Top News from Today's "Boomiverse"
New Wave of Baby Boomers Ready to Descend on Florida
Robin Benedick and Jennifer Gollan
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
August 4, 2008
Overview: “The Sunshine State is about to boom with Boomers… Boomers made up about 23 percent of Florida's 15.9 million population in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2010, they will account for 27 percent of the 19.6 million people expected to be living here.”
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbboomers0804sbaug04,0,7267966.story
Baby Boomers Ride Out -- On Motorcycles
Tony Bizjak
Sacramento Bee
August 2, 2008
Overview: “Lee Bywater recently bought back a chunk of his youth -- a motorcycle. A big, loud one… Bywater, 47, thus joins the growing ‘re-entry rider’ crowd, guys of a certain age who decide it's time to feel the wind in their faces again.”
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/aug/02/no-headline---boomersandcyclessh/
Boomers Getting Option to Phase in Retirement
Candice Choi
SeattlePi.com
August 3, 2008
Overview: “A study released last week by Hewitt Associates found 61 percent of U.S. companies have or will develop programs that let workers retire in stages. The programs are intended to hold onto the experience of baby boomers and ease the difficulty of replacing their skills. The study included 140 midsize and large companies.”