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Buncombe County advisory committee accepts Mountain Mobility slide deck as application, votes to treat transit like other applicants
Summary
The Buncombe County HCCBG advisory committee accepted a slide deck from Mountain Mobility as that agency’s application for the current funding cycle and voted to include Mountain Mobility in the general allocation process going forward rather than guarantee a $500,000 set-aside.
The Buncombe County Home and Community Care Block Grant advisory committee on Jan. 28 accepted a slide deck from Mountain Mobility in lieu of a formal application for this funding cycle and voted to consider Mountain Mobility alongside other applicants in future allocations instead of guaranteeing a $500,000 annual set-aside.
William High, lead transportation planner for Buncombe County, presented Mountain Mobility’s service model and finances, telling the committee Mountain Mobility “serve[s] about a 100,000-plus customers every year” and that HCCBG funds this year are being used only for medical trips. He described the program as a countywide demand-response service with an ADA paratransit subcontract for the City of Asheville, weekday and Saturday service for most programs,…
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