Welcome to Life Grows On

Within the partnership forged between ThinkGlobal Inc., and Highland Valley Elder Services Inc., Life Grows On grows on from its origin last year as The Lifestyle Magazine for Adults 50+ to The Voice of Adults 50+.

Highland Valley is all about people taking charge of their lives and communities for quality long living. I welcome you to use this magazine as your tool for shaping the quality you seek for the long haul of life.

What’s life all about – what’s the spark that propels us and the sense we make of it?

Whether or not you’re over 50, the Voices here will kindle your spark for living a long life and how you define your quality of life – the growth you want to continue to experience through the long haul.

People who reach 50 today, have a 50% chance to reach 100. Adults 50+ today are among the first generations experiencing long life to this extent.

Life Grows On seeks to capture what you’re making of it: How you’re redefining work, entering new relationships, what you’re contributing to your community, how you’re treating your body, how you’re caring for family members, what you’re learning at this stage, how you’re shopping, even how you’re shaping how you die, just to name a few of the areas we’ll focus on.

Our cover story leads off with how Patricia, Sally and Chris are taking charge of their bodies, Maria tells us about her decision to share her home with Gabriella, tricks about how people are taking charge of their health are shared on Page 12, and Page 9 introduces businesses that are redefining customer and citizen service via the new CitizensMatch Commercial Exchange – we end up (and begin shaping the next issue) with a Community Living Index where you are able to rate the town you’re living in and help us gather data to make all of our twenty four towns the ‘best rated’ places in our area in which to live a quality long life.

Life Grows On is synchronized with an online version which can be found at www.lifegrowson.com where you’ll find all of this content as well as tools for quality long living, a Directory of Resources that will eventually include the ads you submit to us via the Community Living Index. Your VOICE for quality long living!

Let us grow old along with you, The rest of your life defined by YOU.

Yours in People Taking Charge of their Lives and Communities for Quality Long Living,

Robert V. Gallant