AGING IN A PALACE and Inevitable Life Course Transitions- Putting yourself on a kind track means change. Right? And many important decisions. One of the most important decisions to make is where you choose to live. And it dawns on you that planning for AT LAST Homes where accessible, universa
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10/30/2014
AGING IN A PALACE : Life-course transitions mean change and many decisions to make. For those who are 50 and older, planning to add universal design elements to feather a nest can not only be wise, but can make aging-in-place a masterfully-designed adventure. You can plan for an AT LAST Home w
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10/25/2014
Part 1 "Boomers and Aging in Place" AGING IN A PALACE : Do you have a friend or relative who might feel more comfortable visiting you if your home were more accessible? We do. And we know that there is much to be said for a comfortable home that makes sense for you, your family and friends. I
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10/23/2014
Let's Get Creative-Housing, Asheville Style A 2014 report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and the AARP Foundation says, “While there are significant challenges ahead, the potential is there for older adults to have a higher quality of life than ever before, and for communiti
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10/19/2014
Asheville in the Mountains- Here is a sweet spot for quality of life where the mountain sentinels (see photo) and waterfalls are natures colorful expression of welcome, and there is that sense of place that forgives the often daily reminders of very harsh realities.
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10/17/2014
Just today we read an article about the intriguing subject of pocket neighborhoods. As you will might already know, this is s a subject of on-going conversation here in Asheville,N.C. As we talk about and consider community culture - ecovillages, co-housing developments, naturally occurring
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10/16/2014
Asheville Home Decisions: Putting yourself on a kind track when it comes to a "For Ever" Home - one where you choose to live for the long term- can mean change. Where you choose to live topics are bound to come up ion conversations with family and friends. You may talk about topics such as
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10/12/2014
We were interested to read that five (5) North Carolina hospitals achieved national rankings in at least one specialty on U.S. News & World Report's 2014-15 list of top medical centers. Duke University Hospital is the top-ranked hospital in North Carolina. It also ranked No. 4 in Cardiology &
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10/08/2014
ASHEVILLE Family Farmers- USDA Help Finding farm and pasture land with our Asheville team. A recent article in the Asheville Citizen-Times reported : " In many ways, Buncombe County is farming heaven — unless you’re trying to buy land. The local food movement is stronger here
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10/08/2014
LOTS HAPPENING! Dateline ASHEVILLE- Local Opportunities, Happenings, and Things to Consider ASHEVILLE – Business and Opportunities GE Aviation has a backlog of $161 billion in orders for jet engine parts made from revolutionary ceramic matrix composites-so it’s a good thing that construction
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10/07/2014