The city signed a three-month, $29,000 contract with the company to provide the service on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with each of the 11 apartment buildings assigned a specific day and time.<\/p>\n
Mears will provide senior transportation services to the following facilities:<\/p>\n
o Kinneret Apartments<\/p>\n
o Orlando Cloisters<\/p>\n
o William Booth Towers and Catherine Booth Towers<\/p>\n
o Villas at Carver Park<\/p>\n
o Jackson Court Apartments<\/p>\n
o Hillcrest Hampton House<\/p>\n
o The Roberts<\/p>\n
o Westminster Plaza<\/p>\n
o Magnolia Towers<\/p>\n
o Orlando Lutheran Towers<\/p>\n
o Westminster Towers<\/p>\n
The buses will stop at places such as iFresh Market, ALDI, Target, Publix, Dollar Tree, Freshfields Farm, and Walmart Neighborhood Market.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe primary focus up to this point has been to ensure continuity of service with no interruptions,\u201d Orlando spokeswoman Andrea Otero wrote. \u201cNow that an agreement is in place safeguarding against any lapses, the City\u2026 proceeding to secure a long-term contract.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Community Redevelopment Agency is financing the new service.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know how happy we are,\u201d Surma Redondo, a resident at The Roberts, said as she got off the final Seniors First bus Friday. \u201cThat\u2019s all we need, one bus. So I want to thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
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