TateAustin to
steer mobility authority's marketing, PR
September 29,
2004
Austin Business Journal
Austin's TateAustin Public Relations has landed the
Central Texas Regional Mobility
Authority account. TateAustin will undertake
CTRMA's community involvement
initiatives and market its toll tags.
The account is worth $750,000 over a two-year period.
Brad Mays, Jed Buie, Kerry Tate and Dave Shaw will oversee the
account.
"We have a long history of working on transportation projects
and issues in Central Texas," Mays says. "TateAustin isn't a
stranger to these kinds of issues."
TateAustin has pulled in a handful of transportation experts to
help on the account. They include:
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Katie
Nees, former deputy executive director of the
North Texas Toll Authority.
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John Langmore, a local
transportation consultant.
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Wilson
Research Strategies, a Washington D.C.-based research firm.
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Briley
and Stables Creative Inc., a Richardson-based advertising
graphic design firm.
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Stacey
Dukes-Rhone, an independent consultant for community
outreach.
TateAustin was selected from among four that vied for the
account. Other firms that bid for the account were New
York-based Burson Marsteller; Oldfield Davis Inc. of Dallas;
Vollmer Public Relations Inc. of Houston; and Sanders Wingo
Galvin & Morton Advertising Inc. of El Paso.