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Today: John Knox Village is a dynamic organization with new projects always on the horizon and ongoing projects always in the works. At John Knox Village, it is always a building year, a planning year, and a year in which we are looking for the future. However, what will never waiver or change is our purpose of providing a diverse array of dependable, high quality care and services at an exceptional value that enrich the lives and build community for our residents and older adults across the entire metro and beyond.
Campus beautification efforts continue with new campus-wide signage, light posts, benches and more.
John Knox Village unveiled a new brand strategy that includes an updated logo; the implementation of RESPECT in Action customer service training; operational and program improvements; campus beautification; Web site upgrades; and more.
Home For Life Solutions, a service offering technology-based products for safety and security, in-home monitoring and medication management, is launched to help people who face physical or memory challenges.
John Knox Village continued a schedule of renovation and rebuilding to keep its campus current and appealing by completing projects involving the re-construction of four new homes in the Sun Valley neighborhood, remodeling of the A and C buildings and renovating the F/G/H buildings, as well as common area and corridor updates at Lakeshore Manor .
Exterior and interior upgrades at The Pavilion are completed and include the addition of a new roof, audio-visual upgrades, new exterior paint and landscaping, an electronic billboard and more.
Five new homes were constructed on Lilac Place, and two new homes were built on Redbud.
Renovation of the common spaces in the Country Club apartment complex was completed.
STAY 4 Life, a wellness and fitness program for residents of independent living and Valley View Residential Care is launched to help participants stay healthy and living independently in their own homes longer.
The Courtyard Commons area was opened. The new resident living areas include a library, gift shop, art studio, hair salon, the Courtyard Café and Sweete Shoppe and the Courtyard Community Center.
John Knox Village continued to expand the health care options it provides to both Village residents and members of the greater community celebrating the grand opening of the Valley View Memory Care Unit. The unit has a capacity of 22 residents and was designed for those with impaired memory or Alzheimer’s disease who can live in an assisted living setting. It is one of Missouri’s first assisted living units dedicated to caring for those with memory impairments.
Plans for a $68 million expansion that includes 122 apartments and 32 villa homes were unveiled. Known as Forest Lake, the “pre-retirement” community will be located on 30 acres of land west of Pryor Road and south of the Village Care Center. It is the Village’s biggest expansion since it was established in 1970.
The Village added to its list of communication tools with the addition of the Touchtown Internet portal. Every resident has access to up-to-the-minute information about the Village and allows them to keep in touch with each other, their families and the world around the Village.
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