What: It is time for Yorktown to invest in our seniors. Currently, senior groups across Yorktown are forced to use an outdated facility with no room for growth which prohibits the expansion of services. Equally as troublesome, the inability to grow means Yorktown is not equipped to provide the current level of services to the coming influx of seniors as baby boomers continue to age. Yorktown must put itself in a position to maintain and expand services that encourage healthy living, social interaction, structured programming an volunteer opportunities to our seniors of today and tomorrow.
Why: The senior population of today is very different than it was 20 years ago and will continue to evolve. Census bureau reports show that today’s older adults are more educated, have higher incomes and are living longer. With more than 6,000 residents of senior age today, Yorktown needs to take a proactive approach that will allow for the expansion of services to a continually changing and growing population.
How: There have been proposed plans to consolidate town departments into modern state-of-the-art facilities. Should one of these plans be properly executed, it would provide surplus property for the town to either sell, develop or redesign for new purposes.
