Then, vote YES on Referendum Question #2 on November 3rd.
Our Town leaders are primed and ready to move ahead with the planned construction of a new Southington senior center, based on more than a year of careful research, probing studies and collaboration with BL Companies as professional consulting architects retained through a grant.
But you MUST vote to approve referendum # 2 on Election Day for this to happen.
BL Companies has compiled a detailed needs analysis with feedback from all involved in senior center activities. Baby Boomers have come of age and by 2027, 41% of our town residents will be 55 or over. By projection, current senior center membership of 6,000 is on a course of growth to 16,000 in the next 12 years, close to triple that of today! The days of cobbling together a series of additions and renovations of the past 100 years, (1913, 1974, 1988, & 1999), no longer efficiently serve the needs of our population in an environment that is frankly uninviting to modern day people of 55 and older, let alone future generations.
Research has identified key needs to be served as: health and wellness, social, classroom capacity, financial needs of seniors, computer training, miscellaneous sports activities and senior transportation..
BL presented three options to Southington: renovate the current building; build a new one on the existing site; or a new building on a new site. A collaborative review over months of time of town management, staff, the Southington Senior Commission and volunteers resulted in a resounding consensus that the best option is a completely new, modern, one floor building on the land that Calendar House currently occupies.
The town study team started by reviewing a ‘blue sky’ type of plan, but after study reduce the cost by $4 million, excluding a therapy pool; reduced size multi-purpose room; eliminating a gift shop and music room, cutting the cost down to $9.4 million which will provide:
So, now it's up to you...
Our Town leaders are primed and ready to move ahead with the planned construction of a new Southington senior center, based on more than a year of careful research, probing studies and collaboration with BL Companies as professional consulting architects retained through a grant.
But you MUST vote to approve referendum # 2 on Election Day for this to happen.
BL Companies has compiled a detailed needs analysis with feedback from all involved in senior center activities. Baby Boomers have come of age and by 2027, 41% of our town residents will be 55 or over. By projection, current senior center membership of 6,000 is on a course of growth to 16,000 in the next 12 years, close to triple that of today! The days of cobbling together a series of additions and renovations of the past 100 years, (1913, 1974, 1988, & 1999), no longer efficiently serve the needs of our population in an environment that is frankly uninviting to modern day people of 55 and older, let alone future generations.
Research has identified key needs to be served as: health and wellness, social, classroom capacity, financial needs of seniors, computer training, miscellaneous sports activities and senior transportation..
BL presented three options to Southington: renovate the current building; build a new one on the existing site; or a new building on a new site. A collaborative review over months of time of town management, staff, the Southington Senior Commission and volunteers resulted in a resounding consensus that the best option is a completely new, modern, one floor building on the land that Calendar House currently occupies.
The town study team started by reviewing a ‘blue sky’ type of plan, but after study reduce the cost by $4 million, excluding a therapy pool; reduced size multi-purpose room; eliminating a gift shop and music room, cutting the cost down to $9.4 million which will provide:
- Wellness Center/Fitness Studio/Gym facility, an apportioned Multi-Purpose Room/doubled space, a Health Station, Café, Billiards and Ping Pong Room.
- The plan also provides two dedicated computer rooms, two added classrooms, privacy cubicles for personal financial social services and properly positioned administrative offices.
- The plan also ensures needed user friendly convenience for the Dial-A-Ride (Bus Transport) program, a game room, library and restrooms and showers to upgrade and support the town’s use of the facility as an emergency shelter.
So, now it's up to you...
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| Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd |
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