<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 2, 2023, at 9:45 PM, Vanessa Meadows via NFB_of_Georgia <nfb_of_geoBest wishes.</div></blockquote>Ricky<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><a href="mailto:rgia@nfbnet.org" class="">rgia@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Thank you for the information.<br class=""></p><div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On 8/2/2023 3:46 PM, JoAnn JohnsonJoAnn Johnson via NFB_of_Georgia wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:004e01d9c57a$04e7ea90$0eb7bfb0$@bellsouth.net" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">FYI REMINDER! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width: 1109px; border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 7.5pt 15pt; min-height: 1px;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-height: 1px;"><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 0.5pt;" class=""><td width="15" valign="top" style="width: 11.25pt; padding: 0in; height: 0.5pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" moz-do-not-send="true" width="15" height="1" style="width: 0.1527in; height: 0.0069in;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td valign="top" style="padding: 0in; height: 0.5pt;" class=""><br class=""></td></tr><tr style="height: 2.5pt;" class=""><td width="5" valign="top" style="width: 3.75pt; padding: 0in; height: 2.5pt; min-height: 1px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><img id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" moz-do-not-send="true" width="5" height="1" style="width: 0.0486in; height: 0.0069in;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td valign="top" style="padding: 0in; height: 2.5pt; min-height: 5px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><img id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" moz-do-not-send="true" width="1" height="5" style="width: 0.0069in; height: 0.0486in;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">Gwinnett is expanding its Ride Gwinnett service to include microtransit, an on-demand service beginning August 28. Riders will be able to request a shared-ride vehicle<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(77, 77, 79);" class=""></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">—<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(77, 77, 79);" class=""></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">typically a small van or shuttle<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(77, 77, 79);" class=""></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">— to travel to their destination within Snellville and Lawrenceville. This includes the Centerville area to the Shoppes at Webb Gin and Northside Hospital to Sugarloaf Parkway.</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(230, 227, 227);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(230, 227, 227);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">The service will provide additional mobility options and allow for better connectivity and accessibility to medical resources, education, and points of interest. It will also provide brand new connections to areas of the county that are not currently served by transit, which opens the service to new customers and increases the transit destination options for residents by 41 percent. To learn more, visit </span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class=""><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001J1ITjJU_Ri1kd7kAc0QSmuPfW_wdqaeYW1dO4wiC2YivoBcyo-welfzA3M3b2FC_TZY-8ODgThbJgtlRatIsjV1Vds4Kbkl82-NV2TaQ531O1m5IfwwEJHSqU7eNRLQI5CUi3Zf_D2UuWjRUTwNaZ_8pnFyT6B2cVRhqoDqXs1UhYARMqxgRENi7P3rQGfGxXyxND_07pl3mdQme4EfyNlGJh5pqWO-QZoRacZjm3rPa1ds6RbNx6g==&c=MRbfR2UzOmSweBXJ4zNUgpN7x1F4H8nXgx0PJlD9NetHIHk3cV0bbg==&ch=FLiDLdHHdS70VDrmbQEIBB0p6s1K7vcHC_jgXVxM1NnY_L-xXjlGzw==" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 96, 152);" class="">RideGwinnett.com</span></a></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">.</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(230, 227, 227);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(230, 227, 227);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="max-width: 300pt; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="400" style="width: 300pt; padding: 0in; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" style="max-width: 300pt; border: 1pt solid rgb(224, 228, 233); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; z-index: 2;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border: none; padding: 0in;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" style="max-width: 300pt; background-color: white; border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(224, 228, 233); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="border: none; padding: 12pt 0in 12pt 9pt;" class=""><br class=""></td><td width="99%" style="width: 268.390625px; border: none; padding: 9pt 0.25in 12pt 9pt; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px;" class=""><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; line-height: 14.25pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">Ride Gwinnett - Gwinnett<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h2><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">Ride Gwinnett is Gwinnett County's transit system.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(230, 227, 227);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Hopeful,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Jo Ann Johnson, President<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Gwinnett Family Chapter<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">National Federation of the Blind of Georgia<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Phone: (678) 451-3975<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:joann369@bellsouth.net" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class="">joann369@bellsouth.net</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><p class="ydp542709a7yiv4839688200msonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 12pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;" class="">Chapter Website:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="" class=""><a href="https://nfbga.org/gwinnett-family-chapter/" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">https://nfbga.org/gwinnett-family-chapter/</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="ydp542709a7yiv4839688200msonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 12pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: white;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><br class=""><fieldset class="moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset><pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
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</pre></blockquote><pre class="moz-signature" cols="72" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">--
Vanessa Meadows
National Federation of the Blind of Georgia
President of the Senior Division
1st Vice-President of the Atlanta Metro Chapter
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678-592-2929
The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations
of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds
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