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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute  

Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend

The next CREW workshop is scheduled for May 24-26, 2013

Discover the challenges and opportunities of choosing where and how to relocate in retirement at the Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (CREW). This practical, action-planning workshop will help you consider:

  • What retirement lifestyle suits me?
  • Am I ready to relocate?
  • Which community is the best fit for me?
  • What type of housing will meet my needs now and for years to come?
  • How will I find community in my new hometown?
  • What do I do with all my stuff?

CREW Participants

About the Workshop 

CREW is an educational program that will give you an understanding of retirement lifestyle choices. You will gain increased confidence in whether, where and how to relocate, no matter where you are thinking about moving. For those interested in the Asheville area, we offer an optional Sunday program that includes information sessions and small group tours.

We will help you explore the personal and social aspects of this transition: How will a move affect your relationships and identity? Should you start over in a new location? How can you remain productive and lead a meaningful life in your new community? At CREW, you will be able to make concrete plans to enter and embrace an exciting retirement, wherever you move.

CREW Participants

Cost & Registration

Don’t delay—our programs fill up!

Register before May 1
Friday and Saturday, $400* per person.
Sunday (optional), $50 per person.

Register on or after May 1
Friday and Saturday, $450* per person.
Sunday (optional), $75 per person.

*Fees include materials and most meals but not lodging. 

You may register over the phone with a Visa or MasterCard by contacting the Reuter Center, at 828.251.6140. Or you may print a registration form to send in with your check, payable to OLLI.

Your registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative fee) until May 4, 2013.

Registrants will receive a complete agenda, program details and directions one month before their program.

CREW Participants

 

Paths to Creative Retirement

What is the difference between the “Paths” and “CREW” programs?

We offer another retirement planning program called Paths to Creative Retirement (Paths), offered twice a year - spring and fall. Upcoming workshop dates are April 12-14, 2013 and Aug. 30-Sept 1, 2013 . Paths helps participants plan a meaningful retirement that matches their values and priorities, whether or not that includes relocation. 

Both workshops address mid- and later-life transition issues. Paths focuses on personal transitions to a meaningful retirement, including timing, identity, relationships and, for some, relocation. CREW focuses on the challenges and opportunities of relocating, specifically, and all other issues are seen through that lens.

CREW Participants

Another difference is size: Paths limits enrollment to 35 people to accommodate an intensive and highly-interactive format of facilitated small group discussions. Paths participants receive personal attention as they consider next steps toward a meaningful retirement. CREW brings about 75 attendees together in a large group format incorporating interaction with peers in some discussion groups. Participants can expect to leave CREW with the ability to make more informed decisions about relocating.

Last edited by ljerniga@unca.edu on May 3, 2013