BREAKING NEWS: Seniors meet: Eliminate Nursing Home Location as Possible Center Site: Hear Eager Bldg Proposal

This morning at 8:30AM, the Seniors and members of the City and the consultant Boris Frank, met in the Evansville Fire Station to discuss the latest in the proposals on the table for an Evansville Senior Center that would utilize the gift of one million dollars, or the income from a million dollars for a senior center.

Click on the audio icon to listen in as Mr. Roger Berg presented a proposal for the Seniors to use the lower area of the to be restored Eager building for the senior center. It would be about 7-8,000 feet, and it could be leased with flexible terms so the seniors could lease it till they were ready to own their own location.

After listening to the presentation, and discussion what was on the wish list for features, the seniors voted to ELIMINATE the previously discussed Nursing Home proposal as not fitting in with their plans.

They also discussed the possiblity of a location where the old Union Coop used to be as a possible long term location. There would be plenty of room for a pool, parking and all the features that they had wanted.

They then arranged a followup meeting to discuss the Eager building proposal as a temporary location that would be available in October 2007. The architect for the Eager project would be present to go over design ideas.

Click in to the audio to listen in to the meeting. Please forgive the background noise of the fire folks on the radios---after all it was a fire station. This is the construction period for the city hall folks, so lets all be flexible. Enjoy.

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Mr. Roger Berg and Mr. Jeff Farnsworth present proposal to turn the lower level of the Eager building, currently being restored, into a Senior Center.


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