ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – Jeffrey Barnes offers his remorse for the last few days.
“I’m here to admit my mistake,” declared the Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging’s executive director.
Less than two days before speaking with WIFR, the nonprofit leader watched Rockford City Council on Monday night approve $300,000 for a senior center — what would’ve been the community’s first in 11 years. NIAAA, alongside the city, was prepared to transform the former River Valley Community Church into a “welcoming environment” for adults 55 and older…