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A Caring Place village project reports strong community interest after $150,000 city-funded feasibility study
Summary
Organizers of A Caring Place presented results from a city-funded feasibility study showing robust outreach, volunteer engagement and early plans for a hub-and-spoke pilot social hub, and requested staffing and operating funds to launch a pilot in January.
Roxanne Chaney, chair of A Caring Place Village, told the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Social Services and Public Safety Committee on Oct. 14 that the nonprofit’s city-funded feasibility study produced strong local interest and will inform a pilot start next January.
The presentation summarized a summer-long outreach campaign supported by a $150,000 city grant awarded last October. Chaney said the University of Kentucky provided research support and the village conducted 30 events between June and August with about 460 attendees and roughly 1,000 volunteer hours. "We are 1 movement. Together, we are changing the shape of aging in Lexington," Chaney said.
The study examined community needs, technology needs, revenue streams, homeowners association relations, subsidized…
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