translate English to French: Besides these special-needs members, the expansion has benefited older people who were finally able to sell their homes, young families, local building trades and other businesses, and the community as a whole, which had been at risk of losing such vital services as its schools.
En plus de bénéficier à ces membres, l'expansion a également bénéficié aux personnes âgées qui ont finalement pu vendre leurs maisons, aux jeunes familles, aux entrepreneurs en construction locaux et aux autres entreprises, ainsi qu'à l'ensemble de la collectivité, qui risquait de perdre des services aussi essentiels que ses écoles.