Under Your Own Roof

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Keeping a home can be a fulltime job, especially when a pipe begins to leak, your Shi Tzu needs a daily walk while you’re visiting your family or it’s just about time to cover the mauve walls in your living room. At Mill City Commons, we’ve assembled a list of vendors to help you keep life running smoothly under your own roof.

Personal Services

  • Pet walking and care
  • Errands (Post Office/FedEx package drop-off, dry cleaning pick-up, etc.)
  • Laundry, ironing and tailoring
  • Away-from-home services (periodic checks: mail, plant watering, etc.)
  • Personal assistant

Home Repair and Home Adaptation

  • Handyman (home repairs and odd jobs)
  • Tradesmen (electricians, plumbers, carpenters, gardeners, etc.)

Technology

  • In-home installation and tech support for home electronics and computers
  • Computer tutoring
  • In-home technology to monitor health and emergency contact

Transportation

  • Transport to desired location (theater, shopping, doctor, dentist, sporting event, airport, etc.)
  • Group transportation to special events

CALENDAR AT A GLANCE

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            September 2010

NEWS AND EVENTS!

Villages in the News
To read and listen to NPR's Morning Edition series on aging at home, click here!
 
Calling all MCC members, preferred vendors and partners: we want to hear from you!
Mill City Commons now provides the opportunity for you to share your MCC experience. Click here to tell us about it!
 
Mill City Commons Featured in Local and National Publications! To read the study "A Demographic Profile of Village Members" by the University of California Villages Project, which includes Mill City Commons, click here.  To read the article on Mill City Commons Member Lloyd Beebe featured in the RiverWest newsletter click here. To read a report entitled "The State of Technology in Aging Services in Minnesota" highlighting Mill City Commons' use of technology click here. The report is nationally distributed by the Center for Aging Services Technologies.
 

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