Montclair 2017 ‘Seniroama’ Will Focus On Senior, Retiree Housing

MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Montclair Senior Citizen Advisory Committee (SCAC) will hold its 2017 “Seniorama” event on Thursday, Nov. 9. This year’s conference, which is free and open to the public, will focus on “Senior and Retiree Housing – Realities in Montclair: Challenges and Opportunities.”

According to a news release from the SCAC, the full-day conference will include keynote speaker, Alan Mallach, a writer, scholar, urban planner and senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress, who will speak about “creative ideas for rethinking housing.”

Additional panelists will include: Cindy Jacques, United Methodist Communities; Edward Martaglio, RPM Development Group; Steven Plofker, Willow Street Partners LLC; and Richard Polton, Value Research Group.

Conference participants will have an opportunity to interact with and question the speakers during a healthy box lunch. Local nonprofits will provide flyers and brochures about their services for senior citizens, event organizers said.

The event’s workshops will focus on:

• “Relieving Housing Pressures for Owners and Renters: Practical Pathways Using Township, County, State and Private Resources”
• “Creative Housing Opportunities, Leveraging Existing Federal, State & Private Programs for Development of New Housing Stock”

The 2017 Seniorama Conference will be held at the Salvation Army Building, 13 Trinity Place, Montclair, a fully accessible facility. There is no charge for admission. All are welcome. Free public parking, provided by the Montclair Board of Education, is available at the nearby parking lot at Hillside School, west of where Church Street intersects with Orange Road. The Senior Bus will give priority for any riders who make reservations for a trip to the Seniorama venue. Call E-Z Ride, 201-939-4242, ext. 1 to secure a ride. A shuttle bus parked at Hillside School can be used to take people from parking lot to the venue.

Among the participating organizations are supporting hosts: Partners for Health; Department of Health &Human Services and its Division of Senior Services/Lifelong Montclair; and Aging In Montclair (AIM), as well as: AARP West Essex 131, EZ-Ride, Montclair Public Library, Montclair State U, Chrill Care, Job Haines Home, Toni’s Kitchen, YMCA of Montclair, Montclair Film Festival, R.S.V.P.,Montclair Fire and Police Departments; and the Salvation Army.

For more information, call the Montclair Division of Senior Services contact line: 973-744-3278, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Photo of Alan Mallach courtesy of the Montclair Senior Citizen Advisory Committee

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