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The letter from a Grand Rapids area couple in their 80s told of their difficulty getting to doctors' appointment, the grocery store, pharmacy or hardware store.
"This is about people today," said Robin Richter, director of senior and transportation services for WSOS Community Action Commission.
On Thursday, several Wood County service providers and community leaders gathered to discuss public transportation needs.
"This is the start of a conversation for the community," Richter said.
"There is a need there," she said. So now the community leaders are trying to find options to meet the needs, and trying to engage stakeholders to make it happen.
"It has to come up from the grassroots," Richter said.
Public transportation needs have been discussed before in the county, but plans to put together a transit program have never progressed far due to a variety of reasons, such as the lack of funding resources, and the large rural geographic area of the county.
