| December 2000 Newsletter Headlines: |
| Intermodal Center Update |
| The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority is formally seeking general contractors to build the Hyannis Transportation Center. It will be built on a parcel of land in the East End of Hyannis, bordered by Main Street, Center Street, Ridgewood Avenue and Iyanough Road. At an estimated cost of $5 million, the center will include a bus station for RTA and Plymouth & Brockton bus passengers, facilities to serve train riders, airport and ferry shuttles, the RTA's administrative offices, parking lots and concessions. HNTB Architects of Boston designed the center. |
| Cape Cod Transit Task Force Appointed |
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State
Transportation Secretary Kevin J. Sullivan has named 15 people to a Cape
Cod Transit Task Force and charged them with developing an action plan to
improve public transportation in the region, including two Cape Cod
Chamber representatives. Mark
Forest, representing Congressman Bill Delahunt, and Former State Rep.
Thomas Cahir, representing Sullivan and the Cellucci-Swift Administration,
will serve as co-chairs. The
group was formed in the aftermath of this year's Cape Cod Transit Summit
meeting in Hyannis. It has been meeting regularly but informally since
then to advance the summit's recommendation for a blueprint to improve
public transportation. |
| The Cape Cod Chamber’s 79th Annual Meeting took the form of a showcase of the arts on Cape Cod. The Schultze Ericsson Cello Duo serenaded the opening reception and Bill Evaul offered a special exhibit of line art to our guests. The Provincetown Art Association Museum featured a wonderful continuously running slide show of works in their gallery. During dinner the Harwich Junior Theatre and the Cape Repertory Theatre featured two cabaret performances. The grand finale was a 12-minute video produced by the Chamber and the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod showcasing the visual, performing and literary arts on Cape Cod and confirming why Cape Cod was voted the #1 arts destination in the US by the readers of AmericanStyle Magazine. |
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The members elected new directors and renewed the terms of other directors at the November 8 meeting: New directors are Kathy Schatzberg, President of Cape Cod Community College, Steve Abbott, CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare, Steve Lawson, CEO of Cape Cod Bank & Trust, and Christy Mihos, Owner of Christy’s of Cape Cod. Returning directors include Doreen Bilezikian as an ex officio director, Mark Downey of Resort Motels Inc., and Dorie Ketterer of Shoreway Acres. Elected to represent the local chambers of commerce is Kyle Hinkle, Executive Director of the Orleans Chamber of Commerce. |
| Fall Campaign Creative |
| The Tourism Marketing Committee launched the first campaign of the new fiscal year in late August. Designed to create interest in visiting Cape Cod during the months of September and October, the campaign included a Boston Globe insert featuring an events calendar for the September to December timeframe. Overruns of the insert were distributed at information centers and used for mail fulfillment. A billboard on the Southeast Expressway was installed for one month. Print ads included the USA Weekend brochure pages, Boston Globe/NY Times brochure pages, Hartford Courant brochure pages, and four-color ads in Boston Magazine, Coastal Living and the BSO Program were reinforced with radio ads on WBZ and WODS. |