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BY KAREN CHANEY
Senior Living Guide
2024
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Senior Living Guide! Our annual Senior Living Guide focuses on resources for seniors living in and around Plano. It also contains the latest updates in the city. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission to provide free, useful news—please show them your gratitude by supporting them. Without the support of our readers and advertisers, we wouldn’t be celebrating 10 years of publishing in Plano.
The stories in this edition dig into the demographics of seniors in our market, local agencies that support the population and other useful stories. Check out our feature on the Sam Johnson Recreation Center for Adults 50+, which provides a wide range of activities and services for adults over the age of 50 in the city. Keep reading to nd a listing of senior living options in north Plano. A larger list, along with several other relevant stories and resources, can be found on our website. We hope you nd this special section useful. Any other story suggestions or topics in the community you’d like to learn more about? Feel free to send them over to us at plnnews@communityimpact.com!
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Seniors nd connection, activity in overhauled Plano rec center When Plano’s Senior Recreation Center, which opened in 1997, reopened in 2019, not only was a complete overhaul of the facility revealed, the name was changed to Sam Johnson Recreation Center for Adults 50+. “It was very important for our senior population that they didn’t want to be classi ed as seniors. They voted for this name,” Kristie Bell, city of Plano recreation specialist and supervisor of the center said. “Nowadays, at 50 years old, [people] don’t feel like a senior. This isn’t a place for people who aren’t active and involved.” What they o er The center o ers seniors a range of activities from arts and crafts, dominoes, walking groups, computer classes and more.
Kings of Swing provide live music for weekly dances at the rec center, which take place from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursdays.
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In addition to classes, members can enjoy the cardio and weight room, billiards, and lounge room.
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