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PAST EVENT INFORMATION
February 26, 2020: State issues - We discussed State Legislature actions affecting seniors’ income taxes, estate taxes, and medical costs - plus a brief update on senior-related Federal tax changes impacting 2019 and 2020. There is some good news! See Gordon's Presentation here!
February 27, 2020: Senior-friendly housing - On this evening we reviewed the community's needs for - and FSA’s work toward - senior-friendly housing solutions. This wasan interactive session, building on our January sessions and FSA research. See our a PDF of our slides here! (It's a big file, so look at it on a computer)
Just before Christmas 2019, FSA representatives interviewed the two candidates for the special State General Assembly election for the 132nd District seat recently vacated by First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick. We discussed the importance of statewide actions to retain seniors and other key areas of FSA’s advocacy. Brian Farnham was elected on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Download our two page summary.
April 13, 2019: An Information Sharing Session: Keeping Seniors in Town as They Age was held at the Bigelow Center for Senior Activities on April 13.
See the links below for selected PDFs of our presentations
- Bigelow Center, Wednesday March 25 (10:45 AM). Note time change.
- Fairfield Woods Library, Thursday April 30 (6:30 PM).
PAST EVENT INFORMATION
February 26, 2020: State issues - We discussed State Legislature actions affecting seniors’ income taxes, estate taxes, and medical costs - plus a brief update on senior-related Federal tax changes impacting 2019 and 2020. There is some good news! See Gordon's Presentation here!
February 27, 2020: Senior-friendly housing - On this evening we reviewed the community's needs for - and FSA’s work toward - senior-friendly housing solutions. This wasan interactive session, building on our January sessions and FSA research. See our a PDF of our slides here! (It's a big file, so look at it on a computer)
Just before Christmas 2019, FSA representatives interviewed the two candidates for the special State General Assembly election for the 132nd District seat recently vacated by First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick. We discussed the importance of statewide actions to retain seniors and other key areas of FSA’s advocacy. Brian Farnham was elected on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Download our two page summary.
April 13, 2019: An Information Sharing Session: Keeping Seniors in Town as They Age was held at the Bigelow Center for Senior Activities on April 13.
See the links below for selected PDFs of our presentations
- Comments by Emmeline Harrigan, Fairfield's Assistant Planning Director
- Comments by Gordon MacKenzie on Senior Taxation Issues
- ...and here's Gordon's Handouts on Senior Tax Relief and the Medicare Savings Plan
- Comments by Jan Reber on FSA's 2019 Housing Goals
- Comments by John Wynne on Town Issues Impacting Seniors
