A Lifetime of Things To Do There’s plenty to do in the Tri-Village area for older adults By Cameron Carr and Mariah Muhammad
Courtesy of Upper Arlington Senior Center
M
ary Bova-Ervin is always impressed with her dance students. She first came to Grandview Heights as a professional dancer in the early 1980s but soon found herself in front of the class rather than within it, teaching line dancing to students predominantly between the ages of 50 and 80. But her students’ ages don’t mean they’re any less dedicated or enthusiastic. “They’re very energetic; they don’t let age get in the way,” Bova-Ervin says. “I’m very proud that they don’t want to say, ‘Oh, we’re older now. We can’t do stuff,’ because they can kick it up.” Throughout the Tri-Village area, older adults find ways to stay active physically, mentally and socially. That can mean anything from dance classes and history lessons to travel and more.
A Place to Call Home Both Grandview and Upper Arlington have spaces and services dedicated to older adults through the cities’ parks and recreation departments.
The spaces are similar in the range of activities they offer. At the Grandview Center, a typical month might offer clubs for books and card games, exercise classes spanning from chair yoga to heavy free
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