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Senior center advisory board urges expansion, cites growing attendance and program demand
Summary
A member of the Senior Center advisory board told the council Oct. 7 the 46-year-old building is overcrowded, recorded 3,700 individual visitors in September and needs either expansion or a new facility; the speaker suggested co-location with the library as a possible long-term option.
Kathy Van Dam, a member of the Murray Senior Center advisory board, addressed the council Oct. 7 to summarize program growth and request consideration of an expansion or new facility.
"We're 46 years old, our building, and we're overcrowded," Van Dam said, noting steadily increasing attendance and program offerings. She told the council the center recorded 3,700 individual visitors in September, more than half of whom were Murray residents, and highlighted new classes such as tai chi, Zumba and a recently formed choir.
Van Dam described partnerships with the University of Utah and student interns, a grief class she attended, and a personal balance-training program. She said the building's age has increased maintenance needs and limited flexible room configurations, and recommended creating divisible rooms to serve multiple groups simultaneously. She suggested that co-location with the public library could create programming synergies.
Van Dam thanked the council for prior support and offered to answer questions from council members; no formal motion or funding request was advanced during the Oct. 7 meeting.
