

Residents will also have access to classes, workshops, retreats, and the opportunity to garden and cook together.

Residents will be invited to practice meditation in the centrally located meditation hall with Senior Zen Center practitioners, who will be in residence. Amenities will include a variety of dining options, performance venue, fitness center, salon, Hydrotherapy spa, heated indoor pool, walking paths, and electric car charging stations. Located on 16 acres in Sonoma County, California, Enso Village will feature 221 independent living units, 30 assisted living units, and 24 memory care units. Rick Pusch, Superintendent, The Weitz Company The Weitz Company is excited to be a part of bringing the Enso Village Community to life and changing the landscape of what Senior Living can offer to their residents. Rick Pusch, Superintendent, was available on site during the topping off ceremony to give tours to residents, and a special lunch was provided to the work crew and attendees of the ceremony. As part of the ceremony, future residents of Enso Village were invited to sign the beam before it was raised on to the structure itself, adding a special significance to the event. This ceremony celebrated the completion and “topping off” of phase 1 of the concrete structure. Healdsburg, CA – A topping off ceremony was held on Jat the construction site of Enso Village, a Zen-Inspired Community. This means giving residents opportunities to do things they couldn’t do (at least not as well) within the walls of their senior living center.Topping Off Ceremony offered future residents and workers on site a chance to celebrate progress on the project to date and marked the completion of the concrete structure on phase 1 of the project. Karen cautioned that these relationships and interactions need to be thought out and add real value to the lives of residents. Karen suggested, “We could be negotiating things like museum tours, nature center visits or classes, and much more.” However, she stressed, “We need seriously skilled negotiators to arrange these relationships with community partners.” She noted that these partnerships not only benefit the senior living community and its residents, but the external businesses and organizations gain from these relationships as well. There is life beyond the property of senior living communities, and this presents opportunities for a new and exciting range of programming, activities, and events that are impractical or impossible onsite.

However, he also said, “Would I be willing to go off-site to exercise if the community fee was $100 less a month? Yes, I probably would.”īreaking Beyond the Walls: Broadening Relationships Rob noted that he likes the idea of having a fitness center within steps of his front door. As in most areas of life, one-size-fits-all seldom works. It’s important to realize that many seniors want control over what they do, what amenities they want, and what they are willing to pay for.
