Coalition on Aging to unveil survey progress thermometer Monday – Journal Advocate

The Logan County Coalition on Aging is getting ready to unveil its Age Friendly Survey Thermometer Monday.

LCCOA wants to know how to make the county a better age-friendly community and, to that end, is circulating surveys throughout Logan County to gather data that will help create a plan for making Logan County more age-friendly.

Peggy Stoltenberg, Partnership and Project Development Manager for Colorado State Universitys Northeast Regional Engagement Center in Sterling said, the survey is part of a two-year project. The surveys have been circulating for several weeks and they hope to have that part of the project finished by the end of March.

The unveiling will occur on the Logan County Courthouse Square at 12:30 p.m. City and county leaders and community champions will be on hand, and a reception will follow at the CSU Engagement Center across the street.

In 2020, the Engagement Center, Logan County and Logan County Economic Development Corp. applied for an age friendly designation from the American Association of Retired Persons. An age-friendly designation means that a community has pledged to come together to plan how it can improve the lives of residents of all ages.

AARP declared Logan County an age friendly community in January 2021, expecting a plan to be developed by January of 2023. The first step in creating that plan is a 45-question survey that asks about all aspects of life in Logan County.

The data derived from the surveys will be valuable for other purposes as well.

A lot of times, we apply for grants for things we know we need because people have told us (we need them) but the people with the grants ask for data to show the need, Stoltenberg said. This will give us raw data we can use to show the need.

The surveys are available online in both English and in Spanish, and at the following locations: Jackson Insurance Agency, Family Resource Center, Salud, Sterling Public Library, Dr. Charles Gerks office, the Engagement Centers Facebook page and Logan Countys Facebook page.

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