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For the last six years, we have been on a marathon to build a new home for the Edmonds Senior Center. It was a small handful of dedicated board members and staff who first set off on this audacious journey. As the years passed and the project has taken shape, more people have joined the pack.

The new Waterfront Center is on schedule to open in November. In this final mile, we need everyone to join in.

I love the image of the "barn raising" common in the 18th and 19th centuries in rural America when community members would all gather and do their part to assist in building a neighbor's barn....