Citizens Foundation to hold aging forum on Jan. 29
GOSHEN The Orange County Citizens Foundation will hold a breakfast forum focusing on the changes the area’s local communities face as the population ages, on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 8 a.m. at the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame in Goshen. Senior housing expert Meredith Oppenheim will present, “ A New Perspective on an Aging Topic: How the Aging of America Affects our Communities,” the second in a series the foundation is presenting to help residents and businesses plan for changes within the area’s communities. “The aging of America affects all of us in some way,” said Nancy Proyect, Citizens Foundation president.. “Besides the fact that we grow older each day, we are also care for parents and loved ones, work in industries that are changing because of the population shift and face succession planning in our businesses and community organizations. One of the most pervasive changes facing us in the Hudson Valley is housing needs.” Oppenheim is a senior vice president and senior housing specialist with Savills Granite, a New York City real estate investment bank. She leads the company’s senior housing practice and is responsible for originating and executing transactions including financings, re-capitalizations, dispositions and joint ventures. Oppenheim has worked for leading senior housing owner/operators and developers, including Marriott Senior Living, Sunrise Senior Living and K. Hovnanian. Prior to joining Savills Granite, she ran Oppenheim Real Estate Ventures, LLP where she advised major developers, investment banks, private equity firms and hedge funds on senior housing transactions, as well as completed senior housing consulting engagements in Mexico, India and the Philippines. The Orange County Citizens Foundation is a membership-based, independent public policy organization that advocates for the greater public good in Orange County. The breakfast forum sponsors include Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP and First Federal Savings of Middletown. Tickets are $25 for foundation members and $35 for nonmembers. Visit www.occf-ny.org or call 469-9459 to register.