ITHACA, N.Y. — Congressman Tom Reed announced Wednesday morning that he is hosting a town hall on the Southside of Ithaca.

The town hall is happening from 8 – 9 a.m. on March 11 at the Southside Community Center, located at 305 S. Plain St.

According to Reed’s Communications Director Brandy Brown, the last time Reed had a town hall meeting at a location in the City of Ithaca was May 2, 2016, when he spoke in a classroom at Cornell University. The last time he hosted one in Ithaca, and not at Cornell, was June 20, 2015.

Reed also met with a group of protesters who were camping out in his office for nearly three days after refusing to leave until they spoke with him.

Related — Update: The details of Congressman Tom Reed’s late-night meeting with Ithaca protesters

The Ithaca town hall is happening in conjunction with three other town halls taking place on the same day.

Reed said in the news release, “We continue to hold town halls because I believe that having an open dialogue with my neighbors in New York’s 23 rd district is the cornerstone of our democracy. I will always listen and work to find common ground to solve the problems facing our great nation.”

The details about the other town halls are as follows:

Town of Ovid 

Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Ovid Fire Hall

2136 Brown Street, Ovid, NY 14521

Town of Manchester 

Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Manchester Town Hall

1272 County Rd. 7, Clifton Springs, NY 14432

Town of Pulteney 

Time: 3:00 -4:00 p.m.

Pulteney Fire Company

8891 Brown Rd, Pulteney, NY 14874

Jolene Almendarez is Managing Editor at The Ithaca Voice. She can be reached at jalmendarez@ithacavoice.com; you can learn more about her at the links in the top right of this box.