Communities that engage soon to retire baby boomers will reap the rewards of an activist generation that refuses to slow down. Neither young nor old, this generation represents an extraordinary pool of experience and expertise.
They want to serve the greater good.
Broward County ranks last in community engagement among major metropolitan areas in the United States. Florida itself falls near the bottom in every discernible measure of civic health like voting and volunteering, according to Dr. Douglas Dobson, executive director of the University of Central Florida’s Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that Broward County has a wellspring of educated, civic-minded citizens that many other communities lack: baby boomers and new retirees who are among the most socially active demographic groups.
On February 11, the Community Foundation hosted Impact Broward to look deeper into the issue. More than fifty community leaders....
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