Senior-friendly Businesses to Be Recognized by Local Group
Shorewood Connects has recently launched the Senior-Friendly Business Certification Program, aimed at recognizing the many good things businesses are already doing for their older adult customers and to make recommendations for improvement.
An effort is underway to recognize and encourage Shorewood shops to become more senior-friendly. Shorewood Connects has recently launched the Senior-Friendly Business Certification Program. Modeled after similar initiatives in Portland, Oregon and New York, NY, the purpose of the certification program is to recognize the many good things businesses are already doing for their older adult customers and to make recommendations for improvement in specific areas related to the physical environment, customer service, website read-ability, parking and other considerations. Shorewood's Edward Jones, 2323 E. Capitol Dr., has become the first business certified under the program. Volunteers conduct an assessment and follow-up with a list of …
Sue Kelley
4:25 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Once we've been able to do a number of assessments, we'll list the Senior-Friendly Businesses in Shorewood Today & on the Shorewood BID's website. This is a voluntary process, so if you know of a good business, have them contact me for more info. more ›