Benzie County celebrates Rural Transit Day

BENZIE COUNTY - Tuesday was Rural Transit Day, which celebrates the services of rural transit.

Benzie County celebrated the day with an event in Benzonia. The event featured organizations including the Girls Scouts, Benzie County Animal Control and more. The event put a spotlight on the importance of what rural transit does for the Benzie County community.

Jessica Carland, Benzie Bus executive director, says, “Rural transit is an essential service in Benzie County. We have lots of seniors and persons with disabilities that would be homebound were it not for our curb to curb demand response services. So we’re just here to sort of let everybody know that we’re out in the community.”

Benzie County rural transit is known as Benzie Bus. They are a curb-to-curb service with 24 vehicles with connections into Traverse City and Manistee.