New Building

YSSC New Building Plans

A photo of the current Yellow Springs Senior Center

One of the Seniors interviewed for the video

A sign at the location where the new Senior Center will be built

This video interviews Yellow Springs seniors about the benefits of using the Senior Center, the limitations of the current building, and what they're looking forward to in the new building. Put together by students from Wright State University. (June 2025)

VIDEO: Why The Senior Center
Needs a New Building

The Current Architectural Plan

Here's the current floor plan. Click on the photo below to download a PDF file of the plans.

LWC Architects shared the potential building design in a presentation at the Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 25. The button below is a link to the video from that presentation.

Architect's Presentation Video

The Architects

We are delighted to announce that we have hired LWC architecture firm to design our space, starting with a Space Usage Study in the coming months. You may recognize some of their other projects, such as the downtown Dayton Library, Aullwood Audubon Center, and Benham’s Grove Event Center. See LWCinspires.com.

To learn more about the Yellow Springs Senior Center,
check out our biannual newsletters and our most recent annual reports.

Survey: What do we want in a new building?

Now is the time to offer suggestions for what you want in the new building. You can email your response to [email protected]. Some things to think about:

What activities do you currently participate in at YSSC?
What activities would you like to have available?
Please share ideas you would add to the discussion or building plan:
What are you most looking forward to in a new building?
What services could be added to best serve the community?
Is the new location walkable for you?

For more indepth questions, you can use the button below to fill out the survey that was started in 2022. If you filled out the survey a few years ago, consider filling it out again as your answers might have changed since then.

Survey

Virtual tours of other Senior Center online

There are no set parameters for what constitutes a Senior Center. Some, like our neighboring center in Clifton, are a gathering place for potlucks but provide no services and have no staff. Others, like Beavercreek, Springfield, and Xenia, are large complexes that provide meals, fitness centers, pickleball courts and more. If you would like to see some examples of other senior centers, here some links to virtual tours:

United Senior Services, Springfield, Ohio
Sunrise Senior Center (huge, municipally funded)
New Hanover Connecticut (remodel)
Portage Zhang (regional, very large)
50 North, Findlay, Ohio
Edmund Oklahoma
Lifespan project examples

Donating to the Capital Campaign

There are several ways to donate to the YSSC Capital Campaign.

By check – made out to YSSC, mailed to 227 Xenia Ave, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
(preferred method)
Through the Community Foundation (below)
Through PayPal (below)

YS Seniors Future Building Fund
Donations to this fund will support the Senior Center’s Capital Campaign, providing for the design, construction, equipage, and initial maintenance of a new building. These donations go through the Yellow Springs Community Foundation.

Donate - YS Seniors Future

Via PayPal

In the drop down menu, please specify this donation is for the Capital Campaign
If you'd like to help cover the processing fee that the YSSC pays in order to accept credit cards, select that option.
Please click the box to share your address and add your contact information so we can acknowledge your gift.

Senior Center buys land

On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the Senior Center closed on the purchase of a half-acre parcel of land sold by Antioch College, on which the center plans to build a new facility after a fundraising campaign. Celebrating the closing, left to right, were Senior Center Board President Wayne Gulden, Executive Director Caroline Mullin, title agent Lisa Terry and Antioch College President Jane Fernandes. (Photo by Lauren "Chuck" Shows for the Yellow Springs News)

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