Tensions run hot as senior center members resist closure

Members of the Grand Junction Senior Center are outraged at city officials over a proposed budget that would close the longtime gathering place at the start of 2027. And at a town hall-style meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15, they made their grievances known. “Look at the faces of the people here, and the people who are never going to get out again, this is unconscionable,” said one senior center member when handed the microphone. “Please, reconsider this decision, it’s a disaster … people are probably going to be dead within a year if they stop getting socialized and coming out.

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