Calling themselves taxpaying second-class citizens, more than 40 Gilbert seniors stormed a Town Council meeting late Tuesday with one request: A center of their own.

Gilbert’s planned new community center will remain shared by preschool-aged children and senior citizens, the Town Council decided Tuesday night.

Calling themselves taxpaying second-class citizens, more than 40 Gilbert seniors stormed a Town Council meeting late Tuesday with one request: A center of their own.

The Gilbert Senior Center’s move into the town’s new community center has left some patrons feeling marooned in a less personal environment.

A senior living facility under construction near downtown Gilbert has caught the attention of many retirees who want to live in the town noted for its large population of young families.

Doris Davis is a pioneer of sorts in Gilbert. She’s among the first to reside in the only senior residential community in town, and among a growing senior population in the town known for its younger families.

Larry and Grace Staller moved to Gilbert a decade ago to be closer to their son — and found themselves in a minority of retirees amid an abundance of young families.

It could be a new incarnation or just one last hurrah. An aging building in downtown Gilbert has become the town’s community fine arts center — at least temporarily.

It could be a new incarnation or just one last hurrah. An aging building in downtown Gilbert has become the town’s community fine arts center — at least temporarily.

A local business is adding something to the meals being delivered to homebound seniors in Gilbert — Christmas presents. The Prime Financial Group is sponsoring a holiday gift-giving effort for the recipients of the Meal on Wheels program run by the Gilbert Senior Center.

More than 50 Gilbert residents crowded into a Civic Center boardroom Thursday — some to decry a proposed three-story senior living complex and others to urge the construction of a rare senior home in town.

More than 50 Gilbert residents crowded into a Civic Center boardroom Thursday — some to decry a proposed three-story senior living complex and others to urge the construction of a rare senior home in town.

Gilbert’s downtown community center has offered 80-year-old Margaret Krawitz comfort in the 20 years since her husband’s death.

Gilbert’s downtown community center has offered 80-year-old Margaret Krawitz comfort in the 20 years since her husband’s death.

A Miami-based developer wants to build a huge industrial, office and retail center at the southwest corner of McQueen and Elliot roads in Gilbert.

In the next two and a half years, Gilbert plans to drastically increase its use of technology to handle the town’s ever-increasing traffic congestion.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce is organizing the fourth annual Adopt A Senior program this holiday season for the town's homebound and low-income senior citizens, in partnership with the Gilbert Senior Center.

Gilbert will gain as many as 172 senior residents later this year when the town’s largest senior apartment facility opens.

Designers of a planned three-story senior living complex in Gilbert are trying to create an illusion to appease concerned homeowners nearby. Sunrise Senior Living has redesigned the complex to look like a two-story building, in response to dozens of residents in the Lago Estancia homeowners association who had protested the plans.

Designers of a planned three-story senior living complex in Gilbert are trying to create an illusion to appease concerned homeowners nearby. Sunrise Senior Living has redesigned the complex to look like a two-story building, in response to dozens of residents in the Lago Estancia homeowners association who had protested the plans.