Please join the Mesa County Workforce Center, AARP Colorado and other local partners for a FREE community conversation about making Grand Junction, Mesa County and the Western Slope even more livable for people of all ages. AARP Colorado’s entire eight-member staff and seven-member volunteer Executive Council will be on hand to hear from local residents and businesses, and to discuss their priorities in areas of federal and state advocacy as well as ways to make Western Slope communities even more age-friendly.
RSVP is required. Call 1-877-926-8300 or register online by June 19, 2019.
Western Slope Community Alliance
Mesa County Workforce Center
AARP Colorado
City of Fruita
Club 20
Grand Junction Housing Authority
Hope West
Mesa County Council on Aging
Western Slope Food Bank of the Rockies
Mesa County Libraries
Mesa County RSVP
Agenda
7:30 AM: Full Breakfast Available
8:00 - 8:15 AM: Introductions: Local Officials; AARP Staff and Executive Council
8:15 - 8:30 AM: AARP Age Friendly Communities Presentation,
Bob Murphy, State Director
Roberto Rey, Associate State Director-for Livable Communities
John Rodwick, Western Slope Community Alliance
8:30 – 9:30 AM: Presentations- Making Western Slope Communities More Livable
9:30 – 10:15 AM: Panel Discussion and Q & A
Moderator- Bob Murphy, State Director, AARP Colorado
Panelists- (1) representative from each of the nine Co-Sponsors
10:15- 10:30 AM: AARP Advocacy Report
Kelli Fritts, Associate State Director for Advocacy
10:35 -10:45 AM: Wrap-Up and Moving Forward