Community Spotlight: Wyoming Senior Center ready to step up its game

Published: January 24, 2011 | Advance Newspapers

By Matt Marn

Later this year, Wyoming area seniors will be enjoying more space in the game room at the Wyoming Senior Center.

Bids were recently submitted for a project to expand the room, and city staff will now review the bids and present their findings to the City Council at a Feb. 14 work session.

Molly Remenape, recreation programmer for the Wyoming Senior Center, said about seven years ago the center started the Senior Visioning Initiative (SVI), in which they had hoped to redo the whole center. But the funding was not available to revamp the entire senior center, so the staff decided to move forward with smaller projects as money presented itself.

When the opportunity arose from Community Development block grants (CDBG) and other sources, they decided to work on revamping the game room. Remenape said the project, which should be started by early April, should last about three months.

Remenape said they plan to expand the center’s game room to the north, keeping the four current pool tables but also improving the card player seating area and creating a specific area for their Nintendo Wii game system. Overall, Remenape said, they want to improve the programming, and make it easier for the seniors to relax.

“The seniors are very excited,” Remenape said. “We get so many card and pool players, and they are all excited to have more room. They appreciate us improving on aspects of the building. This is their second home – they spend as much time here as they do at home.”