Non-profit transit service forced to relocate due to Kentville fire
Kings Point to Point Transit lost records and communications in fire on Tuesday
A non-profit transportation organization in Kings County sustained major setbacks in a fire that tore through a commercial building in Kentville, N.S., on Tuesday.
Kings Point to Point Transit lost its records and communications technology and is now seeking an interim operations centre, says Berwick town councillor Chris Goddard, who is on the organization's board of directors.
"The building is in rough shape. We were forced to move out of there with basically nothing," Goddard said.
"We are now operating out of a small single office that's been loaned to us and we're looking for a temporary facility by next week so that we can continue operating."
The Purple Peacock thrift shop, a non-profit business that had just recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in the Aberdeen Street building, was also extensively damaged in the fire.
Kings Point to Point has offered accessible transportation services to people in Kings County for the past 25 years. According to Goddard, it provides roughly 100 trips per day to clients using a fleet of vans, minivans and a minibus.
He said there are no alternatives in the area to the services they offer.
After losing their means of communication in the fire, Goddard said staff and volunteers are using their own phones to communicate with clients.
"We are operating at a reduced capacity, but we're doing our utmost to make sure that the people who need it the most get it."
He said the organization is working to restore its services and estimates it will take two to four weeks to be fully operational again.
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