Ecumen and Luther Seminary Sign Land Deal for Senior Housing in the St. Anthony Park Area of St. Paul
Luther Seminary, located in the St. Anthony Park area of St. Paul, Minn., has signed a land purchase agreement with Ecumen for a parcel of land where Ecumen plans to build a senior housing cooperative.
Ecumen and Luther Seminary Plan Senior Housing on St. Anthony Park Campus
Ecumen is teaming up with Luther Seminary to plan a senior housing development on the seminary’s 37-acre Saint Anthony Park campus in Northwest Saint Paul.
A Star Tribune story in today’s business section announced that the two nonprofits signed a nonbinding letter of intent to start work on the development, which could include senior housing co-ops, rentals with assisted living and memory care and some income-restricted rentals.
The project is still in the early planning stages but expectations are that work could begin as soon as next year on a five-acre area of the seminary’s lower campus.
Duluth Man Skating Through His 90s
For the last 30 years, 94-year-old Mark Sertich has been playing hockey mulitple times per week.
Top 5 Blog Posts- July 27
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Ecumen Receives $5 Million Gift to Help Seniors
Ecumen has received a $5 million gift from Debbie and Robert Cervenka of Duluth- the largest private gift in Ecumen's 150-plus-year history.
Ecumen Trustee Debbie Cervenka Forges New Paths Supporting a Mission That is Personal
Debbie Cervenka deteremined to turn-life changing event into a mission to help others.
Ecumen Blogger Jim Klobuchar- The Worst Place Ever for a Flat
Jim Klobuchar writes about his experience coming face-to-face with nature while having a flat tire.
What It Means To Be Old: An Unexpected Lesson for the First Class of Ecumen Scholars
Ten student nurses interested in geriatric care recently came to Ecumen Pathstone Living for the inaugural Ecumen Scholars Fellowship Program. They left with an abiding lesson not taught in nursing school: What it means to be old.
Centenarian and Navy Veteran Doris Brand Taught Kids to Read and Pilots to Fly
Remember Charles Lindbergh, the famous flying ace? Well, Doris Brand remembers him all too well. He picked the same day she won her local spelling bee- May 21, 1927- to complete his solo nonstop transatlantic flight and grab all the world's attention.
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