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Baby boomers could be a boon for the River Valley


Fort Smith Times Record
The room was filled with gray hair and wrinkled smiles. The walls were white but sprinkled with paintings to cheer the room. 
People shuffled into the Fort Smith Senior Activity Center, eagerly awaiting the day s lunch special: lasagna.
The seniors sat two to a table to keep social distancing practices and donned their masks when they weren t eating.
Amid the meal, people chatted among themselves, occasionally hollering a joke to another table. 
These people are a part of the nation s fastest-growing age group. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as baby boomers age, the 65-and-older age group is skyrocketing, growing by more than a third during the past decade.  ....

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