News About Town: The Board of Commissioners meeting agenda for Monday, September 27, is available online. The meeting is remote via Zoom (link here) or listen by calling toll free 888-788-0099 and entering the meeting ID 835 5381 3618. A livestream of the meeting will also be available via the Town of Matthews YouTube Channel. For more information, including the process for public comment, visit the town website.

The Board will meet at 5:30pm to discuss visions for the property located at 122 Matthews Station Street.

Some items of note for the 7pm meeting include, but are not limited to:

• Receive Information on Silver Line from CATS Project Manager Andy Mock;

• Discuss Sidewalk Needs;

• Consider Parklet Concept in Downtown Matthews.

News Around Town: Caliber Collision of Matthews recently partnered with the National Auto Body Council (NABC), to provide a refurbished vehicle to a deserving North Carolina veteran. NABC’s Recycled Rides program partners human services nonprofits with an insurance providers to donate a vehicle, and a collision repair center. The vehicle is serviced and rehabbed then and presented to an individual who otherwise could not afford a vehicle. Caliber restored a 2014 Toyota RAV4 and, along with Allstate, gave it to Candice Andrews-Fisher, a former specialist in the Army 14th MP Brigade and mother of five. The car will afford Candice an opportunity to regain independence as she re-establishes stable housing, care for her children, and a return to work.

One Fun Thing: Last year, Atrium provided the town with thousands of reusable cloth masks.  While many have been given out, the town still has some available. These white cotton masks come in unopened packages of 5. If your neighborhood HOA would like to be a distribution site, contact Chief Rob Kinniburgh of Matthews Fire & EMS.