Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
Web Sites Help Baby Boomers Get Hip to a New Bag of Tunes
Larry Rodgers
The Seattle Times
July 8, 2008
Overview: “Web sites where baby boomers can discover music beyond the classic sounds of their teens and 20s.”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008038055_boomermusicnew08.html
The Changing Face of the U.S. Consumer
Peter Francese
Advertising Age
July 7, 2008
Overview: “The marketing community, already dealing with a slumping economy and an increasingly consumer-controlled media marketplace, must confront another new reality: The face of the American consumer is changing dramatically. It's not news that the nation is aging, but the fact that the average U.S. head of household is just six months shy of 50 is a startling statistic.”
http://adage.com/article?article_id=128181
Communes for Grownups --Co-housing for Boomers a Growing Trend
Beth Wechsler
Wallet Pop
July 3, 2008
Overview: “Cohousing, the current incarnation of what we Baby Boomers used to call communal living, turns out to be a growing senior living trend. Both in Denmark, where co-housing originated in the 1970's, and in the United States where the model has been gaining ground, senior interest is on the rise.”
http://www.walletpop.com/2008/07/03/communes-for-grownups-co-housing-for-boomers-a-growing-trend/
Comments (1)
On my reader blog for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, I interviewed Craig Ragland, executive director of the Cohousing Association of the United States. He also sees the cohousing opportunities for boomers and seniors as bright.
See my blog at: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/boomerconsumer/category.asp?category=1708&x=9&y=7
Rita
Posted by Rita | July 10, 2008 1:14 PM
Posted on July 10, 2008 13:14