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Public Notice of The COMET Board of Directors' Meeting for April 2023
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 next meeting is Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional ...
Public Notice of The COMET Service Committee Meeting for April 2023
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Service Committee Meeting is held on the SECOND Wednesday of each month at NOON. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 ...
Public Notice of The COMET Finance Committee Meeting for April 2023
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting is held on the SECOND Wednesday of each month at 10:00 A.M. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – ...
COMET ANNOUNCES EXPRESS ROUTE SERVICE CHANGES, EFFECTIVE MAY 7
(April 4, 2023) Columbia, SC – The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) announced that as of May 7, 2023, it would make service changes to Routes 93x and 44x. Route 93x, an express route from Newberry, will be discontinued in its present form due to low ridership. Some ...
Public Notice of The COMET Board of Directors' Meeting for March 2023
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 next meeting is Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional ...
Public Notice of The COMET Service Committee Meeting for March 2023
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Service Committee Meeting is held on the SECOND Wednesday of each month at NOON. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 ...
Public Notice of The COMET Finance Committee Meeting for March 2023
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting is held on the SECOND Wednesday of each month at 10:00 A.M. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – ...
Public Notice of The COMET Board of Directors' Ad-Hoc Subcommittee for Executive Director Search Meeting for March 9, 2023
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Ad-Hoc Subcommittee for Executive Director Search will be held on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, ...
APPLY TO THE SPRING 2023 COMET ACADEMY
The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority is currently accepting applications for the third year of The COMET Academy, a leadership development program for those who’d like to learn about the public transit system. The goal of The COMET Academy is to create community members who serve as a resource and ...
APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE SPRING 2023 COMET ACADEMY
(February 22, 2023) Columbia, SC – The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) announced today that applications are now being accepted for The COMET Academy, a leadership development program for those interested in understanding how public transit works. The COMET hosts the program at no charge to attendees. Because ...
Public Notice of The COMET Board of Directors' Meeting for February 2023
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 next meeting is Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional ...
THE COMET FINANCIAL TEAM RECEIVES ANOTHER PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Honor commends 4th consecutive year of excellence in handling and reporting all funding, including the Richland Penny (February 15, 2023) Columbia, SC – Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has again awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Central Midlands Regional ...

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