Thus far the Concord and San Pablo Empowerment Teams have raised community awareness within Contra Costa and Solano counties. Together with the local transit authority the Concord team organized a lower floor bus demonstration which was reported on by the Contra Costa Times. The demonstration gave the disabled community the opportunity to both view and board the newly designed bus. Participants were intrigued to see a bus with no actual steps to navigate. Instead the bus hydraulically lowers itself so that passengers can more easily board and depart.
Equal access is crucial to our dedicated advocates.
The Concord Empowerment Team recently focused on affordable and accessible housing. A core member, Judy, is particularly concerned with this issue. She dedicates her active volunteer time to gathering development information from local housing authorties and has discovered a potential affordable and accessible housing site in Concord. The teams encourage city councils, county supervisors and area housing authorities to push forth with a plan concerning affordable and assessible housing. Positive feedback has been received from all those involved.