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Welcome to

Langley

Rich Coleman, M.L.A.Fort Langley, Aldergrove

including Willoughby & Walnut Grove

#130 7888 200 Street • (604) 882-3151• richcolemanmla.bc.ca

LangleyAdvanceA34 Welcome to the Neighbourhood, 2016 SENIORS

RONDA PAYNEeditorial@langleyadvance.com

Langley is definitely a sen-ior-friendly community.

Langley City is home to the largest proportion of

older residents of any place in the Lower Mainland.

And Langley Township also has a sizeable population of seniors. Within each individual neighbourhood are a number of seniors-oriented businesses, ser-vices and activities.

One of the most popular seniors facilities is the Langley Seniors’ Resource Centre (www.lsrs.ca) located at 20605 51B Ave.

Paul Goldberg is the executive director with the Langley Senior Resources Society, the non profit that runs the centre.

“We provide a number of ser-vices and activities that benefit seniors locally,” Goldberg said.

The centre offers a wide range of services to both members and non-members including enter-tainment, workshops and semin-ars, and day programs.

“Other programs can connect seniors with valuable resources within the Langley area,” he added.

This includes things like

housekeeping, transportation ser-vices, advice, and counselling.

“Awareness of what programs are available in the community is vital,” noted Goldberg. “It gives seniors the realization that they don’t need to be isolated.”

Southeast of downtown Langley, Murrayville is a thriv-ing community putting extra emphasis on senior living. The area south of the Langley Memorial Hospital on either side of 222nd Street is particu-larly focused on the needs of sen-iors.

Within a six or eight block radius, seniors will find gro-ceries, banking, restaurants, healthcare services, coffee shops, a pub, and even a local library. Plus, with a civic complex to the west of 222nd Street, sen-iors will find the safety of an RCMP detachment and the fun of the W.C. Blair Recreation Centre complete with wave pool, lane swimming, fitness room, weight rooms, and multi-purpose rooms.

A number of seniors programs

are hosted in the facility includ-ing special swim classes focused on easing the discomfort of arth-ritis and improving mobility.

Both the City of Langley and the Township of Langley offer a range of senior-specific classes and workshops through their community centre programming.

Just north of the recreation centre, on the other side of Fraser Highway, is the local fire hall and a convenient shopping plaza which includes a Shoppers Drug Mart.

There are two independent retirement living facilities in the

Murrayville area, Avalon Gardens and Sunridge Gardens, both located on bus routes near the shopping plazas.

Designed to give seniors a voice in the community, the Langley Seniors Action Table was created

through the Langley Healthier Communities Partnership and funded through the United Way.

This group is made up of com-munity members, service organ-izations, and agencies who come together to facilitate seniors’ mobilization, leadership, and involvement in the Langleys.

There are additional sen-ior-based facilities for activity and interaction around Langley:

• the Old Age Pensioners Hall in Aldergrove is at 3015 273rd St. and offers both community events during the year as well as programs for seniors;

• Brookswood Seniors’ Centre (www.brookswood.ca) at 19899 36th Ave. provides quilting, square dancing, Paws2Dance, banquets, fitness classes, and even fencing; and

• the Fort Langley Lions Seniors Hall (www.fortlangley-lionshall.com) is another com-

munity resource, specifically designed to meet the needs of local seniors.

Along with Avalon Gardens and Sunridge Gardens, there are many seniors residences, age-re-stricted condos, independent living buildings and intermedi-ate to comples care facilities such as Langley Seniors Village, Chartwell Gardens, Harrison Pointe and Harrison Landing, Langley Lodge, Simpson Manor and Langley Memorial Hospital.

Accessibility key for Langley’s sizable senior populationNumerous seniors-focused facilities call Langley home, and Willoughby is particularly well suited for a range of lifestyles.

Langley Advance files

During a Langley Township Seniors Day event, local residents got to try out pickleball. Gordon Griffin helped demonstrate the sport to newcomers.

FOR SENIORS:Activity centres

• Langley Seniors Resource Centre (20605 51B Ave.)

• Old Age Pensioners Hall (3015 273rd Ave.)

• Brookswood Seniors Centre (19899 36th Ave.)