Re: [LincolnTalk] Unanswered Community Center questions

Regardless, meals are served and are much appreciated. For those enjoying the meal and the company, the funding source matters not. In terms of service delivery to Lincoln seniors, mission accomplished. Sara Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 13, 2022, at 8:16 PM, Sasha Golden wrote: > >  > Sara

Re: [LincolnTalk] Unanswered Community Center questions

Sara -- the meals provided through the churches are not funded in the same way as those served at senior centers. The latter is provided by the Aging Service Access Points (ASAPs) (in this case, Minuteman), which are ultimately paid for by the feds. On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 4:00 PM Sara Mattes

Re: [LincolnTalk] Unanswered Community Center questions

For further info: https://www.mass.gov/councils-on-aging-senior-centers Councils on Aging & Senior Centers mass.gov THIS PAGE, COUNCILS ON AGING & SENIOR CENTERS, IS OFFERED BY Executive Office of Elder Affairs Councils on Aging &

Re: [LincolnTalk] Unanswered Community Center questions

Hi Lynne, Thank you for your email. My main point is that the $25MM proposal is out of proportion to our needs, resources and what our peers have done. I agree with many that we need to conduct an updated review of the COA and PRD against our existing resources, but I believe the answer lies in a

Re: [LincolnTalk] Unanswered Community Center questions

Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 1:22 PM, llas902...@aol.com wrote: Hi KarlaThank you for your thoughts. While I understand your worries, if we had a community center ,how would YOU best like the town to utilize the space?  The state of MA mandates

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Hi Laura, Thank you for bringing this qualitative oversight to my attention. I have done my best to complete the benchmarking with the limited information available online. Differently from other towns, Weston does not keep online property cards, which makes data collection more challenging. The

Re: [LincolnTalk] Unanswered Community Center questions

Hi KarlaThank you for your thoughts. While I understand your worries, if we had a community center ,how would YOU best like the town to utilize the space?  The state of MA mandates certain regulations for COUNCIL ON  AGING  facilities when offering the many benefits the state offers. For one

Re: [LincolnTalk] Unanswered Community Center questions

I believe that we need a COMMUNITY CENTER - a place for *all ages to meet and connect* - not just a Council on Aging! Are we wanting to isolate the elderly in one place? Remember the Community Center will be a joining of the *Rec Department and the COA Services. * These important departments

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Sara, Do you know if those facilities are open to the public? melinda Sent from my iPhone Melinda Bruno-Smith On Nov 12, 2022, at 3:27 PM, Sara Mattes wrote:  Laura, Weston is almost 3X our size and a significantly bigger tax base. For all, it should be noted that our senior population

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Laura, Weston is almost 3X our size and a significantly bigger tax base. For all, it should be noted that our senior population grew substantially in 2010 with the addition of what is now The Commons. It also should ne noted that The Commons has wonderful facilities for programs, exercise and

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Hi Karla, Thanks for your message. I’d like to mention one thing….. Don’t know about your other statistics here but do have one correction: Weston MA does not have “an old building compared to Bemis.” They have a beautiful, relatively new, large building to house their community

[LincolnTalk] Unanswered Community Center questions

Dear fellow Lincoln residents, I have closely followed the discussion around the $25M Community Center proposal and would like to take the opportunity provided by the Committee’s Vision memorandum to expose what I see as flaws in the process of proposal selection. *We need to remember that