Council on Aging

Some catching up to do on a busy week. On Thursday I got a chance to stop by the Council on Aging, talking with the Brewster Men's Coffee Club and the Computer User Group. One point we discussed was the necessity of planning for the long-term needs of the CoA. Five years ago, it looked like this problem was solved with the proposed move to the Eddy School, but that didn't work out, and we haven't come up with an alternative. One gentleman was a little upset at the way the new firehouse configuration plan was presented at town meeting - he felt that saying that some of the new space could also be used by the CoA was throwing some crumbs to the CoA and not addressing their long-term needs. I understand the need to focus on one major project at a time, but I shared with them my hope that we will consider providing for the possibility of a future annex on this site to meet the CoA's needs and build on the campus concept - perhaps conceived of as a Community Center. I hope a future CoA building project gets added to the Capital Plan this year, along with one for the Natural Resources Department - these are I think the two upgrades we need to make after the fire house.