Online survey seeks feedback on Ann Arbor Senior Center
The Ann Arbor Senior Center Task Force announced today its launching an online survey to gauge feedback about the city's senior center.
The aging structure in Burns Park faces potential closure next year under a budget plan being considered by city officials. The net cost to maintain the senior center is about $150,000 annually, a cost absorbed by the city's parks and recreation department.
The survey, available here, asks area residents 30 and older whether they currently use the senior center, what would make them want to use it and whether changing the name from "senior center" to a more inclusive facility name would attract a wider demographic to the center.
Another question asks survey takers whether they would be willing to pay an annual membership fee to use the senior center.
City officials said the results of the 22-question survey will help the task force develop a recommendation for the senior center. The survey deadline is Nov. 25.
Ryan J. Stanton covers government for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at ryanstanton@annarbor.com or 734-623-2529.
Comments
eCoaster
Tue, Nov 17, 2009 : 11:18 a.m.
I would be more inclined to support the center if it drew a wider range of seniors from around the City, like the Washtenaw County Rec Center clearly does. As it is, the senior center is tucked away in Burns Park, which is not very accessible, and lacks parking. I wonder, too, how much outreach the City does to encourage low-income seniors to visit the center.
Val Losse
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 : 10:15 p.m.
Here are the seniors who have paid their property taxes for decades and what do they get from the Democrats in the City government; "we have to review the program and if we should spend any money on it". While the city Democrats waste our tax money on a homeless shelter that contains no Ann Arbor residents but is the sex offender's registration addrss. Plus other communities are dropping off their people at the homeless center. Do you think there is something wrong with this pricture? The Democrats are at it again.
CynicA2
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 : 9:55 p.m.
Maybe the seniors should organize a protest at the next meeting of the light-fingered "Public Art Commission", in whose pockets their money resides. Perish the thought that those funds might actually be spent on something that taxpayers might benefit from, as opposed to feeding the egos of a few politicos in city hall. Shame on the lot of them for this useless indulgence.