RTA Annual Meeting 2007:
"Building Light Rail in Kansas City"

 

[Watch video of Wendell Anschutz interviewing Kansas Citians about November 2006 light rail vote]

 

The Regional Transit Alliance will hold its Annual Membership Meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Imperial Ballroom at the Muehlebach Tower of the Marriott Kansas City Downtown at 12th and Wyandotte.

 

Join us for a social hour with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by a panel discussing this year’s theme, “Building Light Rail in Kansas City.”

The panel will include Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration; Ed Ford, KCMO City Council and former KCATA Commissioner; Jim Graebner, Consultant with the Lomarado Group in Denver; Mark Huffer, General Manager of the KCATA; Pete Levi, President, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce; and Tom Shrout, Executive Director of Citizens for Modern Transit in St. Louis. The discussion will be moderated by Steve Kraske of The Kansas City Star and KCUR’s “Up to Date” radio show. A question and answer session will be an important part of the discussion.

 

The site of this year’s Annual Meeting is served by MAX and Bus Routes 12, 25, 47 and 51. You can use the trip planner at www.kcata.org, or call the KCATA's Regional Call Center at 816-221-0660 to get assistance in planning your trip.

 

This event is free to dues-paying members of the RTA, $5 for non-members in advance/$10 at the door. Register online or call the RTA office at 816-471-6808 for more information.

 

Please join us to be informed about this important topic, and find out how you can get involved in shaping the debate happening in Kansas City in the year to come.