Bay Connect is now providing rides on the Bay Connect bus. The bus runs Monday and Thursday each week leaving the Harbor Springs Friendship Center at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. It runs on a flex schedule daily with stops and returns from Meijer in Petoskey at 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Click here for our flyer.
We continue to seek volunteer drivers to assist in passenger transportation for the residents of Emmet County. These individuals will utilize their time and own personal vehicles for this most desperately needed service.
If you would like to ride the Bay Connect bus, please contact us by phone (231-526-7108) or email (bscott@PVM.org) to set this up.
Due to the large number of individuals living in so many rural locations throughout North Western Northern Lower Michigan, there are a variety of challenges many individuals face; such challenges as undependable vehicles, minimal access to transportation, unreliable support systems, lack of resources and a variety of monetary challenges. Bay Connect is made possible by generous gifts from:
Thank you for your support!
The Bay Connect goal is to provide transportation for Northern Michigan residents in Emmet County for non-emergency health care appointments, provide them with access to essentials such as groceries, prescriptions and social activities like shopping. This will be accomplished with volunteer drivers, who will use their own vehicles, to pick up and/or drop off passengers. Individuals will call Bay Connect to schedule a ride, a driver will be assigned and people will then be connected to their destinations in a timely, inexpensive and dependable manner.
