Seniors Section :: Page 7

• Barr project receives its first approval

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 29, 2011

  A controversial land use issue packed the house at Village Council’s Sept. 19 meeting, with about 60 villagers attending as Council gave initial approval to the proposal to build affordable apartments for seniors on the Barr property downtown.

• ODH fines Friends Care for assault

  By Lauren Heaton

  Friends Care Community was investigated by the Ohio Department of Health, the center’s licensing body, whose regulators recommended the care center be fined $56,000 due to “conditions of jeopardy” that existed at the center.

• Senior Center Open House focuses on facility

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 23, 2011

  

  The community is invited to an open house at the Yellow Springs Senior Center on Sunday, Sept. 24, from 2–4 p.m. at the center to look closely at the facilities and consider future possibilities.

• Council to consider senior housing plan

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 15, 2011

  Over the summer Home, Inc. came to the Village with a plan to develop a senior apartment building on the Barr property, with the help of development partner, Buckeye Community Hope Foundation, based in Columbus.

• At 90, a wealth of memories

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 1, 2011

  

  At age 90, Frank Kakoi has a good head for numbers, especially those that were meaningful in his life.

• New senior center considered

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 25, 2011

  About 60 villagers came out Thursday, Aug. 11, to consider the best way to respond to the needs of the growing population of local senior citizens.

• Rehab wing opens at Friends Care

  By Megan BachmanAugust 18, 2011

  

  When the new $2.25 million rehabilitation wing at Friends Care Community officially opens next week, the organization will have much to celebrate.

• First small step for senior apartments

  By Lauren Heaton

  The most recent senior housing complex proposed for the Barr property downtown got its first nod from Village Planning Commission during a packed public hearing on Monday, Aug. 8.

• Center seeks input on new vision

  By Megan BachmanAugust 11, 2011

  

  While riding on the bike path one weekend, out-of-town architect Doug Gallow and his gerontologist wife, Ellen, who specialize in designing senior centers, just happened to pass the Yellow Springs Senior Center and stop in.

• Friends plans to sell Barr property

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 24, 2011

  This week a Friends Care Community task force announced plans to sell the Barr property, which the Morgan Family Foundation had gifted to the care center in November.