Dream Closer to Reality as Work Begins on New Solvang Senior Center

Dream Closer to Reality as Work Begins on New Solvang Senior Center

A longtime dream and the focus of a fundraising campaign amid multiple hurdles, including the global COVID-19 pandemic, moved closer to reality with the start of construction for the Solvang Senior Center’s new home. A standing-room-only crowd gathered Wednesday afternoon for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the center’s home, 1745 Mission Drive. The facility sits behind the Veterans Memorial Building and Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s O…