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Flower Mound Senior Center marks 20th anniversary, expands tech and health offerings
Summary
Senior Center Manager Jamie Jaco Cooper reported record membership and program activity, new virtual reality programming in partnership with UNT, and a busy fall calendar of events including a health fair and a Mary Kay Walker library dedication.
Jamie Jaco Cooper, manager of the Flower Mound Senior Center, updated the Parks Board on activities for National Senior Center Month and summarized 2024 and 2025 program metrics.
Cooper said membership is open to residents aged 50 and older; Flower Mound residents pay $10 a year and nonresidents $20. She reported a membership roster of “a little over 2,800 members” and stated the center averaged about 1,200 visits per week. For 2024 Cooper said the center recorded about 2,777 members, more than 60,000 membership pass scans, more than 30,000 program attendances and over 18,000 meals served through center programs.
The center’s operating budget is “a little over $733,000 a year,” Cooper said. She described 784 programs in 2024 and more than 3,000 volunteer hours from members.
Cooper highlighted new and expanded offerings: a virtual-reality exploration club established with initial equipment purchases and now partnered with the University of North Texas, which lent additional headsets for research collaboration; a virtual reality program that draws 15–20 regular participants; and an AI class that drew strong interest and required expanding the initial 12-person limit.
Cooper previewed near-term events: a Mary Kay Walker library dedication scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 5:30 p.m.; a large health fair with 69 vendors offering screenings and flu shots; an intergenerational “You, Me, and a Cup of Tea” program; the annual art and craft fair on Oct. 4; and other social programming such as an opening-day tailgate using the senior center’s outdoor screen.
Board members congratulated Cooper for accreditation by the National Council on Aging and for program innovation. Cooper said the senior center will continue to emphasize brain-health programming and intergenerational activities. No formal board action was requested at the presentation.
