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Rich tradition at a moderate price.


Offering rich tradition at a moderate price point, we couldn't be more delighted with our new CCRC Noun 1. CCRC - an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care
Casualty Care Research Center
," says Michael Seelig, executive director of St. Ann's Community's new 42-acre Senior Living Community, "which provides a moderate-income alternative to our market area's present stock of 'upscale' and 'affordable' housing options." Adopting a locally dominant Arts and Crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts.  style, the team of CSD CSD Commission on Sustainable Development
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, People Architecture; Merlino Design Partnership; and local firm SWBR Architects conveyed the area's rich tradition of intimate neighborhood enclaves, cozy See COSE.  bungalows, and a spiritual community centerpiece in the design of Cherry Ridge.

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Nestled among natural upland wetlands and arranged around a "village green" hosting a shared commons, activity space, a chapel, and all intensive operations, Cherry Ridge provides residents with choice, familiarity, and residential scale in the array of unit sizes providing independent and assisted living as·sist·ed living
n.
A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication.
. The community includes cottages and apartments; memory care; and phase II, "household-scale" nursing. Construction techniques are simple, expressing the design theme while remaining cost-effective with the use of residential structural and mechanical systems, low-maintenance vinyl siding Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Vinyl siding, first introduced to the exterior cladding market in the late 1950s, is an alternative to aluminum siding, fiber cement siding, and timber siding. , restrained detailing, and the prudent use of special accent materials, such as the faux river-run stone throughout facilities.

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The varied housing choices within Cherry Ridge include moderate-size cottages with optional dens (1,343 to 1,578 square feet in duplex and triplex triplex /tri·plex/ (tri´pleks) triple or threefold.

triplex

triple or threefold.
 units), reflecting the size and design of local homes, and a three-story apartment building with compatible scale and materials that offers independent and assisted living apartments ranging from studio to one- and two-bedroom units (550, 800, and 1,000 square feet, respectively).

The Commons building includes a flexible activity/chapel structure that anchors the village green and is highlighted by a tower. Social spaces include gathering and dining areas; a family cafe; a library; fitness, hair care, and mail centers; and a convenience store.

With coordinated owner/architect strategies, this senior living community is both affordable and desirable. Prospective residents are given choices, not only with the owner's varied entry fees but also with optional meal plans and unbundled services.

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This CCRC has great curb appeal, is efficiently laid out with central staff operations, and has cost-effective but highly aesthetic structures. It also leverages community resources such as the adjacent high school's aquatic center. Cherry Ridge provides a new place for this town's aging residents to call home.

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WEBSTER, NEW YORK New York, state, United States
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PROJECT SUMMARY

Type of Facility/Setting: Continuing Care continuing care

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 Retirement Community

Owner: St. Ann's Community (585) 697-6000

Chief Administrator: Michael Seelig, VP of Housing, Executive Director, (585) 697-6700

Architecture: CSD, People Architecture, (443) 423-1260; SWBR Architects, (585) 232-8300

Interior Design: Merlino Design Partnership, Inc., (610) 313-9550

Photography: [c]2005 Tom Bernard Photography (interiors); [c]2005 Alain Jaramillo Photography (exteriors)

Resident Capacity: 55 clustered cottages, 71 Independent Living apartments, 51 Assisted Living apartments, 24 Memory Care apartments

Total Project Area: 42-acre campus

Construction Cost: $30,000,000

Cost/Sq. Ft.: $113 with site; $96 building only

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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
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