The colonnade

Our story

Our story

A neighborhood that wanted its elders to stay.

Our story

Twenty-some years in Lakewood

A couple with coffee outdoors
A resident adjusting her hat on the sidewalk
A couple sharing a moment downtown
A couple at a garden café
A resident passing the flower stall
Chapter 01

1998: a neighborhood asks

Lakewood churches and neighbors formed a not-for-profit board after watching too many longtime residents move away for care.

Chapter 02

2002: the Terrace opens

A seven-story building two blocks from the lake opened with 120 apartments and a Health Center on the ground floor.

Chapter 03

2009: assisted living

The Third Floor became assisted living, so residents could get help without changing addresses.

Chapter 04

2016: the Garden Floor

Memory care opened around a walled garden terrace, designed with families who had lived through dementia care.

Chapter 05

Today: still in the middle of things

Two hundred and twenty residents, four levels of care, and a walking club that logged its 100,000th mile last spring.

  • 2002opened in Lakewood
  • 2blocks to the White Rock Lake trail
  • 4levels of care, one address
  • 9.3miles around the lake, walked by residents every week

Ratings & recognition · sample

  • Sample: Best Senior Living, City Readers' Poll
  • Sample: Not-for-Profit Excellence Award
  • Sample: Top Workplace

The lake's two blocks away. So is your next chapter.

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