The COMET July 2024 Committee Meetings
The following regularly scheduled Committee Meetings of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) are postponed for July 2024: Finance Committee Meeting (no meeting on Wednesday, July 10, 2024) Service Committee Meeting (no meeting on Wednesday, July 10, 2024) Intermodal Committee Meeting (no meeting on Wednesday, July 10, 2024) ...
Notice of The COMET Board of Directors' Meeting for June 2024
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at NOON. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in the Derrick E. Huggins Boardroom, 2nd ...
70 Years of Impact: Sarah Mae Flemming
Sarah Mae Flemming is a champion and hero of civil rights thanks to her brave contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in 1954. Her legacy and actions were instrumental in helping end segregation in the United States. Flemming was born June 28, 1933 as the oldest of seven children. She ...
Public Notice of The COMET Service Committee Meeting for June 2024
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Service Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 12:00 PM, at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in the Derrick E. Huggins Board ...
Public Notice of The COMET Finance Committee Meeting for June 2024
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in the Derrick E. Huggins Boardroom, ...
COMET RECEIVES MULTIPLE AWARDS AT LIVE UNITED EVENT
(May 21, 2024) Columbia, SC – The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) received two awards at the Live United Awards hosted by United Way of the Midlands at Central Energy recently. The COMET’s United Way Campaign efforts were led by Angela Jacobs, who in her first year serving ...

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