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Council approves feasibility study for expanding senior center into vacant Walgreens space
Summary
The City Council voted to ask the city manager to explore using part or all of a vacant Walgreens building for an expanded senior center and report potential costs and funding sources after multiple residents, advocacy groups and councilors described the center as over capacity.
The Lowell City Council on Tuesday approved a motion asking the city manager to explore the feasibility of expanding the senior center into all or part of the vacant Walgreens building and to report on potential costs and funding sources.
Speakers from the senior community and allied organizations urged the council to move quickly. "We have completely outgrown the senior center," said Maxine Farkas, co‑chair of the Council on Aging Advisory Board. "We need more than just sitting around in the great room.…
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