When did project expand from accessible senior center to centralized community center? Surely some of that socializing and activity space can already be supplied by our deluxe. New school or our gracious local religious institutions. We may not need all of Of this enthusiastic vision.
On Wednesday, November 9, 2022, Krystal Wood < [email protected]> wrote: > Community Center Building Committee- November, 2022 > > > *The vision: what is a Community Center, and why would Lincoln want to > buildone?* > > A Community Center not only reflects the community at whose heart it sits, > it > strengthens that community. A Community Center is a year-round, > intergenerational > gathering place and activity center. A Community Center is a locus for a > wide variety of activities – health and fitness, social services, learning, > eating, socializing, creating, playing, participating. A Community Center > enriches the community by fostering organizational collaboration and by > housing an array of programs, for all ages. > > At its heart, the Community Center is a home for the Lincoln Council on > Aging & Human Services and the Parks & Recreation Department, both of which > do much more than most people realize, and both of which run constrained > programs in their current homes. The Community Center also provides a base > for 25 other community organizations whose work is critical to the quality > of life in Lincoln. But the vision of a Community Center on the Lincoln > School campus is of a building that exists not only to serve important > organizational needs and to optimize programming, though those might be > adequate reasons for building a new building, it is also of a building that > will attract residents of all ages to gather for coffee and meetings and > informal activities. > > Lincoln has a sense of community – we have impromptu encounters at the > transfer > station and at Donelan’s, we have annual events like the Scarecrow > Classic, the Girl > Scouts Pancake Breakfast, the July 4 parade, and we have Town Meeting. But > the > everyday contribution of a Community Center to the life of the community > and to the > sense of community can be far greater, and the possibilities are exciting > – because the number of people using the Center will be so much higher, > because the range of > activities will be much greater, because the opportunities for > intergenerational > interaction will expand, because the provision of social services will be > improved and > the organizations providing those services will be more robust. > -- Regards, *Stephanie Smoot* 857 368-9175 work 781 941-6842 personal cell *617 595-5217 *work cell 126 Chestnut Circle Lincoln, MA 01773
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