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Senior center support committee tells Washington council rentals, limited parking are hurting services
Summary
Nancy Ranieri, chair of the senior center support committee, told the Washington City Council the center’s move to the Knights of Columbus has reduced usable space, left only two handicap parking spots, led to frequent rentals that force seniors to move furniture, and has driven attendance down — potentially jeopardizing meal funding from Aging Ahead.
Nancy Ranieri, chairperson of the Senior Center Support Committee, told the Washington City Council on Nov. 3 that the senior center’s move six months ago to the Knights of Columbus Hall has left the center short on accessible parking, secure storage and classroom space and has reduced participation.
"We were told we would get 6,500 [square feet]," Ranieri said, and she contrasted that size to the Elks building the group formerly used (in the transcript she said "10," a figure that appears incomplete in the record). Ranieri said Knights of Columbus volunteers completed some promised work — replacing…
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