CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Lawyers retained by the Ajax Turner Senior Center announced during the City Council’s meeting Thursday that they plan to relocate from their current Clark Street facility, which has been the center’s home since 1983, rather than accept moving under city management.
The decision comes after the City of Clarksville terminated the senior center’s lease for the facility as they pursue a plan to move Ajax Turner Senior Citizens Center operations under the Parks & Recreation Department.
“Myself, along with Jon Crow, have recently been retained by the Ajax Turner Senior Center,” said attorney Kye Shannon. “I’ll keep my comments very brief this evening, I just wanted to come before the city and let everybody know that the senior center is fully aware that the city has chosen to obviously terminate their lease. The senior center plans abide and be out within the timeframe granted through that lease.
“We also want to make it clear and known that the senior center anticipates to hopefully keep a clear channel of communication with the mayor, council and all parties involved as the senior center seeks to find a new location and continue its mission that it’s been doing for several decades in the community,” Shannon said.
This article will be updated.
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