If you look down the long slope of Locust Hill Cemetery, past the ordered grave stones, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see Holiday Retirement Village. On the outside it pales in comparison to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153posh hotel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which is Concord Park. However, once you walk in the door, you feel like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re back in West Concord. The reception area is a bit larger and more formal, but the dining room is just as elegant with linen table cloths and a view, not to woodsy paths, but to a man-made pond. Water tinted blue for some reason. The piano room, instead of being part of the main sitting area, is a space all to itself. There is also a library, a fitness room, and a meeting room where bible classes are held. That is where the inside similarity ends.<\/p>\n
The apartments are far superior. Each has a separate bedroom, a full working kitchen and a living room. The bathroom is just as spacious with a sit down shower-although, get this, eight of the units have bathtubs! (I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to tell Flo.**) Susan, imagine Flo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s apartment after you cleaned it and Matt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s friends were finished painting. Oh, and add new appliances, and even an above and below washer and dryer. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure this arrangement would have settled Flo entirely, but the move would have been far more seamless. And, with assisted and independent folk living together, she would have more people to talk to. <\/p>\n
** Note to Diane and Susan. I am joking.<\/p>\n
I’ll post photos later when Chris’s image editing gift arrives. My Retirement Village gallery looks like I was standing on my head or drunk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you look down the long slope of Locust Hill Cemetery, past the ordered grave stones, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see Holiday Retirement Village. On the outside it pales in comparison to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153posh hotel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which is Concord Park. However, once you walk … Continue reading