Dixie County's primary independent-living senior community center, weekday congregate dining room, wellness recreation hub, and door-to-door senior transit headquarters, operated by Suwannee River Economic Council, Inc. (SREC, active Florida 501(c)(3) non-profit since 1965, Florida Sunbiz Document #709430 / #709675, FEI/EIN 59-1101989) under Older Americans Act (OAA) Title III-C1/C2 and Title III-B grants from Elder Options (DOEA PSA 3) at 314 NE 255th Street, Cross City, FL 32628 (Senior Center Direct: (352) 498-2714; Congregate Meal Kitchen: (352) 498-2625; Main SREC Office: (352) 498-5018). Designed to keep independent Dixie County seniors aged 60+ active, socially connected, and nutritionally secure across a 705-square-mile rural county, the Cross City Senior Center offers free hot weekday congregate lunches (Title III-C1), daily social games (bingo, dominoes, cards, arts and crafts), blood pressure screenings and evidence-based fall-prevention/nutrition workshops, seasonal produce vouchers, Emergency Home Energy Assistance for the Elderly (EHEAP up to $5,000 for heating/cooling utility crises), and scheduled mobile outreach from SHINE Medicare counselors and Three Rivers Legal Services. For seniors who no longer drive, SREC's Dixie County Transit division ((352) 498-7366 / (352) 498-5018 Ext. 3 / Toll-Free 1-800-597-7579), as the official Florida CTD Community Transportation Coordinator, operates wheelchair-lift-equipped buses providing door-to-door rides from Cross City (32628), Old Town (32680), Horseshoe Beach (32648), and Suwannee (32692) to the Senior Center, Cross City grocery stores and pharmacies, and specialist clinics in Chiefland, Trenton, and Gainesville.