Fair Housing, “Independent” Living

Our admin staff attended a fair housing update webinar hosted by LeadingAge Oregon today, and with some quiche, fresh fruit, and coffee, it turned into a spontaneous brunch! The webinar focused on discrimination against people with disabilities. After an hour and a half of examples, case law, and legal puzzles, it was wonderful to conclude … Read more

Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy

This month we are looking forward to lots of celebrating. A big cause for celebration is the completion of our siding replacement project!  Remodeling is never easy, but having a good general contractor has definitely made things go as smoothly as we could hope. Thanks to all of our Homewoods residents for their patience as … Read more

Wish, Dream, Tell Us What Happened Next

I am looking ahead to summer already! Steve, our maintenance director, and I have been busy planning and scheduling all of the work that can only be done when the weather is good. We will complete the remainder of our siding replacement project this year… I didn’t hear you cheering. Let’s try that again. We will … Read more

Reason for Hope

  I can remember hearing my grandmother say, “everything’s going to pot.” She was complaining about the state of the world which, in the 1970’s in southern California, was a far cry from the orderly, hardworking world that she had grown up in on the east coast. I viewed her observation as something that comes from … Read more