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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Klein, Margaret M (DEED)
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 06, 2016 1:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> #DEED_SSB-AllStaff <SSB-AllStaff.DEED@state.mn.us><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Improving Transit in Greater MN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As a member of the State IL Council, I am sharing this with you. Please consider adding your input to the transit survey and share
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The online survey and wikimap should be fully accessible. Could you distribute the following press release to your networks? We appreciate
your help in spreading the word to Greater Minnesota!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:10.5pt;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Planning for the 2016 update to the Greater Minnesota Transit Investment Plan is underway, and we welcome your ideas
on how to improve transit in Greater Minnesota.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.5pt;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 2016 plan is a five-year update to refine both the investment priorities and strategic direction for transit in Greater
Minnesota. The goal of the plan is to improve mobility for the general public with emphasis on seniors, low income populations, the homeless population, individuals with disabilities, veterans, New Americans and commuter</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">s<span style="color:black">.
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There are several ways for everybody, not just transit users, to participate!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00405F">Build your own transit system</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
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