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Valley Recreation Center plans facility refresh and a Healthy Aging Expo; senior services expand programming
Summary
Staff described a facility refresh at Valley Recreation Center, expanded senior services programming and a Healthy Aging Expo on April 17. Staff said funding will come from the conservation trust fund and a local trust, and they expect the expo to draw both nonprofit and for-profit resource providers for older adults.
Nancy Baum, senior services manager at the Valley Recreation Center, told the Parks & Recreation Commission that the center is expanding programs for older adults and planning a near-term facility refresh.
Baum said U.S. Census–based research shows a large share of Englewood residents are older adults; she summarized those results as "about 32% of the population is 50 or older" and said roughly 20% are 60 or older. Baum said the center is expanding programming in food security, nutrition, safety, technology assistance, housing and aging-in-place services and is planning additional outreach to learn where older…
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