2021 Environments for Aging

E38 - An Impossible Project? How Teamwork Can Make the Impossible Possible (Room Meeting Room 12)

31 Aug 21
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Tracks: Case Studies and Lessons Learned

Speaker(s): Joyce Lenhardt, Principal, Lenhardt Rodgers Architecture + Interiors; Pamela Leland, Consultant, Advisor and Coach, The Leland Leadership Group, LLC; Stuart Smith, Vice President, Market Growth, Benchmark Construction Company; Tony Teague, Vice President, Greenbrier Development

In this session, follow the path of a community with a mission of affordability for its residents as leaders navigate a tough historic commission, strict zoning laws, and difficult finances during a campus expansion. Team members will describe how a commitment to collaboration, flexibility, and sheer will can facilitate creative zoning solutions and unconventional financial solutions in the construction of a new building. Panelists will focus on a case study of the Anna T. Jeanes Building at The Hickman in West Chester, Pa., a 125-year-old independent and personal care/assisted living community.