Shuttle plans add access to Cape Storytelling Festival

The Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced a shuttle schedule for people with disabilities during the Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival that begins Friday and continues through Sunday.

The city bus and three golf carts will help people to get to and from tents.

Chuck Martin, executive director Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau and festival co-producer, said that people with moderate disabilities should bring a friend who can help movement over grassy areas. Those who need a wheelchair lift should call CTA directly to coordinate, he said.

The shuttle route:

CVB's building at 400 Broadway

West to Frederick Street

South on Frederick to Morgan Oak Street

River Campus at the Old Bridge Overlook (where people can get to the River Campus Southern Convenience Store tent)

North on South Spanish Street, picking up people who want to go downtown

East on William Street

North on Main Street, stopping at Red House

CVB's tent at Main and Merriwether streets

Main and Broadway (old CVB building)

Broadway and Spanish (Drury Hotels/Drury Southwest tent), where the golf carts are headquartered.

"We will do everything within our power to accommodate people," Martin said. "I do want them to understand this is in a natural setting. The tents are outside. If someone has no mobility, there are going to have to be special arrangements."

pmcnichol@semissourian.com

335-6611, extension 127