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Winston-Salem ranks high as retirement haven
CNNMoney.com puts Winston-Salem in top 25, citing arts support
BY TRAVIS FAIN
Winston-Salem Journal
CNNMoney.com confirmed Thursday what plenty of people already knew: Winston-Salem is a fine place to retire.
The city made the website’s annual top 25 list of best places to retire, largely on the strength of its “long-standing tradition supporting the arts” and its “bustling downtown arts district.” Winston-Salem was the only North Carolina city on the list.
The city frequently makes these lists, and they often cite the fair climate, relatively low cost of living and a commitment to the arts.
Retirees are a desirable demographic: They still pay taxes, but generally don’t have school children. They have spare time, making them fertile ground for volunteer recruitment efforts. In fact, of Senior Services Inc.’s 2,000 volunteers, most of them are retirees, according to President Richard Gottlieb.
Jerry and Marjorie Silber are examples of retirees who have made Winston-Salem their home. They moved here from Arlington in 2005. Marjorie Silber had visited in 1999 and just loved the place. “This town feels good. It’s just a lovely city, and it had everything,” Marjorie Silber said, adding that she and her husband love the arts and the Winston-Salem Symphony.
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County is actually working now to determine “what kind of things we need to increase the city's appeal to retirees, council President and CEO Milton Rhodes said Thursday. Rhodes said the effort is focusing on activities retirees like, and making them easy to get to.
Rhodes also noted that many executives transferred to Winston-Salem by their company end up staying here in retirement. They are surprised (how much there is to do here), Rhodes said. But weıre not surprised. The city also has a lot of services for retirees as they transition into senior citizens, Gottlieb said, including wonderful continuing-care retirement communities.
CNNMoney.com's list put a premium on the cost of living, home prices and low taxes, as well as things for retirees to do. The methodology led to a number of seemingly unusual choices, including Marquette, Mich.; Boise, Idaho; and Danville, Ky. Being near the beach didnıt count for much: Only two Florida cities made the list: Cape Coral and Clearwater. That's the same number of cities that Michigan has on the list.
Winston-Salem has made several lists as an outstanding place to retire. Where to Retire magazine, in its September/October 2009 issue, profiled Winston-Salem as one of eight cities with low housing prices and varied lifestyle amenities. The magazine bills itself as the only magazine in America geared to helping people with retirement-relocation decisions.
Winston-Salem prides itself on its arts and cultural scene with museums, galleries and theaters aplenty, the magazineıs report said. Retirees will find great variety and great value in housing with lower prices compared to other cities in the region. In January 2007, the city was listed as having the second-best retirement community by Warren Bland, a retirement analyst and the author of Retire in Style: 60 Outstanding Places Across the USA and Canada. In August 2007, the city was ranked as the 10th best retirement community in North America by TopRetirements.com, a website aimed at baby boomers.
To see CNNMoney.com’s story that lists Winston-Salem as one of the top 25 cities in the country to retire in, go to
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/real_estate/1109/gallery.best_places_retire.moneymag/10.html
BY TRAVIS FAIN
Winston-Salem Journal
CNNMoney.com confirmed Thursday what plenty of people already knew: Winston-Salem is a fine place to retire.
The city made the website’s annual top 25 list of best places to retire, largely on the strength of its “long-standing tradition supporting the arts” and its “bustling downtown arts district.” Winston-Salem was the only North Carolina city on the list.
The city frequently makes these lists, and they often cite the fair climate, relatively low cost of living and a commitment to the arts.
Retirees are a desirable demographic: They still pay taxes, but generally don’t have school children. They have spare time, making them fertile ground for volunteer recruitment efforts. In fact, of Senior Services Inc.’s 2,000 volunteers, most of them are retirees, according to President Richard Gottlieb.
Jerry and Marjorie Silber are examples of retirees who have made Winston-Salem their home. They moved here from Arlington in 2005. Marjorie Silber had visited in 1999 and just loved the place. “This town feels good. It’s just a lovely city, and it had everything,” Marjorie Silber said, adding that she and her husband love the arts and the Winston-Salem Symphony.
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County is actually working now to determine “what kind of things we need to increase the city's appeal to retirees, council President and CEO Milton Rhodes said Thursday. Rhodes said the effort is focusing on activities retirees like, and making them easy to get to.
Rhodes also noted that many executives transferred to Winston-Salem by their company end up staying here in retirement. They are surprised (how much there is to do here), Rhodes said. But weıre not surprised. The city also has a lot of services for retirees as they transition into senior citizens, Gottlieb said, including wonderful continuing-care retirement communities.
CNNMoney.com's list put a premium on the cost of living, home prices and low taxes, as well as things for retirees to do. The methodology led to a number of seemingly unusual choices, including Marquette, Mich.; Boise, Idaho; and Danville, Ky. Being near the beach didnıt count for much: Only two Florida cities made the list: Cape Coral and Clearwater. That's the same number of cities that Michigan has on the list.
Winston-Salem has made several lists as an outstanding place to retire. Where to Retire magazine, in its September/October 2009 issue, profiled Winston-Salem as one of eight cities with low housing prices and varied lifestyle amenities. The magazine bills itself as the only magazine in America geared to helping people with retirement-relocation decisions.
Winston-Salem prides itself on its arts and cultural scene with museums, galleries and theaters aplenty, the magazineıs report said. Retirees will find great variety and great value in housing with lower prices compared to other cities in the region. In January 2007, the city was listed as having the second-best retirement community by Warren Bland, a retirement analyst and the author of Retire in Style: 60 Outstanding Places Across the USA and Canada. In August 2007, the city was ranked as the 10th best retirement community in North America by TopRetirements.com, a website aimed at baby boomers.
To see CNNMoney.com’s story that lists Winston-Salem as one of the top 25 cities in the country to retire in, go to
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/real_estate/1109/gallery.best_places_retire.moneymag/10.html
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