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Bill Spritzer, one of Legacy's project lreedas.â¨â¨ It's pretty awesome, said Spritzer, a consultant from Cary.â¨â¨ I am absolutely ecstatic, said Gail Souare, executive director of the Coordinating Council for Senior Citizens. This is a great thing.ââ¨â¨Souare, who grew up in Vermont, holds a master's degree in public health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a nationally ranked research center. She worked for a health care foundation in California before being named in March to lead the senior center, which had opened in May 2006.⨠â¨The center, earlier under the direction of Nancy Love, was a subject of much bad publicity, with critics concerned about what they saw as lackluster programs and a reported average daily attendance of only about 25 to 30.⨠â¨The 35,000-square-foot, $5.5 million structure was built at 406 Rigsbee Ave. on property given by the city, with Durham County providing construction financing and being generally responsible for social services.â¨â¨ But, the critics pointedly targeted the center's incomplete kitchen and unfinished theater.â¨â¨ Souare said that a month ago she hired a development director whose marching orders will include raising funds for those two areas.â¨â¨ Souare, who pledged to expand services and bring more seniors into the center, said that attendance has soared to anywhere between 100 and 150 a day. â¨â¨ Yeah, I feel pretty comfortable with that, Souare said about the accuracy of those numbers.â¨â¨ We have really taken off now, Souare said. It took a while for people to learn about us. â¨â¨Spritzer said that although the building is still new, the landscaping was incomplete.â¨â¨ There's a fenced area, a very nice gate fence, if you will, where it was meant to be a garden or a patio area for the seniors to kind of sit out there and relax and do what they want to do, Spritzer said.â¨â¨ What we're doing is creating that garden for them. We took the initial architectural plans and have modified them according to the executive director and her staff, Spritzer said. â¨â¨ Spritzer also said pots will be in place where the seniors can grow flowers and vegetables of their liking.â¨The Legacy Center, located near Raleigh-Durham International Airport, provides a full curriculum of adult educational workshops, seminars and management programs.â¨â¨ Spritzer said participants in the garden and patio project include people from as far away as Miami, New Hampshire and New York. â¨â¨Spritzer said that, as part of a lreedaship phase of the Legacy program, team members have to create a heritage that will remain in place after they depart.â¨â¨ And so, as a condition, only 20 percent of Legacy's own money and time can be used on such a project, with the remaining materials and time being donated. â¨â¨But, when asked the estimated cost, Spritzer said, I would say this would be a sticker price of maybe $20,000 $30,000 at least. â¨â¨Spritzer said James Yeargan is contributing landscaping and two competing concrete companies, Chandler and Ready Mixed, are contributing their material as well.â¨â¨ I love looking out for the young and the elderly, said Daniel Brame, local operator for Chandler. That's what you should do anyway. Reprinted with Permission, The Herald-Sun, (Durham, NC)
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All of these articles have saved me a lot of headahces.
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