Greenburgh among best places to live in U.S. 

Fortune magazine is out with its list of best places for families to live in the United States, and Greenburgh was not only selected from New York state but came in at number nine. 

This year”™s list showcases the city in each U.S. state where multigenerational families are most likely to have access to critical resources, community support and financial well-being. To find hometowns that provided the right mix to meet the needs of these families, Fortune analyzed more than 200,000 data points for nearly 1,900 cities and towns across the United States. 

”¯The so-called sandwich generation ”“ people in their late 30s through 50s ”“ is trying to do it all, juggling the needs of both their growing kids and older parents often while working full-time jobs. Resources within their communities ”“ housing, local schools, nearby colleges, quality nursing homes, assisted living communities, home health-care agencies and prompt access to solid health-care providers ”“ can make the difference between a family surviving or thriving. As families increasingly consider relocation to be closer to relatives, the Fortune 50 Best Places to Live for Families list gives them guidelines to help determine where they may want to land. 

An example of why Greenburgh rates so highly:  It”™s proactive. When two Sacred Heart schoolchildren were hit by a car in the Central Avenue at Lawton Avenue crosswalk in Hartsdale in 2019, the Greenburgh community advocated to make a HAWK, or High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk, signal a reality there. Greenburgh Councilman, and Church of the Sacred Heart parishioner, Francis Sheehan”™s petition drew more than 2,000 signatures and now the pedestrian-activated stop light is a fixture on Central Avenue at Lawton, outside the church, where some 23,000 cars pass each day. 

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