Boomer Priorities for Living in Retirement

A Generation in Transition: A Survey of Bay State Baby Boomers shows that the top three priorities for baby boomers in deciding where to live during retirement are: 1.) to live somewhere with low taxes or that is affordable; 2.) to live close to family and close friends; and 3.) to live somewhere that is not too crowded or stressful.

Click on above link and register to see the full report.

PBS Boomers Series to Begin January 8th

Watch for a new PBS series "Boomers! Redefining Life After 50".

Boomers Blog

From Julie:
You might want to check out this blog: http://boomerstv.com/blog/.
PBS will be running a 13 part series beginning on January 8th called "Boomers! Redefining Life After 50." If any of you tune in to watch it, as of today, my aunt and grandmother are still in the final cut. They are in the opening credits (my aunt is curling my grandmother's hair,) and they are in a segment that discusses how Boomers need to remember to take care of themselves while caring for an aging parent.

Marketing to Older Adults in Public Libraries

Here's an article Marnie sent about a new program at the Montana State Library: http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/10/05/helena/a09100505_03.txt

Follow the www.whatsyourstory.ws link at bottom of the article.

MassINC Event, December 2, 2005

Come to a roundtable discussion of "A Generation in Transition: A Survey of Bay State Baby Boomers" on December 2, from 8:00-10:00AM at the Westin Copley Place, Boston.
RSVP at : http://www.massinc.org/index.php?id=119&eventid=17

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http://www.massinc.org

"Retirement Realities" from the University of Vermont

Marnie Oakes sent this interesting interview that looks at "the retirement boom about to explode."
http://www.uvm.edu/vtquarterly/vqfall05/interview.html