the Rose Trolley offers more than just a ride There's a backstory that will really move you The origin story is uh we were delivering meals um for our season not our seniors They are our season And they would always tell us "Can you give us a ride here can we go here can we go there?"

So my brother's friend family friend said you know why don't you make it a business you're doing it And so that was November of 2021 January of 2022 That's where Rose trolley came from Rose from Rosemary that only went south and that's where all the jitneys and the taxi stands uh were And he I like pink Oh yeah And he said "Well make it a hot pink."

And look at that Here Here's Roseley I love this Just helping people once in a while is a is now a full-time gig is a full-time gig man Oh man So we started from doing 20 people a month to 30 people a month and the city asked us to be a part of the pilot program and we said yes Didn't know what we were getting into We rarely do Yes And so we were trying to um So as of September we had about 3,200 rides What as of September hold on a second Back up now cuz you're giving me crazy figures How many drivers do you have is it just We have 16 total involved Yes we have 16 total drivers that are active drivers We have 12 that come from the community Some people say opportunity communities some people say equity zones and we just call them special neighborhoods Sure you're serving a part of the community that is underserved That is underserved and overlooked for far too long It's a beautiful community within the historic Northwest Of course and the history of these communities The history of these communities and you want your children and grandchildren to still have some of this history of course that's still here We are more than just transportation We are mothers and fathers and uncles and sisters and social workers We also still deliver our meals every Tuesday Uh we deliver to our season um and twice a month we also deliver meals um between 150 and 200 to seniors in the community And we have a nonprofit uh which is Ros's Transportation Services and that focuses more on just really what the need is And it's such a big need I I call this a giveback business cuz whenever you grow up in an area and you stay in the area and you develop any sort of business that gives back to the community this is on one of the extreme ones I mean this is crazy what you guys are doing This is amazing