'A room with a view'.Residents enjoy the natural setting of a 25-acre site, with spectacular mountain views and open meadows, from within the four-season sunroom located in each apartment. This facility offers both a residential care "household" of 16 one-bedroom apartments and 36 one- and two-bedroom independent living apartments. West-view Meadows reflects the intimacy This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. of Montpelier, a city of only 8,000 people, in its design and culture. The facility encourages socialization socialization /so·cial·iza·tion/ (so?shal-i-za´shun) the process by which society integrates the individual and the individual learns to behave in socially acceptable ways. so·cial·i·za·tion n. and is "family friendly," with the residential care program using the dining room, country kitchen, and activity space to support its residents. The independent living apartments are connected by common areas that include a fitness studio, hair salon A hair salon (also called 'Hairdresser' and 'Hair Parlour')is a place where one goes to get their hair cut, as well as styled, highlighted or coloured. There are many different types of hair salons that one can choose to go to. , library, separate dining room, and private dining room that residents may reserve. All dining and common areas are open to both groups of residents. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Westview Meadows was born out of the traditions and mission of owner OM Fisher's board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. , who also own and administer The Gary Home, a stately, level-three residential care home for women. To address the shortage of senior housing in Central Vermont and expand on their tradition of caring for aging local residents--and with the passing of their last "lifetime care resident"--the board decided they should invest in additional housing. After looking at numerous existing properties to renovate, and on the advice of consultants who had concluded through studies that residents would prefer to stay in the community, they purchased a hillside parcel overlooking o·ver·look tr.v. o·ver·looked, o·ver·look·ing, o·ver·looks 1. a. To look over or at from a higher place. b. the city for the construction of a new facility. Floor plans for the apartments include full-scale residential kitchens to complement the three-meal, restaurant-style dining services offered; a washer/dryer unit; comfortable room sizes; and accessible shower stalls. Apartments have one or two bedrooms and one, one and a half, or two baths; the largest models include a den. The wide variety of apartment layouts encompasses sizes ranging from 742 to 818 square feet for a one-bedroom apartment, 885 to 1,194 square feet for a typical two-bedroom, and up to 1,426 square feet for a two-bedroom, two-bath, with den. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I feel the design team put together a project that respected the organization's heritage and mission by including board members' and residents' input during the planning stages. They have included a nice level of services and amenities for a 52-unit complex that is designed and constructed for low maintenance and affordability. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RELATED ARTICLE: Westview Meadows MONTPELIER, VERMONT Montpelier (IPA: [mɑntˈpiːljɝ]) is the capital of the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Washington County. As the capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the site of the Vermont State House. PROJECT SUMMARY Type of Facility/Setting: Independent Living/Assisted Living Chief Administrator: Andrea Taylor, Executive Director, (802) 223-1068 Architecture: MorrisSwitzer -- Environments for Health, Williston, Vermont Williston is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 7,650 at the 2000 census. It is one of the fastest-growing towns in the state and is becoming a major retail center. , (802) 878-8841 Interior Design: Currier & Associates, Inc., (978) 465-7644 Photography: [c]2005 Carolyn L. Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. (carolynbates.com) Resident Capacity: 36 Independent Living apartments, 16 Residential Care (AL) Total Project Area (square feet): 71,000 Construction Cost: Not released Cost/Sq. Ft.: Not released BY ROBERT VOLZER, CID Cid or Cid Campeador (sĭd, Span. thēth kämpāäthōr`) [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. , IIDA IIDA International Interior Design Association IIDA Integrated Icing Diagnostic Algorithm IIDA Intercollegiate/Interscholastic Dressage Association , VOLZER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT |
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