(KNZA)--The city of Troy plans to renovate space in the Pioneer Senior Citizens Center located adjacent to City Hall, significantly reducing the capacity of the Center.
County Aging Administrator Joi Davies informed the Doniphan County Commission this week that the city wants to use space in the center for an office for the police department and storage.
Davies said the number of seniors eating meals at the center is at a historic low, with an average of 5 daily.
Participation records will be kept to re-evaluate the need to keep the Troy center open versus consolidation of the county’s senior citizen center sites in the future.
Citing a lack of attendance, the Commission voted earlier this month to close the Elwood Leisure Hour Senior Center effective November 16.
Davies said the center currently only serves one to five seniors each day compared to the twenty to twenty-five seniors when it opened in 1976.
The Elwood City Council has set a town hall meeting about the planned closure for Tuesday evening at 7:00 at the Elwood Community Center.
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