ICMA's Program Excellence Award for Intergovernmental Cooperation recognizes outstanding programs developed out of cooperative actions or strategic partnerships between government organizations. In 2003, ICMA presented the award in the 50,000-and-under category goes to the following Anderson County, South Carolina, jurisdictions and their CAOs: the city of Anderson and John R. Moore, Jr., city manager; the city of Clemson and City Administrator Richard E. Cotton; and the city of Central and William H. Thompson, city manager, for the Clemson Area Transit 4U System. This article describes the expansion of a transportation system originally designed to transport riders between the community and campus to one that benefits all residents through increased access to shopping, jobs, health care providers, and cultural opportunities--accomplished through a partnership between the transit agency, area cities, counties, institutions of higher education, the state, and federal agencies. Learn more about ICMA's Annual Awards program.

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