Bulova Leads Progress Toward Springfield Senior Center

PHOTO (left to right): Christopher Leonard and Evan Braff of the Neighborhood and Community Services; Corazon Sandoval Foley, Founding Chairman of the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW); Fairfax County Chairman Sharon Bulova; Marlae Schnare of the Springfield District Supervisor’s Office; and Christina Fullmer of Chairman Bulova’s Office.

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By Corazon Sandoval Foley

On April 13, 2016, Fairfax County Chairman Sharon Bulova chaired a working group meeting that laid the foundation for concrete progress toward building a permanent facility for a senior center in Springfield District, the only district without a permanent senior center in Fairfax County.

This issue has been the focus of civic activism over several years by the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW), including:

• a petition with 1,000 signatures
• election (with 4,228 or 19% of Springfield votes)
• November 21, 2015 senior demonstration
• and senior testimonies/folk dance performance at the April 7, 2016 public hearing on the budget by the Board of Supervisors.

More working group meetings will be held to finalize agreements among the stakeholders of this important community project in Springfield District. I will continue to update your readers and thank you very much for your support of fairer treatment toward Springfield senior taxpayers and families.

Many thanks go to Chairman Sharon Bulova for her outstanding leadership on this important issue.