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Hall Area Transit may lose $548K in federal funding with 2020 census

Area expected to top 200,000, redefining it as ‘large urban area’

A Gainesville Connection bus drops off seniors at the Fair Street Neighborhood Center one morning in July 2017. The fixed-route bus service is a service of Hall Area Transit. - photo by Scott Rogers

Hall Area Transit — A Gainesville Connection bus drops off seniors at the Fair Street Neighborhood Center one morning in July 2017. The fixed-route bus service is a service of Hall Area Transit. - photo by Scott Rogers

Hall Area Transit could find itself in a serious funding hole in a few years, after the 2020 census likely shows Hall County’s population topping 200,000.