Subcommittee Hearing

Rural Transit: Opportunities and Challenges for Connecting Communities

Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Date:   Tuesday, June 8, 2021 Time:   02:30 PM Location:   Remote

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THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT will meet REMOTELY to conduct a hearing entitled, “Rural Transit: Opportunities and Challenges for Connecting Communities.” The witnesses will be: Mr. Brandon Nurmi, Assistant Director, Arrowhead Transit, Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Virginia, Minnesota; Ms. Kendra McGeady, Director of Transit, Pelivan Transit, Big Cabin, Oklahoma; and Ms. Barbara Cline, Executive Director, Prairie Hills Transit, Spearfish, South Dakota.

Pursuant to guidance from the CDC and OAP, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this briefing. We encourage the public to utilize the Committee’s livestream of the hearing, available on the website at http://www.banking.senate.gov.

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Witnesses

  1. Mr. Brandon Nurmi
    Assistant Director,
    Arrowhead Transit
  2. Ms. Kendra McGeady
    Director of Transit
    Pelivan Transit
  3. Ms. Barbara Cline
    Executive Director
    Prairie Hills Transit