I just cannot see spending that amount of money for parking. That money can be used for other uses. Also, how many senior citizens actually use the current facility? Think of how many more might welcome being able to get to a center that IS more accessible. I believe in history, but the planning for that center missed the mark for a location that would benefit more seniors. Our city often wastes money - a time will come again for when parking will be an issue not only for the senior center but for other businesses nearby. I also believe in rebuilding the downtown area, but I know of too many senior citizens that have difficulty getting to the current center. I'm sure the building would find another great occupant.....a business that just might flourish and really offer a revitalization to the downtown.

janesvillean - The current library opened in 1968, so you're pretty old now. I remember going to the old library, too.
Here's a cool link to the library's history at the Hedberg Public Library web site:
http://hedbergpubliclibrary.org/faq.php

We've already put a lot of money into the existing Senior Center, remember. The historic building is a former Carnegie Library, on the National Register of Historic Places, and would have no obvious alternative uses. I also think the seniors like it (at least some of them remember, as I do and I'm not that old, actually using it as a library). It's also important to keep civic institutions like this downtown.
http://heritage.wisconsinlibraries.org/c...
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In principle a good bus/paratransit system would make up for this parking crunch, but transit is not looked on favorably in this country.

annie--my guess is that relocation and remodeling a space to suit the senior center would cost lots and lots of money. Nobody wants to pay for that when they have a fine facility downtown.

bus stop!! who needs one if the city council is going to encourage driving to and fro by providing at the taxpayers expense extreem parking. anything close by is not necessary because the city council, by providing better parking is discouraging walking, bus taking and the like. besides our busses are already overcrowded.

lets see, janesville has a boys club/center so the yung 'uns have something to do so their parents don't have to be bothered with them, the seniors have a place to go while their children are engaged in career building or!! now we need a facility for the boomers, the throw-a-way group of folks in the middle of the age continum, to be able to gravitate to. janesville, you gotta think outside the box.

...and a grocery store, Walgreens, Bus stop...

Why doesn't the senior center relocate to a place that is more accessible? If the plaza on Hwy 51 South by the Job Center still has a few vacant suites, this might be a great location. There would not be any problem with parking. The restaurants there would also benefit.