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BrooklineCAN To Host A Virtual Form In September

New housing for seniors is coming to Brookline and BrooklineCAN is sponsoring a virtual forum on Senior Housing on September 10.

Press release from Brookline Community Aging Network:

August 27, 2020

New housing for seniors is coming to Brookline and BrooklineCAN is sponsoring a virtual forum on Senior Housing on Thursday, September 10 at 6 PM on the Zoom platform. Keynote speaker Jennifer Molinsky of the Harvard University Joint Center on Housing will discuss “Housing America’s Older Adults.”
The panel will include:
· Mike Jacobs, chair of the Brookline Housing Authority, speaking about plans for replacement and expansion of the Col. Floyd development.
· Rhonda Glyman of Center Communities will discuss Hebrew Senior Life’s plans for a new residential building on Centre Street.
· Cheryl Fever and Michael Schonbrun will address the Welltower/Balfour senior living community planned for the Newbury College site on Fisher Hill.
· Cindy Katzeff of 2Life will speak about the Brown Family House on Harvard Street, currently under construction, and plans for affordable senior housing above the site of the Kent-Station Street parking lot in Brookline Village.
The forum is being produced in conjunction with the Brookline Interactive Group (BIG) and will be conducted on the Zoom platform. To watch the webinar go to:https://brooklineinteractive-org.zoom.us/j/99631815251
. The forum also will be available for viewing on Brookline Access Television. In addition the forum will be available at a later date on YouTube through a link on the BrooklineCAN website (BrooklineCAN.org).

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This press release was produced by Brookline Community Aging Network. The views expressed here are the author's own.