SouthPark Community Partners is debuting a new microtransit service on Thursday. The SouthPark Skipper will offer free, on-demand rides for residents, workers and visitors from 9am to 9pm every day. Officials will have an event at 11:30 am in front of Rhino Market on Congress Street. The electric, on-demand fleet will provide a mobility option that aligns with the City of Charlotte’s strategic mobility plan. The free shuttle service was among the recommendations of the SouthPark Forward 2035 Vision Plan.
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.