“We're asking the Golden Age Club people to just move to the Optimist Club (at St. Simultaneously, the town was in the negotiations with the Essex County Library board, about the need for $1 million in renovations to the Tecumseh-based Cada branch.Īfter exploring other possible buildings - both public and private - the town decided to move the library into the GAC building, temporarily. “They were using the facility as they wish which is a liability to our taxpayers, which we must fix,” said Tonial. (Michelle Maluske/CTV News Windsor)Īccording to town councillor Rico Tonial however, the club has been operating in the building on Lanoue Street without a contract a concern that was raised during a Clerks’ Review last fall. Members of the Golden Age Club pack a public meeting with Town of Tecumseh officials in Tecumseh, Ont., on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. This is a members building for seniors,” said Pfiefer O’Connor. “Everything we've got is in this building. It’s not fair.”įor the last 50 years, the Golden Age Club (GAC) has offered senior citizens a place to go for everything from organized card leagues to healthy weight loss classes, even a meeting location for Alcoholics Anonymous.
“We’re just getting back our members and we're finally comfortable and we're gonna lose the place.
“We were shocked,” club president Dara Pfiefer O’Connor told CTV News Tuesday. The Golden Age Club has four weeks to pack up their belongings and vacate a municipally-owned building.
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