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PEKIN, Ill. — Good Neighbor Care® of Eugene, OR will join city officials and the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce to officially break ground for a new 62-unit independent and assisted living community for seniors on July 23 at 5:00 p.m. The ceremony will be held at the site of the new building north of VFW Road at 2700 S.14th Street between El Camino Drive and Cherry Drive in Pekin.
When completed in April or May 2009, the new community will be managed by Good Neighbor Care (GNC) and will offer spacious apartments with 10-foot ceilings, kitchenettes, private baths and wall-to-wall carpeting. Senior residents of the new building will also enjoy a fitness center with spa, a café/ice cream parlor, a movie theater, an all-season porch and other amenities.
The Pekin community is patterned after two nearly identical upscale retirement communities currently operating in Rockford and Sycamore and another that will hold its grand opening in Sterling in mid-July. When this building—and another identical community in Washington—are up and running, they will bring the total number of GNC-managed communities in Illinois to 21.
Established in 1987 in Eugene, OR, GNC originally managed a small memory care community for residents who suffered from memory loss as a result of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Today, the company manages 49 communities offering independent and assisted living and memory care services to seniors.
The new community in Pekin will provide 25 to 35 new jobs for the area.
Headquartered in Eugene, OR, Good Neighbor Care Centers, LLC has more than 20 years of experience managing memory care, assisted living and independent living communities. Since being acquired in 2004 by Wilkinson Corporation of Yakima, WA, Good Neighbor Care has grown from its regional operation to become a national provider. Today, Good Neighbor Care manages 49 senior care communities in 11 states and provides care for more than 2,400 residents. In each location, the company strives to be the employer of choice, providing challenging, rewarding careers for more than 1,700 employees nationwide. Currently, Good Neighbor Care is ranked 16th among the 2008 Largest Assisted Living Providers in the United States, according to the April 2008 issue of Assisted Living Executive magazine, published by the Assisted Living Federation of America. |
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