Farmersville Senior Center Moves to City's Transit Center

The Farmersville Transit Center is now the home of the Farmersville Senior Center & Community Resource Hub.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 22 celebrated the repurposing of the city's 1,400 square-foot transit center at 550 W. Front St. to serve Farmersville seniors.

The facility also includes a 2,000-square-foot covered outdoor seating area.

For years, the Farmersville Senior Center has been sharing space with other community groups at the Farmersville Community Center on Avery Avenue.

"It is the beginning of a new chapter, a fresh start, and a place our seniors can truly call home," said Farmersville Mayor Tina Hernandez. "This building was originally built as a transit station, but for over a year, it has sat vacant."

She credited Mayor Pro-Tem Araceli Ochoa with the idea of adding a "community resource hub" by working with organizations and community partners to provide resources, tools, education and support services for the city's seniors.

Farmersville seniors will likely only use the facility for about 15 years, however, when the Farmersville Transit Center is expected to be needed for its original purpose, to serve the area's transportation needs.

"When the time comes that this transit station is fully needed for transit operations, my hope is that we will secure grants and funding to build our seniors a permanent center designed specifically for them, right next door on the vacant lot, which would be a perfect location near the fire station in case of an emergency, and near the transit center in the event they all want to go sightseeing," Hernandez said.