OMG I'm a Senior Citizen!!
Yes I'm admitting it....finally; I'm a Senior citizen!! What brought me around to this revelation? I've been working as a backer upper on a paper for the City of Edmonton on Social and Recreation Participation. It is part of the much bigger Age Friendly Edmonton initiative being led by the City & Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council. I have visited Seniors Centres and Recreation Centres and reviewed more friggin web sites than I thought humanly possible. I've learned a great deal about Seniors and recreation programs. I've learned that about 11% of the total seniors popoulation of Edmonton goes to Seniors Centres. That means that 89% of Seniors are going where? Let me back up a step and borrow a few words from John McKnight, noted community developer...focus on your assets not your needs. Ok Edmonton is generally, to put it mildly, ASSET RICH...from a recreation perspective. Edmonton has 70+ golf courses in the capital region, 15ish Senior Centres, Rec