State's Getting Older – And Not Planning For It -- Courant.com

State's Getting Older – And Not Planning For It -- Courant.com

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"My biggest concern is not the individual homeowners, it's the ability to attract and maintain commercial businesses, so we can allow individual homeowners to be able to afford to live in Vernon Connecticut" said Vernon Mayor Jason McCoy, a young lawyer. "We have a lot of housing that is built and suited for people to walk to work. But we don't have the mills anymore."

Vernon, like the rest of the state, hasn't had the mills for decades. But it's got a hospital, a 50-person police force, public works department, a school district with 900 employees and loads of elderly residents on fixed incomes with tax exemptions and a town that provides trash and leaf pickup.

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Mayor McCoy and Seniors gather in near-perfect weather for annual pig roast

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(Left to Right) Mike Romeo, Joyce Smith, and Dick and Jane Saich enjoy their pulled-pork (preferred by seniors over roasting a pig) at the outing last Wed.


Mayor Jason McCoy hangs out with Ed Slattery and Jean Paulin, two of the 77 seniors who attended the picnic in Henry Park. Photos by Steve Smith.

Senior Center staff and volunteers man the buffet table, which included potatoes, baked beans and cole slaw alongside the pulled pork."