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Meeting Minutes Community Center Task Force town. We may find out that a CC is not one place but multiple places. EG yoga is at place x y z. Chatham might do that. Community is a feeling, but you also want to know about the culture of an activity. One place ... when you go for one thing, you see other things going on. It gives a connection. That's what 'a place' does for you. What do we mean by community center? How does it meet the needs? A good leader knows how to make the day happen. All kinds of models work. What characteristics do we think will work for us? What would make a good center for us? Sudbury had a CC built years ago with successful program for teens. Should check in with them. TM of Sudbury is Carl Valente's wife. Lisah's CC when she was a kid. Was wonderful, all ages, all there. Kitchen, could learn anything at any point. Hastings -On- Hudson, 23,000 people. Didn't have a Hayden kind of facility, had an outdoor town pool part of the CC, skiing.. Betty is going to Hingham next Monday. CC there is a private non - profit. Senior center is a little like a CC because it is a branch off of town hall, and rec dept is also in town hall. They have access to gym etc of rec dept, and auditorium. Has a small cafeteria for employees that seniors can also use. In rec area there is a room with pinball machines that kids use. Douglas Home people end up in Center in wheelchairs. Douglas home is just a residence, there are no programs. Point is there is a visible population in Lexington who might benefit from opportunities in town. We have a disabilities commission we can talk to. Virginia Buckley is the person. SurveyMonkey survey : to find out what people want, give people a voice. We should do this. We all went to centers that had some kinds of multigenerational programming, but what seemed to gel is that there is a place. From The Place ... what services are at The Place that made a difference. At JCC i Newton they said they would not build a building... they would lease space in lots of different spaces. They are a non - profit and much bigger, but there experience was that the building became an albatross and could not adjust their programming as easily as they wanted to because they had a space that could not adjust. Going forward: