Y Fairfield?

I remember, several years ago, having Preston Mathews opine that Fairfield should actively market itself as a great place to “come home to retire.”

Little did he know he was a prophet. That is a verified trend…

When I first met the Mayor, Brent Maguire, he asked me---“Why did to move back?”

The answer was simple.  We wanted to be in a town that felt like home. We wanted to go to church on Sunday…to see friends out at a local restaurant. We wanted to sit on our porch and wave at the world as it rolled by on South First Street. We wanted Mayberry….not St. Louis.

We drank Preston’s Kool-Aid. And honestly, we couldn’t be happier.

Fairfield is full of friendly people.

And the new Y-Fairfield group of young leaders is providing data to validate the idea that the city is starting to benefit from the migration of retirees back to their home nest. A ten question Facebook survey by Y-Fairfield revealed that over half of the respondents agree----the city’s greatest asset is----the strong sense of community felt here.

Of course, there are many other conclusions from the survey like the need for jobs. Y-Fairfield is a new generation of leaders who want to do their part to keep Fairfield viable into the future.

Identifying the influx of retirees is a good start in understanding how to mesh the generations in a unified effort to keep Fairfield friendly…

For all ages.