DECEMBER 8, 2015 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015, 2:22 PM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Local seniors can still have a voice in helping the community make changes for the betterment of not only their own age group, but Ridgewood as a whole through a survey currently being circulated by a village committee.
A subcommittee of Ridgewood’s Community Center Advisory Board (CCAB) has taken on the task of helping older adults stay in Ridgewood and provide avenues to better engage them in the community.
The survey has been available since early October and features a variety of questions focusing on housing, transportation, service needs, social participation, civic engagement and how seniors stay informed of village news and events.
As of last week, 455 seniors have taken the survey, which is slightly less than half of the set goal of 1,000 responses. Among those 455 people, many of them have been in the age range of 70 through 85, noted Sheila Brogan, one of the subcommittee members, meaning younger seniors aged 55 to 70 years and the oldest have not had their voices heard.
The CCAB subcommittee is interested in seniors’ opinions on the village’s current housing stock – whether or not options are available in town if they decide to leave their house; on transportation options for seniors; social engagement – what clubs and organizations in which seniors are actively involved; and how seniors get their information and what the best way would be to reach them.
The survey will also allow the advisory board to tailor programs currently on-going in the Community Center, such as the various exercise programs, to the needs of the village’s seniors.
The survey seemed to be geared towards the over 75 group. We work full time and still have a kid in college. We are not looking for monthly lencheons at the senior center. It asked if we needed help with shopping??
Seniors (Over 55????) are not all the same. Needs at 60 are much different from needs at 80.
I did like the idea of social activities in the evening modeled on the newcomers club. Once the kids are out of middle school the built in social opportunities diminish.
Fill it out and get a free meal from Gyenn
I took the survey. I’ll summarize the result: keep spending under control or we will all move to a lower tax town such as mahwah and families with school age children will buy our homes, requiring lots more spending. And higher numbers of students = increasing school budgets and taxes
The survey, like everything that comes from Gwenn the Goon, was stupid, condescending, and patronizing. I am a senior citizen and I manage just fine without Gwennie Girl organizing my social life or my shopping trips.
You didn’t care about spending when your kids were in school 12:43 but know that you got all your perks you start worrying about your tax dollars. Don’t threaten us go ahead and move. Have a nice trip.
Hey 448. Our kids went to private school on my dime, not yours.
Do us a favor, take your pushy ny attitude with you when you go back to Manhattan.
Don’t let the door hit you in your ass on the way.
Survey is bogus and will be used for the wrong reasons just like the referendum on the garage. I will not fill it out.
Benny Hill had good taste…!