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Sheridan senior services hub outlines programs, explains proposed countywide senior district
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Summary
Dustin Stevens, the new executive director introduced the hub’s services — home‑delivered meals, in‑home care and transit — and described a conditional WCDA CDBG grant for a parking project and a countywide senior citizen service district voters will consider this August (levy up to 2 mills; board election in November).
Dustin Stevens, introduced as executive director of Havon Smith/the hub, told the City of Sheridan council that the local senior center provides a wide array of services and is preparing community outreach ahead of a proposed senior citizen service district that will go to voters in August.
“Last year we served 71,500 home delivered meals to 420 seniors in their homes,” Stevens said, adding the hub provided more than 111,500 touch points across meals and dining‑room programs and that Goose Creek Transit made more than 63,000 rides in 2025. Stevens said the hub’s help‑at‑home program served 172 clients and staff provided roughly 10,000 hours of in‑home care.
The nut of Stevens’ update was two policy items: a conditional grant award and an upcoming local ballot measure. He said the hub had been conditionally awarded a WCDA CDBG grant to support a parking lot project, and staff are coordinating with the city to meet the grant conditions before work begins.
On the ballot measure, Stevens described a countywide senior citizen service district that, if approved, would allow a levy of up to 2 mills and create a locally elected five‑member board. “The money doesn’t go to Cheyenne or Washington or anywhere, it stays in Sheridan County,” he said. Funds, he said, would begin to flow in 2027 and the district would be reauthorized by voters every four years.
Council members pressed Stevens on the hub’s role in the outreach process. Stevens said the hub will provide information and hold town halls but will not run a campaign: “The hub essentially is here for information only…we’re not gonna allow you by any stretch of your imagination” to be used for campaigning, he told Councilman Weitzel. He said the hub’s board is preparing informational packets and that he expects to speak at several town halls to answer questions.
Council members and public commenters praised the hub’s social and nutritional services as essential to seniors’ independence. Barbara Hill, a frequent hub participant, told the council the center is central to her well‑being and urged continued city support.
The council did not take action on the ballot measure during the meeting. Stevens invited council members and residents to visit the hub and said he would return with additional updates as milestones on the parking lot and funding process are reached.
