{"id":126502,"date":"2022-11-11T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=126502"},"modified":"2022-11-11T13:54:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:54:04","slug":"queb-taxi-gives-community-members-a-lift-from-point-a-to-point-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/queb-taxi-gives-community-members-a-lift-from-point-a-to-point-b\/","title":{"rendered":"QuEB Taxi gives community members a lift from point A to point B"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Pepler-Quinn, Dilon Elston, Alex Beck, and Chuck Pepler have joined forces to fill in a gap for public transportation in Brome-Missisquoi with new taxi company QuEB Taxi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since they were young adolescents, it\u2019s been a dream for Elston and Beck to make a career out of anything that involved a steering wheel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Their 13-year friendship cemented a strong partnership, and with the support and guidance of Pepler-Quinn, their dreams became a reality. They officially launched QuEB Taxi at the beginning of September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI met these young men when they were young boys and I asked them what their dream was. Slowly, over months, they formulated it and let me know. I said \u2018when you\u2019re older, when you\u2019re 25, you\u2019ll be old enough to drive a taxi, and if you still want to do it I\u2019ll help you.\u2019 This year, they both turned 25,\u201d recounted Pepler-Quinn.<\/p>\n

Beck said that from the time he and Elston got their license, they knew that whatever they did had to involve driving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDilon and I have been friends for 13-14 years, it\u2019s been a long time. When it comes to imagination, we have always been intertwined, it\u2019s just there. It\u2019s one of those relationships where when it\u2019s connected, it\u2019s connected,\u201d he emphasized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Elston explained he often went to Pepler-Quinn\u2019s home for youth group and was constantly watching her drive around.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was always watching her drive and I pretended to drive, it was kind of fun at the time. Ever since then, I just wanted to drive. I wanted to explore and get to know the communities,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith this little youth group we\u2019d pick up the children all over the region. So, they kind of got a sense of a bigger area than where they grew up. It was exciting to spend those hours together and to dream and say could we do that?,\u201d added Pepler-Quinn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

QuEB Taxi mainly serves the Brome Lake area and surrounding villages that don\u2019t have a taxi service.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s better if people call for sure, but they can always go on our Facebook page and the number is there, you can even email. We prefer if people call because then we can give them everything right there and then,\u201d noted Beck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe pretty much go anywhere. As long as we are picking up within our area, we can go to the airport, we can go to Cowansville, Granby,\u201d mentioned Elston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of starting a business is coming up with a name, and QuEB Taxi has a special background story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were throwing it back and forth, back and forth, and it was like why don\u2019t we just use our initials? We live in Quebec and it lines up. Dilon said \u2018hold on let me call Jenn. Jenn, what do you think about QuEB?\u2019 And she said \u2018what if we added a U to symbolize the people?\u2019 And I was like yup, that\u2019s our name,\u201d recounted Beck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Beck, Elston, and Pepler-Quinn highlighted their hopes for QuEB Taxi.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dream really is to be bigger than what it is. Everyone wants to go big or go home. If we can expand it, that would be something really awesome,\u201d said Beck.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dream would be to help other people\u2019s dreams come true with our company,\u201d added Elston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s been on my heart since I was a young girl was to break a cycle where all Canadians don\u2019t have equal opportunities, even though we claim to do that. So, to find a way to set up a mentoring system with retired professionals, and create a template where we can affect government policy on low income and welfare situations where children just need a chance,\u201d explained Pepler-Quinn. \u201c(\u2026) That\u2019s our stepping stone with QuEB Taxi.\u201d<\/p>\n

For information on QuEB Taxi\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to the full interview below:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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