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Senior transit needs likely to grow
Nonprofit transportation network could close future gap for older residents
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Members of Brenau University, the Gainesville-Hall Greater Chamber of Commerce and community leaders gathered Thursday for a transportation presentation that could change the way area seniors get where they’re going. Hall County is a retirement destination, and expects a population of about 560,000 by 2040, about 20 percent to 30 percent aged 65 years old or older and 10 percent with disabilities, said Phillippa Lewis Moss, director of the Gainesville-Hall Community Service Center, which houses Hall Area Transit. If just 5 percent of the projected population needs transportation, that means 11,200 families, about 10,000 more households than is currently served by the county’s curbside bus service, Dial-A-Ride, Moss said.