Winchester resident Karen Capellman wants to move her mother-in-law into the Mary Hardesty House Apartments for seniors. Demand for the affordable senior housing apartments is high, with about 40 people on a waiting list. Read full story via Winchester Star
The Frederick County Planning Commission has given its blessing to rezoning about 370 acres for a campus-style development that will include a National Lutheran Home retirement community in Winchester VA on the north side of U.S. 50 (Northwestern Pike) just west of the city. Winchester Star.
Tasked with designing a high-performance, modular community center for seniors, 12 architecture students recently competed in the Modular Building Institute’s fourth annual student green building design competition. The competition included a real-world client, Piedmont Housing Alliance, which is currently planning a replacement community center at its low-income senior housing development in Crozet, Va. Read full [...]
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. (“Fleetwood”), a leading producer of recreational vehicles and manufactured housing, today filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions for itself and certain operating subsidiaries in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Riverside. The filings do not include any of the company’s foreign or non-operating entities Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. Files [...]
Selling a home and moving into a senior living community may be one of the most important decisions an individual, couple and/or family will ever make. For most seniors, the time to tap into home equity and take advantage of special offerings tailored to their needs is now rather than later. However, during times of [...]
As the role of downsizing housing and living spaces accelerates for the aging population, many small businesses are popping up to serve the needs of seniors and baby boomers. These business are sprouting up across the United States either as new stand-alone businesses or in conjunction with a senior living community or real estate company. [...]
Members of the Leesburg Planning Commission took little time Thursday November 21, 2008 to endorse an application that all agreed would be an asset to downtown Leesburg. Commissioners voted 6-0-1, with Vice Chairman Earl Hoovler absent, to recommend approval of a special exception for a 19-unit elderly housing facility on Gibson Street. Read full article [...]
We’ve seen a few successful ventures in Northern Virginia with this kind of model. One developer I spoke with said he had investors clammoring to be involved because the profit margins and ROI were so compelling. It is a great way to benefit the entire community and keep affordable senior living facilities near the occupants [...]
Lisa Magee is a busy mother of four. She says that’s all the more reason to get her body straight and off her intense sugar cravings. Lisa got the idea for the detox and many of her recipes from the Hallelujah Diet. She was turned on to the group by her mother who recently died [...]
Families can get insurance to help protect the assets of relatives in assisted living facilities through the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. Under Chubb’s Masterpiece® assisted living care option, policyholders can help protect the assets of parents or grandparents in an assisted living facility, children or siblings living indefinitely in a mental health care facility [...]