Senior centers reopened to the public for the first time in over a year across the Pennyrile region Thursday morning, including in Christian County, where the center on West Seventh Street had been closed since before the pandemic due to damage from a severe storm in January of last year.
The building that’s owned by Christian Fiscal Court reopened for breakfast at 8 a.m., but that was preceded by a Christian County Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting.
Mayor Wendell Lynch pointed to the reopening of the facility as a sign that Hopkinsville and Christian County is a resilient community.
Kelly Martin is the chair of the senior advisory council and says it’s the people, not the building, that makes the center such an important part of the community.
While all nine PACS senior centers have continued providing a meal through pickup or delivery to anyone who needed one during the pandemic, Christian County Center Coordinator Rossia Schneider said it was a delight to see patrons back inside the building.
Magistrate Mark Cansler noted that Atmos Energy installed a new gas line that allowed the county to put in a new gas stove at the facility that was very much desired and needed.
