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Community Assesment of

Dartmouth

Location: Southeastern Massachusetts

Size: sixty-four square milesPopulation: approximately 35,000 people

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Community Assesment ofDartmouth

Location: Southeastern Massachusetts

Size: sixty-four square milesPopulation: approximately 35,000 people

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Grocery Shopping Centers

Stop and Shop in orth

!artmouth

Presti"e Mar#etplace

$% center in orth !artmouth&health "oods'

Sha()s Supermar#et on *5State +d

!artmouth Mar#et Plus Stores are coneniently located near other .usinesses

/asily accessi.le

%itizens an#

1itamins and health diet foods at $%

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Transportation

2ransportation to the Senior%enter- aila.le Monday,4ednesday, and riday

Medical ppointments- Mon-ri

6:00 -*:00 &(heelchairsaaila.le

$rocery Shoppin"

/ery other 2hursday

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Pu.lic 2ransportation- "oes throu"he( edford and all +ier from rt9 on Pleasant Street

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Playgrounds and Parks inDartmouth

!artmouth %ommunity Par#&!artmouth Street'- ne( par#that has a pu.lic par#play"round, picnic and sittin"areas, field space and a

(al#in" loop ppona"ansett Par#- offers

har.or ie(s, olley.all courts,play"rounds and .as#et.allcourts

ones Par#- sandy .each area,.athhouse, soft.all field, picnicta.les, horseshoe pits andplay"round equipment

Pas#amansett Landin"-canoelaunch &canoe access' 2hissite oerloo#s thepas#amansett (aterfall

Pas#amansett Par# ; offerspicnic areas, (al#in" trail andcanoe launches

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Elderly Cervices in Dartmouth

Council on Aging Facility-for sixty year old or "reater,+e"ional /lderly utritionPro"ram (hich proides mealseach (ee# day at the center,

transportation, health %linics,food and, shoppin" trips, Senior%itizens %lu.s and, taxassistance

%omin" up trips to oston)slo(er and $arden Sho(,

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e!spapers and "usinessavaila#le in Dartmouth

2he oston $lo.e

all +ier >erald

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Standard 2ime

Portu"uese 2imes

2he %ham.er of%ommerce is notlocated in

!artmouth

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Climate Data for Dartmouth

era"e of rain fall per year: ?9 inches

2he @S aera"e is 3A inches per year

Sno(fall is 33 inches per year 2he aera"e @S is 85 inches of sno( per

year

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Significant Findings $n Dartmouth

Limited transportation in !artmouth to "roceryshoppin" facilities =t is necessary for elders tohae a stron" support system and (ays of

transportation for this purpose %ham.er of %ommerce- .usinesses hae a

harder time .ein" successful in the area

e( athletic facilities #no( to the pu.lic in theto(n

Limited radio access on the campus of @mass!artmouth

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"i#liography

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