Transportation update at luncheon

The Chamber’s November and December Fourth Friday Luncheon meetings are combined in to one event held noon to 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 at Hotel Fredonia. TxDOT district engineer Dennis Cooley, left, will give an “East Texas Transportation Update.”

“The Fourth Friday Luncheon will provide a good opportunity to get information on what’s going on in East Texas Transportation,” Cooley said. “It will also afford those attending an opportunity to share their thoughts or concerns about transportation.”

Cooley’s district comprises nine counties: Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby and Trinity. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University and has worked in TxDOT since the early 1980s.

The presented information is vital for all local businesses, and the luncheon serves as the Chamber’s monthly membership meeting. The Chamber Board of Directors urge you to attend and stay on top of what is going on at the Chamber and around town.

Lunch is $16 and attendee RSVPs are required by Thursday, Dec. 3. Please complete and fax in a registration form. All attending may enter the $50 drawing, and all Chamber members are entered in a $250 drawing, but you must be present to win. Both drawings sponsored by First Bank & Trust East Texas.