The Muskegon Millage Minute is your source for regular updates on programs and services funded by the Muskegon County Senior Millage, which was approved by county voters in August of 2016 and renewed for another 8 years in August of 2024.

Members of the Muskegon County Senior Activities Committee (MCSAC) make recommendations for programs and services to the full board of commissioners. MCSAC members are: Commissioners Kim Cyr, Marcia Hovey-Wright, and Jessica Cook; Rachel Cereska, Peggy Foster, Greg Scott, Robert Sewick, Linda Vines, and Steve Warmington. Marcia Hovey-Wright chairs the committee.

Senior Resources of West Michigan, the area agency on aging for Muskegon, Oceana and Ottawa counties, is the administrator of grants, and produces this quarterly newsletter update. If you have questions about the Muskegon County Senior Millage, please email grants@seniorresourceswmi.org. Contact communications@seniorresourceswmi.org if there is something specific you'd like to see covered in a future newsletter.

Muskegon YMCA shares highlights of Veggie Van

At the August meeting of the Muskegon County Senior Activities Committee Airn Sessink, community engagement coordinator for the Muskegon YMCA, shared information about the Veggie Van, which is funded in part by the Muskegon County Senior Millage.

Data pulled from the US Census shows that a large number of residents are more than one mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from a supermarket. The Y's Veggie Van has partnerships with six senior housing complexes and helps meet the needs of those older adults through weekly orders, providing fresh and affordable produce and healthy snacks.

The Y also has a partnership with Muskegon Correctional Facility, where inmates gain hands-on experience and certifications while helping grow produce to keep prices low and provide a variety of produce options. More than 2,000 pounds were donated this year.

For more information on the Y Veggie Van, contact Airn Sessink at asessink@muskegonymca.org.

Senior Millage renewal passes

On August 6, Muskegon County voters approved an 8-year renewal of the senior millage.

The renewal passed with 62.99% Yes votes, according to the Muskegon County Clerk’s Office. The millage is for 0.4921 mills, or $0.49 of every $1,000 of taxable value. Taxable property value in the county last year amounted to more than $5.7 billion.

Muskegon County Senior Activities Committee meetings

The Muskegon County Senior Activities Committee meets on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 10 a.m. in the conference rooms at Tanglewood Park, 560 Seminole Road, Muskegon. Meetings are open to the public.

Your senior millage dollars at work: Year-end reports show senior millage programming usage



Older adults in Muskegon County continued to access a wide variety of programs and services in fiscal year 2024.

Eight years into the senior millage, thousands of individuals have used Muskegon County Senior Millage programming, both through grant funded programming and municipal funding..

Senior Resources shared its quarterly reports with the Senior Activities Committee recently. These unaudited reports can be found here on the website.