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Senior Community’s Plans Detoured by Cal Poly Humboldt’s Land Purchase
Alocal nonprofi t’s plans to build a senior community on a property in Arcata has hit a “bump in the road” after Cal Poly Humboldt purchased the 16-acre site it had been negotiating to buy.
According to a statement from Life Plan Humboldt — which is aiming to develop “Humboldt County’s fi rst resident-led, life plan senior community” that includes a mix of private residences and higher-level care facilities with tiered levels of assisted living services, shared amenities and common areas in a campus-like setting — two other sites are now under consideration.
Cal Poly Humboldt announced the purchase of the Creekside property on the 2000 block of Foster Avenue in a July 5 news release, calling it a “strategic real estate investment.”
“The university has o ered signifi cantly more for the property than we had agreed on in our negotiations with the owners,” Life Plan Humboldt states, noting the nonprofi t understands Cal Poly Humboldt’s “pressing need” for student housing. “We are discussing a partnership with the university supporting our senior community and we are also working on two excellent building site options in Arcata and McKinleyville that have been on our radar for some time.”
The nonprofi t states it has raised more than $865,000 in grants and donations over the last two years for the project, which residents would buy into with an “upfront, one-time entrance fee” as well as ongoing monthly payments for utilities and other services.
Cal Poly Humboldt did not specify what was slated for the Creekside property in its release, stating only that the site will “be used to support any of a number of institutional priorities aligned with our polytechnic transformation” and will “play a vital role in e orts to provide a positive, meaningful educational experience for students.” The university is in the midst of planning for a projected doubling of its enrollment in the coming years after it was named the state’s third polytechnic university earlier this year.
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This volunteer helped create the fi nal details of eyes and the nose on the dog sculpture sponsored by Hunter, Hunter and Hunt LLP at the July 9 kicko of the Friends of the Dunes Sand Sculpture Festival. Read more at www. northcoastjournal.com.. POSTED 07.11.22 Photo by Mark A. Larson
For now, the nonprofi t’s plan is to secure a site by the end of the year with the hope of construction on the residential community for those 60 and older to “age in place safely” beginning in late 2024 and move-in by 2027, according to the Life Plan Humboldt website.
The model is based on others in areas like Portland, Oregon and Healdsburg, according to the LPH website, which states no similar living communities are available within 200 miles of Humboldt County. — Kimberly Wear POSTED 07.11.22
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